Virginia Middle School English Sols References

• ACADEMY CURRICULUM EXCHANGE - (K-5) offers 44 mini-lesson plans covering various elementary level language arts topics
• ACADEMY CURRICULUM EXCHANGE - (6-8) offers 33 mini-lesson plans covering various middle school level language arts topics
• ACADEMY CURRICULUM EXCHANGE - (9-12) offers 14 mini-lesson plans covering various high school level language arts
• ACCESS INDIANA - (K-12) Teaching & Learning Center provides a collection of language arts lesson plans
• ACTIVITIES TO USE WITH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - features lesson plans and ideas for teaching children's literature in the primary grades arranged alphabetically by author.
• ACTIVITY SEARCH FROM HOUGHTON MIFFLIN - (K-8) features a curriculum database where the teachers can search for language arts lesson plans/activities by grade level
• AESOP'S FABLES: ONLINE COLLECTION- A huge collection from the University of Virginia.
• ALEX: A CATALOG OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS ON THE INTERNET - This is the Alex Catalogue of Electronic texts, a collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy.
• THE ALPHABET SUPERHIGHWAY - many wonderful links, you should visit this site
• ANTHOLOGY OF MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE - articles, essays, Lyrics and Plays and sources on Chaucer, Gawain, Langland, Julian, Kempe, Malory, Everyman.
• ALI THE APPLE LEARNING INTERCHANGE - provides a library of computer and online lesson plans for the elementary, middle, and secondary schools
• ANCIENT EGYPT LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS - (4-8 ) provides a variety of cross-curricular lesson plans based upon the theme of ancient Egypt
• ASKERIC LESSON PLANS - (K-12) provides a collection of nearly 100 interdisciplinary lesson plans contributed by teachers
• ASK JEEVES - (K-12) Ask provides hundreds of lesson plans for a variety of subject areas.
• THE AUDREY WOOD CLUB HOUSE - this site is dedicated to this wonderful children's author
• AMERICAN LITERATURE, TWENTIETH-CENTURY - This page lists American authors from the twentieth-century. Links to additional resources and on-line texts are provided for some authors.
• AUTHOR STUDY GRADES 1-5 - this unit should be planned collaboratively by the teacher and the students.
• AUTUMN'S FREE ACTIVITY PAGE FOR KIDS - provides weekly a variety of printable worksheets for the primary grades to complement lessons in language arts and other subject areas
• AWESOME AUTHORS ON THE WEB - visit this site if you would like to find an author on the web
• AWESOME LIBRARY - (K-12) contains a collection of hundreds of language arts lesson plans
• BALLANTINE PUBLISHERS GROUP TEACHER'S GUIDES - provides a collection of teacher's guides to books for middle and high school classrooms. Teachers can request a print version of any of their teacher's guides via. Ballantine also features profiles of some of their leading authors.
• BELLSOUTH.NET'S EDUCATION GATEWAY - Elementary School Language Arts lessons
• BELLSOUTH.NET'S EDUCATION GATEWAY - Middle School Language Arts lessons
• BELLSOUTH.NET'S EDUCATION GATEWAY - High School Language Arts lessons
• BLUE WEB'N - ( 3-12) provides an online library of 20 lesson plan sites for English. The site is updated weekly, grammar, and poetry.
• BIOGRAPHY MAKER - provides online step-by-step lessons to help middle school students write biographies. The lessons include questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling activities and a list of great explorers and other biography resources.
• BOOK LOG READING - The goal of the Book Log program is to help children become life-long readers. This program will encourage students to take ownership of their own reading and will also provide a record of what has been read.
• BOOK REVIEWS - book site navigator designed to make finding titles on the Web easier
• BOOK TALKS - over 600 booktalks, searchable by author and title
• BROWSE BY THEME - (K-6) contains a collection of cross-curricular lesson plans. Some of themes that include plans for reading are Community, Tales and Legends, Do You Believe This?, Tell Me a Story
• THE CAMELOT PROJECT ARTHURIAN - texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information. From the University of Rochester.
• CANTEACH - provides a wide variety of elementary school resources including a collection of English Language Arts lesson plans categorized by topic. The site also includes a variety of ready-to-use songs & poems for special days and events that teachers can incorporate in their language arts lessons.
• THECASE.COM FOR KIDS - provides a new mystery to solve every week
• CAROL GOSSETT'S KINDERGARTEN CONNECTION- contains lesson plan archive including integrated units and language arts plans.
• CAROL HURST'S LITERATURE SITE - book reviews, literature ideas, themes and professional resources
• CARTOONISTS' INDEX - the largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web --updating current cartoons from 54 newspaper editorial cartoonists PLUS lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels
• THE CHALK BOARD - This is the place to get up-to-date information on free education resources (things for class, lesson plans, materials, grants,tours, workshops, etc.) offered by corporations.
• CHILDREN'S EXPRESS - CE is a news service produced by kids reporting on the issues that affect their lives.
• CHILDREN'S' LITERATURE - books, awards, authors, resources, lessons and ideas for your classroom
• CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES - hosted by the Internet School Library Media Center, this is a great site for literature-based activities
• CINDERELLA STORIES - (3-7) contains lesson plans with multicultural versions of Cinderella. Scroll to "Teaching ideas by Jean Rusting" where you'll find plans for Tattercoats, Cap o' Rushes, The Twelve Months, and The Princess and the Golden Shoes. You can also print a copy of these different versions.
• CEC LESSON PLANS - sponsored by the Columbia Education Center Portland (Oregon), features a wide variety of lesson plans created by teachers for use in their own classrooms.
• CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHORS WHO VISIT SCHOOLS - provides links to the web sites of children's book authors who visit schools
• CHILDREN'S' LITERATURE - books, awards, authors, resources, lessons and ideas for your classroom
• CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES - hosted by the Internet School Library Media Center, this is a great site for literature-based activities
• CLASSICS ARCHIVE - select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation
• COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH - The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak.
• THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• CONNECTING STUDENTS - (K-12) provides a collection of language arts lesson plans.
• CONCORDANCES OF GREAT BOOKS - Over 200 classics from the Aeneid to Withering Heights listing the words used and the context for each occurrence.
• COOPERATIVE LEARNING LESSON PLAN CATEGORIES - (K-6) contains lesson plan activities in language arts, reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, and writing.
• CONNECTIONS+ FROM MCREL - (K-12) provides a collection of lesson plans and activities for teaching Shakespeare, folktales, spelling, creative and research writing, poetry, and other topics.
• CORE KNOWLEDGE LESSON PLANS - (preK-8) provides a collection of integrated lesson plans and units developed by teachers
• CREATING A CLASSROOM NEWSPAPER - (6-12) this site features an online "A Teacher's Guide" with lesson plans, student worksheets, a newspaper glossary, and other useful materials for creating a classroom newspaper
• THE COOL WORD OF THE DAY PAGE - learn a new cool word each day
• CREATION STORIES AND TRADITIONAL WISDOM - Stories are submitted by students from all around the world.
• CRUCIBLE - for high school students, this is an online unit of the study on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. The site contains activities, assignments, and pre-reading and post-reading projects, as well as a multimedia PowerPoint presentation.
• CORE LITERATURE LINKS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS - (K-6) DeLaveaga Elementary School links
• CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL - (1-5) provides a curriculum guide with over 50 lessons for teaching English language arts in grades.
• CURRICULUM STUDIO - (K-12) part of the Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE Web site, provides a collection of language arts lesson plans, units, and related resources.
• CYBERGUIDES: TEACHER GUIDES & STUDENT ACTIVITIES - (K-12) is a collection of supplementary teacher-developed units based on over 80 core works of literature.
• CYBER-SEUSS - an officially sanctioned site for this loved children's author
• DAILY LEARNING ACTIVITIES - (1-8) is a collection of eleven packages of learning materials that can complement any language arts curriculum.
• DAYBOOK - (K-12) is a searchable database of teacher-developed lesson plans.
• DEEP IN THE BUSH WHERE PEOPLE RARELY GO - (K-8) teachers can use folktales to bring Africa alive in their classrooms. The site contains lesson plans, the folktales, plays, African recipes, links to other African resources, and ideas for students to create and produce their own plays.
• DISCOVERY CHANNEL SCHOOL - (6-12) provides an literature lesson plans for its 'Great Books' series. The Tales from the Brothers Grimm plan is suitable for the elementary school level, while the remaining 15 plans. Each 'Great Book' lesson plan includes vocabulary, study questions, online activities, and related Internet sites
• DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE - This classic work of reference - described as a browser's joy - has been in popular demand since 1870. The Dictionary is extensively cross referenced, lending itself ideally, to the hypertext environment. This First Hypertext Edition is taken from Dr. Brewer's substantially revised and extended edition of 1894.
• DEEP 96 - (K-8) The Distance Education Environment Page (DEEP) 96 offers cooperative learning activities for a variety of subject areas. Language arts lesson plans include modules for reading, novels, writing, listening and speaking, and other topics.
• DIGITAL DANTE - "an online, multimedia Dante-related academic resource combining traditional elements of scholarly research with new communication and presentation possibilities enabled by networked digital technology"
• EDGAR ALLEN POE: AN AUTHOR UNIT - contains lesson plans designed for use by high school classes studying Poe's writing. The site includes teacher instructions, student materials, and suggestions for further reading and Internet searching.
• EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY KIDS - a great resource site and contest encouraging students to express their social and political views through an editorial cartoon; includes lots of tips and support to help participants maximize their experience
• EDUCATION EXPLORERS: Language. Educational Explorers, created by licensed teachers, contains 50 writing lessons with answers for grades three, four, five, and six. Teachers can print and recopy the worksheets for classroom use. The site also a teacher's page with practical tips.
• EDVENTURE'S TEACHER RESOURCE CENTRE - (K-12) provides a wide variety of lesson plans
• EDUCATION WORLD - (K-12) Language Arts Lesson Plans - provides nearly 200 language arts lesson plans. Categories include journalism, literature, reading, vocabulary, whole language, and writing/composition
• EDUCATOR'S TOOLKIT - (K-12) offers a collection of over 60 sites with hundreds of lesson plans in various subject areas
• EDUCAST LESSON PLAN SEARCH - (K-12) provides a collection of lesson plans that is updated weekly.
• EGYPT GAME TEACHER'S GUIDE - online companion to the middle school favorite by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• ENCARTA LESSON COLLECTION - (K-12) Encarta's Schoolhouse offers a collection of lesson plans contributed by teachers for a variety of different subject areas. To find language arts plans, click here.
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS - ( 1-5) contains two sample thematic units with a series of lesson plans. For additional language arts lesson plans, click on Stewart Resources Centre Material on the top of each grade level page.
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE RESOURCES - an extensive and annotated list of web sites that support the English curriculum. Includes Shakespeare, Literature, Poetry, Drama, and Philosophy.
• ENGLISH LITERATURE PAGE COLLECTION - sites related to Literature written in English, arranged by period, genre and nationality. An excellent collection for research.
• ENGLISH LITERATURE ON THE WEB - many Engish Literature links
• THE ENGLISH SERVER -a comprehensive collection of online texts in the arts and humanities, online journals, lists, discussion groups, conferences and links to topics of interest. A top rated site
• EXPLORING THE WEB - a great source fot the new users using the WWW in the English classroom
• FAIRIE LORE AND LITERATURE - searchable database of folklore and literature, tales and poems
• FAIRY TALES FROM FAR OFF LANDS - (4-6) features a collection of Internet-based lesson plans for studying fables around the world in grades. Places and countries covered include Africa, central Asia, China, Egypt, England, Native American, Russia, and Scotland
• FAIRY TALES: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION - a good site to visit if you are studying Fairy Tales

• FLUENCY THROUGH FABLES - Fables to help you improve your reading comprehension of English; a new Fable is added every 2 months
• FILAMENTALITY - (K-12) helps teachers create online lessons and activities for their students
• THE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD HOME PAGE - a great site about this author
• FIRSTEPS - (K-2) a parenting resource also useful for preschool and teachers, provides a collection of over 25 "short and sweet" reading lessons .
• FLORIDA CENTER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY - (4-12) contains a searchable database of over 200 technology-related lesson plans developed by Florida teachers.
• FOLK TALES UNIT - Tammi's Lesson Plan page contains a collection of cross-curricular lesson plans for teaching folk tales.
• FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH - english links, classroom activities, Computer Aided Language Learning, publishers, and online dictionaries
• FREE EXEMPLARY LESSON PLANS - (K-12) The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication offers a collection of free exemplary language arts lesson plans from its publications.
• FREE ONLINE UNIT STUDIES Learning With the Summer, A Sensory Summer, and Under the Sea (K-8) The site also includes a collection of over 180 other curriculum units
• GOING TO A MUSEUM? A Teacher's Guide - offers a collection of lesson plans and resources for field trips to specific museums. The site provides a planning guide, sample lesson plans, and other Internet resources. To find language arts plans, click here.
• GRYPHON HOUSE ONLINE -provides online a wealth of sample lessons from their books for preschool and primary grade children.

 

 

GRAMMAR

• BLUE WEB'N - ( 3-12) provides an online library of 20 lesson plan sites for English. The site is updated weekly, grammar, and poetry.
• CAPITALIZATION - much more a handbook about grammar
• THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE - a good site for grammar rules
• GARBL'S WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE - An "annotated directory of web sites focusing on English grammar, style, usage, plain language, words, reference sources, on-line writing experts, word play and books on writing"
• GRAMMAR LINKS - you must visit this site if you teach grammar
• GRAMMAR GORILLAS - A game to help students learn parts of speech.
• GRAMMAR LADY - Look in the English Grammar section for interesting information relating to grammar.
• GRAMMAR AND STYLE NOTES - Grammatical rules and style manual.
• GRAMMAR: THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH - Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection.
• GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING - Be sure to try the interactive quizzes.
• HYPERGRAMMAR - contains a wide variety of information about grammar.
• PARTS OF SPEECH - an interactive tutorial on the eight parts of speech.
• POP-UP GRAMMAR - test your knowledge of grammar.
• WACKY WEB TALES - Fill in the parts of speech to create a funny story.
• ON-LINE ENGLISH GRAMMAR - Use the "Index of Subject Headings" to locate grammatical information.
• TEACHERS' LESSON PLANS - (6-12) written for teachers by teachers and prepared by Longman Dictionaries, contains vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation plans for students who are learning English.
• HOME SCHOOLING DAILY LESSON PLAN SITES - provides hundreds of lesson plans for a variety of subject areas. To find language arts plans, click here and also here.
• HOMEWORK CENTRAL: LANGUAGE ARTS - (K-12) provides a collection of language arts lesson plans arranged by topic.
• HOUGHTON MIFFLIN'S INVITATION TO LITERARY - (K-6) provides a collection of theme-related activities and related links to supplement any reading series. To find this lesson material organized by grade level, click on Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6.
• GUAVABERRY BOOKS - interactive site by book lovers for book lovers
• INKSPOT: YOUNG WRITER'S RESOURCE - includes advice for young writers.
• INSTRUCTOR: CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES - (K-6) Scholastic's Instructor magazine offers online lessons in an various curricular areas.
• INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM - provides a collection of over 80 computer lesson plans organized by grades K-5 and 6-8. Elementary school teachers will find language arts/reading plans here, here, and here, middle school teachers will find language arts plans in the multimedia section.
• INTERACTIVE LEARNING RESOURCES - (6-12) is a collection of weekly online lessons for CNN news stories that are edited for easier reading for students. The online lessons for each news story include a variety of curriculum exercises.
• INTERACTIVE TEACHER ONLINE - (5-12) provides thematic lesson ideas in the teachers' aid section. This bimonthly magazine also includes a directory with selected past issues useful for lesson planning.
• INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION - position statements, research, advocacy, conferences, association contacts
• JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE - official site for fans of this writer: books, sights and sounds, what's new with Jean
• JUST FOR KIDS WHO LOVE BOOKS - Completely dedicated to making kids avid readers with sections on the Publishers Weekly Children's Bestseller List, How a Book is Made, Reading Corner Reviews, Newbery Medal Books and Caldecott Medal Books
• KIDBIBS - a website intending to bring kids and books together, Kidbibs is not only designed for teachers but for parents and other professionals who work with children
• KIDREACH: LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES - (4-12) provides unit lesson plans for teaching literature. The site includes unit plans for the following books and plays: Spirit Quest by Susan Sharpe, Daniel's Story by Carol Matas, MacBeth and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Night by Elie Wiesel.
• KIDS LOVE A MYSTERY - (4-7) Kids Love A Mystery, part of the MysteryNet Web site, contains lesson plans and online for teaching critical thinking, problem solving, writing, and literature. You can also sign up via email for free updates including a new mystery every week.
• LANGUAGE ARTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS - (6-8) links to many creative sites covering major English themes
• LEGENDS - history, literature, and lore presented with the promise of guided access to primary source material and up-to-date scholarship, personal essays and extended reviews, and historical surveys and thoughtful commentary
• THE LIBRARY IN THE SKY - (K-12) provides hundreds of lesson plans for a variety of subject areas. To find language arts plans, click here, and to find additional language arts plans, click on Across Subjects.
• LITERARY CALENDAR - find the literary events of any month in any year simply by clicking and reading
• LITERARY RESOURCES ON THE NET - (9-college) searchable database and common sense categories make this a useful search tool
• LITERATURE CIRCLES - creative ideas on how to sustain these small, temporary discussion groups who have chosen to read the same piece of literature
• LITERATURE AND STUFF - list of online books from reference sources to classical mythology, top-heavy in ancient Greek lore
• LITERATURE RESOURCES -A index of literature sites across the web designed to designed to provide quick reference for students and teachers. Includes information about authors, writing resources, links to other literature collections, electronic texts and more.
• LITERATURE: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SHORT STORY - An interactive, multimedia site that allows students to explore the literary elements of a short story as they journey through "A Jury of Her Peers".
• LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - is the first home page devoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books, and is the most comprehensive; includes new activities section
• MALASPINA GREAT BOOKS INTERDISCIPLINARY MATRIX - hundreds of titles by subject area and literary period - indispensable for curriculum integration
• MARK TWAIN AT LARGE - subtitled "his travels here and abroad", a wonderful look at the life and times of this American icon
• MASTERWORKS OF BRITISH LITERATURE- this site examines the culture,ideology and issues of canonicity in certain major works and contains some valuable information related to King Lear, Paradise Lost, Gulliver's Travels, Wuthering heights, Great Expectations, Heart of Darkness and Canterbury Tales
• MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - criteria and lists of multicultural books categorized by ethnicity
• MIDLINK MAGAZINE - magazine for kids in middle grades written for and by middle grade students
• MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM LESSON PLAN - provides lesson plans for teaching Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through performance for high school classes.
• THE MILTON-L HOME PAGE - This site supports the discussion group devoted to the life, literature and times of the poet John Milton.
• THE MOONLIT ROAD - Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
• MLA STYLE - this web site lists MLA's authorized guidelines for citing sources Middle School Literature
• MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - criteria and lists of multicultural books categorized by ethnicity
• MYSTERIES - five approaches for teaching the mystery genre and connecting it to learning in all areas
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE - based in Texas, collections, exhibits and events along with fun kid activities
• NEPTUNE'S WEB - ( K-12) sponsored by Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), provides a variety of cross-curricular lesson plans including language arts. The site offers printable student worksheets with the lessons.
• NEWSPAPER LINKS - a comprehensive gateway to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers on the Web, with links to papers, features, classifieds and noteworthy award winners
• NEWSWISE - a free educational resource, designed to improve literacy, encourage discussion and promote citizenship using topical stories selected or adapted from the national press; discussion forums too
• NINE PLANETS - Nine Planet mirror sites Nine Planets
• NORTH STAR NAVIGATORS - Sue Pandiani's class site sparkling with creative genius as she and her children respond to Reynold's The North Star in inspiring ways

 

 

MYTHOLOGY

• OF GODS AND MEN - The A to Z of Mythology and Legend. This web site gives biographical information of gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman Mythology. It contains A-Z mythology and legend indexes.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHICA: NORSE MYTHOLOGY - The collective myths of the Scandinavians (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland).
• ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHICA - An on-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend
• THE HERO'S JOURNEY - simulation to explore the classic mythical hero and create your own stories
• LITERATURE AND STUFF - list of online books from reference sources to classical mythology, top-heavy in ancient Greek lore
• MYTHS AND LEGENDS - Myths and Mythology resources, organized by countries.
• THE NORSE MYTHOLOGY WEB PAGE
• OUTTA RAY'S HEAD - (7-12) features a collection of over 100 language arts lesson plans containing printable handouts for teaching poetry, literature, writing, and library skills.
• PEGASUS - Greek mythological gods, heroes and heroines, animals and a game
• SCAVENGER HUNTS - (4-8) internet-based activities in which students search for specific information online to complete an assignment. Other excellent scavenger hunts are the Greek Myth and the Reference Library.
• OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON PLANS - (6-12) provides Internet-based language arts lesson plans
• ONLINE EDUCATION - (6-12) provides ready-to-use lesson plans and classroom activities in a variety of subject areas
• ONLINE PROJECT CENTER - The Mining Company's Online Project Center features a variety of K-6 lesson plans contributed by elementary school teachers
• OUTTA RAY'S HEAD - (7-12) features a collection of over 100 language arts lesson plans containing printable handouts for teaching poetry, literature, writing, and library skills
• PATTI'S ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM; WINDOWS TO READING features phonics activities for the primary grade classroom
• PBS TEACHERSOURCE features an inventory of over 1,000 free lesson plans, teacher guides, and online activities that complement PBS television programs
• PEACE CORPS: WORLD WISE SCHOOLS - (3-12) provides a collection of global education lesson plans for social studies, science, and language arts indexed.
• PENQUIN PUTMAN INC. ONLINE: ACADEMIC AREA provides invaluable teachers' guides for a variety of Signet classics
• PIGS IN CYBERSPACE: MODULE - (4-8) features cooperative lesson plan modules developed by teachers.
• PIGGYBACKS FOR TEACHER - (K-6) features lesson plans, classroom activities, and projects to accompany eight of Jan Brett's popular books.
• PIT PONY - (4-9) companion site for the feature-length film inspired by Joyce Barkhouse's classic children's novel
• PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - a guide to the Shakespeare plays commonly encountered in the high school curriculum

 

 

POETRY

• BLUE WEB'N - (3-12) provides an online library of 20 lesson plan sites for English. The site is updated weekly, grammar, and poetry.
• CANTEACH - provides a wide variety of elementary school resources including a collection of English Language Arts lesson plans categorized by topic. The site also includes a variety of ready-to-use songs & poems for special days and events that teachers can incorporate in their language arts lessons.
• CASEY AT THE BAT ACTIVITY - features a collection of lesson plans based on the famous poem Casey at the Bat
• CONNECTIONS+ FROM MCREL - (K-12) provides a collection of lesson plans and activities for teaching Shakespeare, folktales, spelling, creative and research writing, poetry, and other topics
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE RESOURCES - an extensive and annotated list of web sites that support the English curriculum. Includes Shakespeare, Literature, Poetry, Drama, and Philosophy.
• FAIRIE LORE AND LITERATURE - searchable database of folklore and literature, tales and poems
• POETRY FOR KIDS - great elementary site to inspire children to experience and respond to poetry
• POETRY PALS - an on-line project and resource to encourage the development of literacy and technology skills through writing, publishing, and responding to student poetry from around the world
• POET'S CORNER - this site's goal is to create the largest, most diverse, and user-friendly collection of poetry on the Web; thousands of works by hundreds of authors
• POET'S CORNER - (3-6) features a collection of poetry lesson plans. Other resources include poems and biographies of famous American poets and a glossary of poetic terms
• SUBWAY POEMS - (5-8) features a collection of poems written by Candace Burnett's students at the Booker T. Washington Middle School 54 in Manhattan.
• WHYPOETRYWHAT - developed using Filamentality, this site offers online experiences for children to understand different components of poetry
• PREMIER TRACKS - a collection of K-12 Web-based lessons created by SCR*TEC's TrackStar.
• PROJECT CENTER: READING ACTIVITIES - (K-12) updated weekly, features a variety of online reading projects f
• PRO TEACHER - (K-5) contains a collection of lesson plans and other curricular resources
• RACHEL DOPPELT'S LESSON PLANS - (pre K-1) provides a list of lesson plans she used in her student teaching
• RANDOM HOUSE ACADEMIC MARKETING TEACHER'S GUIDES - (8-12) provides a collection of teacher's guides to books
• THE READ-IN - a one-day-a-year Internet event that helps hundreds of thousands of children around the world talk to famous authors and with each other.
• READ, WRITE NOW - excellent theme-related Language Arts activities for elementary: Dinosaurs, Environment, Friendship, Space
• RECAT READING - technology-based remedial reading program that teachers are raving about
• RESOURCES - features cross-curricular lesson plans organized by grade level
• RESOURCES VILLAGE - (K-8) features Web-based lesson plans with printable worksheets for a variety of subject areas
• RHODE ISLAND TEACHERS AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: SEARCH OF CURRICULUM DATABASE: - (K-12) provides a searchable database of unit ideas contributed by teachers
• RHL SCHOOL - (4-8) provides weekly printable worksheets to complement any language arts program
• THE ROBIN HOOD PROJECT - texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the Robin Hood stories and other outlaw tales.
• SABINE PARISH TEACHERS' LESSON PLANS - (3-12) offers a collection of lesson plans designed by their teachers
• SAMPLE BOOK IDEAS FOR LITERATURE - (4-12) Extensive teaching suggestions to accompany a list of contemporary novels. The novels include Peg Kehret's Danger at the Fair, Avi's Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?, and Lois Duncan's Who Killed My Daughter?
• SCAVENGER HUNTS - (4-8) internet-based activities in which students search for specific information online to complete an assignment. Other excellent scavenger hunts are the Greek Myth and the Reference Library.
• SCHOLASTIC IN SCHOOL - (K-6) provides a collection of ready-to- use reproducible activities that can complement the language arts curriculum
• SCHOOL EXPRESS FREE WORKSHEET - (pre K-6) updated weekly for grades, provides a collection of printable and copyable worksheets for the different subject areas
• SCHOOLHOUSE: ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS - (K-12) provides a collection of English/language arts lesson plans for reading andwriting
• SCHOOLZONE - (K-12) provides a collection of English lesson plans
• SCI FI & FANTASY - annotated bibliography with online database for teachers
• S.C.O.R.E. CYBERGUIDES - supplementary, web-based units of instruction centered on core works of literature. They are designed for the classroom with one online computer; each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, objectives, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric
• SCORE IN THE CLASSROOM - provides a collection of phonics lesson plans and activities for the primary grades
• SCORE PROMISING PRACTICES - (K-12) provides a collection of sites with language arts lesson and unit plans
• SECONDARY SCHOOL LESSON PLANS - provides a variety of secondary school lesson plans organized by subject area
• SHAKESPEARE CORNER - contains lesson plans for teaching units on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in grade 9, Julius Caesar in grade 10, and Hamlet in grade 12
• SHARING CURRICULUM - (K-12) contains over 500 teacher-designed, student-centered hands-on curriculum projects, across all subject areas
• SILLY BILLY'S LESSON PLANS - (K) contains thematic units of instruction developed by teachers for the primary grades. The Pumpkin Patch and native American Indians themes feature lesson plans, while the reading and plants theme features a week's plans for the first grade
• SILVER BURDETT GINN: TEACHER ACTIVITY CENTER FOR TEACHING/LANGUAGE ARTS - ( K-6) provides a variety of online lesson plans
• SIMONSAYS KIDS - touted as the site with "the coolest books on the planet', the design is definitely for kids and is sure to lure them into reading
• SMITHSONIAN EDUCATION- provides cross-curricular lesson plans designed for upper elementary school and middle school students covering presidential elections, ocean ecology, landscape painting, creating a classroom museum, archaeology, and other topics
• SNOW WHITE - (4-8) contains lesson ideas, assignments, and background material for teaching about this well-known fairy tale
• SONNET CENTRAL- an archive of English sonnets with commentary, pictures, and relevant links on the WWW
• STORY HOUSE BOUND BOOKS - (1-7) contains teachers Guides for a wide variety of books from Arthur Meets The President to The Titanic Lost... And Found to Walk Two Moons.
• SURFING FOR ABC'S - an A to Z index of Web sites created by Loogootee Elementary West (Indiana) kindergarten and first grade students.
• SURFING WITH THE BARD - over 200 pages on this site, plus links, discussion boards and more dedicated to Shakespeare
• TEACHER'S CORNER - (K-12) provides monthly thematic Internet-based lesson plans that encourage students to use the Internet to do research in various curricular areas
• TEACHERSFIRST WEB CONTENT MATRIX - offers a collection of lesson plans at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
• TEACHER'S GUIDE - (3-12) features online lesson plans that use an extensive collection of current editorial cartoons from newspapers around the country
• TEACHERS' LESSON PLANS - (6-12) written for teachers by teachers and prepared by Longman Dictionaries, contains vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation plans for students who are learning English.
• TEACHERS.NET LESSON BANK - provides a searchable collection of over 400 lesson plans and activities contributed by teachers for use with students in preschool through high school
• TEACHNET.ORG - (K-12) provides daily curriculum projects as well as teacher-designed activities teacher-designed activities
• TEACHER'S RESOURCE PAGE: LESSON PLANS - (2-5) contains a list of thematic lesson plans relating to the story The Three Little Pigs
• TEACHER TALK FORUM- (7-12) provides a collection of electronic lesson plans for language arts
• TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH INTERACTIVE FICTION - one section for students and another for teachers, all designed to fuel your enthusiasm to create computer-based interactive fiction
• TEACHING & MORE - (2-6) provides a collection of lesson plans
• TEACHING COMPOSITION - contains a list of his composition lessons, exercises, and step-by-step models for teaching high school English
• TEACHING IDEAS EXCHANGE - (K-12) contains a searchable database of lesson plans and teaching materials
• TEACHING IDEAS FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS - (K-5) contains a collection English and time-filler activities to complement your language arts curriculum
• TEACHING MATERIALS ONLINE - contains a collection of online thematic instructional units written by teachers
• TEACHING UNIT FOR TREASURE ISLAND - provides a course of study for Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for middle grade students
• TEACHNET.COM - (K-12) designed for teachers, provides a collection of lesson planning resources including Lessons Ideas for the various subject areas
• TEAMS DISTANCE LEARNING: K-12 LESSON PLANS - (K-12) provides a collection of lessons plan sites organized by subject
• THEMATIC PLANNING UNITS - developed by elementary school teachers, contain 21 primary units for grades K-2 and 16 intermediate units for grades 3-5
• THINK - on-line newspapers and magazines in Canada, the United States and English newspapers around the world as well as links to related sites around the web
• THREE WISHES - this site contains a step-by-step lesson plan for teaching intermediate grade students to write a five-sentence paragraph with varied sentence beginnings, correct spelling and punctuation, and appropriate margins
• TREASURE TROVE - The 6th Grade Treasure Trove is a cyberhaven for 6th Grade teachers
• A TRIP TO MISTY'S HOME - CHINCOTEAGUE, VA WEBQUEST - you are planning a family trip to Chincoteague, Virginia to see the wild ponies for yourself - nice companion to the novel
• TRMS Lesson Plans (5-8) provides a collection of Internet-based lesson plans
• UALR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ONLINE: LESSON PLANS - (K-12) provides a collection of lesson plan sites as well as seven search engines for finding lesson plans
• UNHCR - the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) contains a collection of UNICEF lesson plans for teaching about the themes of refuge and exile in the secondary schools
• VALDER PHONICS PROGRAM - offers online free six phonics lessons for teaching a child how to read
• VINTAGE BOOKS: READING GROUP CENTER - offers over 50 reading group guides to enhance individual reading and group discussions at the high school level
• WEBTIME STORIES - access to many links on our literary traditions: Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales, Great Books, Young Adults, and Just for Fun; resources
• WONDERFUL WORLD OF AMERICAN TALL TALES - (4-6) provides a printable handout guide with activities and assignments
• WORLD LITERATURE AND CULTURE - a 7th grade class has undertaken a World cultures humanities course, along the way learning about Africa, Asia, India, Latin America, and the Middle East; art, literature, and music of each of these world cultures
• WORLD SCHOOL: LESSON PLAN WEB SITES - (K-12) provides a collection of general lesson plan sites that include language arts plans

 

 

WRITING

• AANIMATE YOUR WORLD (6-8) - contains a collection of thematic creative writing activities for students
• AUTHOR'S CHAIR - (K-5) Cyberschool's site, a place where children can have their writing published electronically; indexed by grade level, topic, and school
• CELEBRITY ADDRESSES - Alphabetically listed of addresses for celebrities from all walks of life, said to be current and working; excellent for letter-writing applications
• COMMUNICATION THROUGH WRITING - teacher recommended ideas to nurture writing
• CONNECTIONS+ FROM MCREL - (K-12) provides a collection of lesson plans and activities for teaching Shakespeare, folktales, spelling, creative and research writing, poetry, and other topics.
• COOPERATIVE LEARNING LESSON PLAN CATEGORIES - (K-6) contains lesson plan activities in language arts, reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, and writing.
• DEEP 96 - (K-8) The Distance Education Environment Page (DEEP) 96 offers cooperative learning activities for a variety of subject areas. Language arts lesson plans include modules for reading, novels, writing, listening and speaking, and other topics.
• EDUCATION EXPLORERS: Language. Educational Explorers, created by licensed teachers, contains 50 writing lessons with answers for grades three, four, five, and six. Teachers can print and recopy the worksheets for classroom use. The site also a teacher's page with practical tips.
• FOR YOUNG WRITERS - this site has a writing center for young authors by young writers - it has many practical approaches to writing and getting published
• GARBL'S WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE - An "annotated directory of web sites focusing on English grammar, style, usage, plain language, words, reference sources, on-line writing experts, word play and books on writing"
• GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING - Be sure to try the interactive quizzes.
• KIDS LOVE A MYSTERY - (4-7) Kids Love A Mystery, part of the MysteryNet Web site, contains lesson plans and online for teaching critical thinking, problem solving, writing, and literature. You can also sign up via email for free updates including a new mystery every week.
• PIZZAZZ!... PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ZIPPY AND ZANY ZCRIBBLING - (3-8) provides creative writing lessons and activities with copyable student handouts
• READ, WRITE NOW - excellent theme-related Language Arts activities for elementary: Dinosaurs, Environment, Friendship, Space
• RENSSELAER WRITING CENTER (9-12) - online hand-outs on the mechanics of writing
• SCHOOLHOUSE: ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS - (K-12) provides a collection of English/language arts lesson plans for reading and writing
• TEACHER'S HELPER - provides seasonal lesson plans that include ideas for getting students started in creative writing, for elementary schools
• WRITE SITE- for the middle school language arts curriculum, has students take the role of reporters and editors to research, write, and publish their own newspaper
• WRITER'S WRITE - resources for aspiring writers - upper grades
• WRITINGDEN - (6-12) provides online interactive reading, comprehension, and writing lessons for students
• WRITING RESOURCES - links to Activities, General Reference Materials, Lesson Plans, Lists for Educators, On-line Writing Labs, Professional Organizations, Publishing on the Web, Rhetoric and Composition,Writing Assignments and much more
• WRITERS ON THE NET - (9- college) - a group of published writers and experienced writing teachers building an online community and resource for writers and aspiring writers
• WRITING EVERY DAY - good writers write often and daily; this site offers you a variety of 5-15 minute writing exercises to do in your free time or as class assignments
• WWW RESEARCH LESSON LIBRARY: LANGUAGE ARTS - (K-12) provides a collection of online language arts lessons created by Washington state teachers
• YALE-NEW HAVEN TEACHERS INSTITUTE - (K-12) offers a collection of hundreds of curriculum units
• YOUR MINING COMPANY GUIDE TO DESKTOP PUBLISHING - (7-12) features lesson plans and projects