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National Council of Teachers of English
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K to 12
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National Council of Teachers of English, the world's largest subject-matter educational association, is devoted to improving the teaching of English and the language arts at all levels...more
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National Council of Teachers of English, the world's largest subject-matter educational association, is devoted to improving the teaching of English and the language arts at all levels of education. NCTE has 90,000 members and subscribers in the United States and other countries.
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If in need of new lesson plans or maybe just some motivators, try this site from NCTE. Within the site are tons of lesson plans, separated by grade level - as well as updated posts about new teaching techniques and ideas from NCTE members. There are also resources for teachers wanting updated e-classes or training. Be sure to save this site as a favorite on your classroom computer to allow for easy reference later on.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Kansas Curricular Standards
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K to 12
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Home page for the state's Curricular Standards. ...more
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Home page for the state's Curricular Standards.
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Indiana Academic Standards
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K to 12
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Indiana Department of Ed standards. ...more
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Indiana Department of Ed standards.
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Idaho Content Standards
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K to 12
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Idaho content standards in both Word and pdf formats. RIGHT-click on the version you want to download and choose "Save Target as" or click to open either version. You need ...more
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Idaho content standards in both Word and pdf formats. RIGHT-click on the version you want to download and choose "Save Target as" or click to open either version. You need to have either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat software.
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Idaho Department of Education
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K to 12
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Home page for the state's department of education. ...more
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Florida State Standards
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K to 12
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I tried shortening the URL to the root, but got a message to contact the webmaster. If you still want this reviewed we need to Google the Florida standards. sm ...more
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I tried shortening the URL to the root, but got a message to contact the webmaster. If you still want this reviewed we need to Google the Florida standards. sm
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Delaware Content Standards
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K to 12
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NetSmartz Workshop - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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K to 12
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Use this website to help students of all ages learn to be safe online and in the real world. Included are short video clips that are sure to catch ...more
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Use this website to help students of all ages learn to be safe online and in the real world. Included are short video clips that are sure to catch the student's interest along with plans for class discussions and activities. See the various topics under "choose an Issue" lower on the page. Activity cards and safety pledges are available in Spanish. There is a very rich collection of information here.
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If you know you will be using the Internet during class or assigning it for outside work, consider sharing some of the safety lessons ahead of time using a projector, especially with elementary and middle school students. Secondary English, information literacy, or computer teachers should consider requiring teens to report on an Internet safety topic as a research project as you are trying to both teach and USE research skills. This site could be a good topic-finder and starting point.Provide a link on your teacher web page to give parents a resource for talking about Internet safety with their children at home. Bookmark this site on a classroom computer for students to visit when they have free time.
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ESL Teacher Lesson Plans & Worksheets - Using English.com
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2 to 8
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This index to short ESL lessons and resources in three levels provides material for quick review of grammar, reading, and special-topic classroom activities. Some contain photographs...more
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This index to short ESL lessons and resources in three levels provides material for quick review of grammar, reading, and special-topic classroom activities. Some contain photographs that clarify the questions or provide conversational stimulation. HAndouts are in PDF format and are well prepared. Many have cloze passages or similar activities to reinforce vocabulary. Special ed teachers seeking materials to reinforce basics will find some activities helpful, as well.
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Note: At certain busy times of the day, this site opens slowly. Be patient.
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Find reinforcement and review activities quickly. For a multi-level classroom containing some ESL students, use these plans with your regular lessons to provide extra help.
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Lois Lowry - Lois Lowry
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4 to 9
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This is Lois Lowry's official website. Find up-to-date information on Lois Lowry's speeches, her new works, photos, and more. The photo gallery includes pictures of her home, family,...more
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This is Lois Lowry's official website. Find up-to-date information on Lois Lowry's speeches, her new works, photos, and more. The photo gallery includes pictures of her home, family, travels, and friends. You can email Lois Lowry or read speeches she has given at various functions. There is a very informative FAQ, with answers, of course!
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A very worthwhile site if you teach The Giver or any other Lowry book. This site is a sure winner for an introduction to a student author study in small groups or individually, as well.Comments
In one of her speeches, the acceptance speech for The Giver, Lois Lowry concludes with this idea: "But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him freedom. Those are magnificent, wonderfully unsafe things." I work in a library, and I have loved science fiction for as long as I can remember. While putting books into the hands of children may be unsafe, it is also vital for those who read to live richer lives and learn to accept others better. (Even paralibrarians who split infinitives.)Ellen, VA, Grades: 0 - 12
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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Carol Hurst and Rebecca Otis
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K to 9
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This is a nifty site that includes a variety of children's book reviews, professional resources, and author pages from Avi to James Stephenson. Many of the review pages suggest activities...more
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This is a nifty site that includes a variety of children's book reviews, professional resources, and author pages from Avi to James Stephenson. Many of the review pages suggest activities to do with some or all of the books on that page.
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Clicking on the "Curriculum Areas" section will give you a wide assortment of options for many subjects including social studies, geography, math, science, and art as well as language arts. Be sure to scroll down past the advertisements at the top of each page. This site gives you links to buy the books (from Amazon), but the activities make it worth it.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Madeleine L'Engle - Crossroads, Ltd.
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4 to 9
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This is the Official Madeleine L'Engle website. Explore the categories on the top menu that include links to a movie trailer made from her book A Wrinkle in Time, short ...more
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This is the Official Madeleine L'Engle website. Explore the categories on the top menu that include links to a movie trailer made from her book A Wrinkle in Time, short summaries of all her books, and teacher's reading and activity guides for working with students. The site includes lots of links that will satisfy even the most curious L'Engle fan. Its only drawback is that some of the information takes you out to other sites, but there is a considerable amount of information on this site itself.
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You can use this site with students for different group projects since it takes off in many different directions that would allow groups to come back and share what they find, perhaps as a presentation using Flip, reviewed here on a projector or perhaps in a non-electronic author exhibit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Culminating Project for a Unit on the Novel The Giver - Lori Farnsworth
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5 to 9
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This is a lesson plan encompassing three 90-minute lessons as a culmination for the Lowry novel, The Giver. While it was written with 8th graders in mind, it is easily ...more
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This is a lesson plan encompassing three 90-minute lessons as a culmination for the Lowry novel, The Giver. While it was written with 8th graders in mind, it is easily adaptable to any age group that reads this novel. The site includes a lesson outline, objectives, standards addressed, and complete despcription of the lesson which includes groups of students creating powerpoint presentations about the novel to share with other groups.
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The Harry Potter Lexicon - Steve Vander Ark, editor
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3 to 12
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This is a truly amazing and in-depth site that should satisfy even the most rabid of Harry Potter fans! It includes everything from maps to each of the Hogwarts houses ...more
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This is a truly amazing and in-depth site that should satisfy even the most rabid of Harry Potter fans! It includes everything from maps to each of the Hogwarts houses to character descriptions to chapter-by-chapter summaries and essays about the books written by experts. Click on "The Wizarding World" and see the complete breakdown of what is covered. Just try to find something that is not!(Avoid the items for sale).
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The graphics alone on this site make it worthwhile! Students will be captivated by the artwork. The Wizarding Maps are great for your visual students and in case you're worried about your science-minded kids trying the magic spells or potions, those pages direct students to the pages in the different books where they are referenced. A site to use and get lost in for both you and your students.Invite your students do a "book report" on another author by making a simple "page" of their own using PowerPoint to emulate a portion of this site.
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Ask Oxford.com - Oxford University Press
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6 to 12
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For existing and potential wordies, this fun page offers a word of the day, a quote of the week, a list of new terms added to the OED online (i.e. ...more
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For existing and potential wordies, this fun page offers a word of the day, a quote of the week, a list of new terms added to the OED online (i.e. "Lollywood"), a chance to look at commonly asked questions about words and linguistics, and a chance to ponder over interesting quotations that feature significant words and word play. Links from the page go to dictionaries including a children's dictionary, a cross word puzzle,facts about English, a quick quiz, and more games.
Note: you can toggle between US and UK versions of the site at the top right.
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If you have a projector, use the word of the day or one of the quotes as an anticipatory set for vocab lessons or during homeroom to warm up the minds of sleepy students. Include the link on your teacher web page for your "wordie" students. Maybe even consider making some of the activities an exta credit opportunity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biography Timeline Templates - National Geographic
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2 to 8
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Biography TimeLine Templates are back-to-basics download files for creating simple timelines. With the user-friendly format for entering information, this site could be a great method...more
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Biography TimeLine Templates are back-to-basics download files for creating simple timelines. With the user-friendly format for entering information, this site could be a great method by which to begin timeline introduction lessons as well as for organizing and writing informational pieces. The timeline capability could be utilized for either autobiographies or biographies. Be prepared for the simplicity of this site. It does not contain a variety of editing options.
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Perfect for an interactive white board demonstration of time lines. A great add-on to informational pieces as an appendix, supplemental material or visual explanation. Include the time line activity as part of a social studies unit on family history or as part of research projects on authors or famous people.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Book Cover Creator - ReadWriteThink
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2 to 8
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Create covers for student-created reports or books with this interactive site. Choose from several styles: front and back, front only or full dust jacket. Templates for covers with...more
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Create covers for student-created reports or books with this interactive site. Choose from several styles: front and back, front only or full dust jacket. Templates for covers with text only or text and illustration are included. Also find templates for CD/DVD covers.
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Have students write and illustrate a book for younger students, then create a full dust jacket to give the book a professional look. Share the stories during a meet the author/book signing event with a younger class. Present the books to the younger class library so they can be enjoyed over and over. OR use the full dust cover as a book report template. As always, preview and create a sample cover to decide what options you want your students to use. NOTE: Make sure you allow enough time to create and print the cover in one session, as there is no way to save work.Comments
I love this one. The art teacher and I worked together on this month's book reports (sixth grade) . I talked in my class about finding symbolic objects within the stories the students read, and the art teacher taught them how to design book covers that used these ideas to make a meaningful book cover for the books. Then the students wrote in my class about how the object was important to the themes of their book.Thinking, PA, Grades: 5 - 10
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A Way with Words - Mary Beth Bauernschub
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5 to 8
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Shakespeare invented over 2,000 words and expressive phrases. In this lesson, students use drawing and pantomime to identify and analyze some of Shakespeare's phrases. They then write...more
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Shakespeare invented over 2,000 words and expressive phrases. In this lesson, students use drawing and pantomime to identify and analyze some of Shakespeare's phrases. They then write a story using the newly-identified words, lines, and phrases.
This is one lesson, but it could be broken into 2 lesson plans (30-45 minutes each) that enables students to:
--identify words invented by William Shakespeare.
--interpret the meaning of words through drawing.
--identify words by interpreting drawings.
--analyze the meaning of a line or phrase.
--pantomime to communicate the meaning of a line or phrase.
--interpret pantomime to identify a line or phrase.
--write a short story using Shakespeare invented words, lines, and phrases.
--identify words invented by William Shakespeare.
--interpret the meaning of words through drawing.
--identify words by interpreting drawings.
--analyze the meaning of a line or phrase.
--pantomime to communicate the meaning of a line or phrase.
--interpret pantomime to identify a line or phrase.
--write a short story using Shakespeare invented words, lines, and phrases.
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Intersperse these ideas as you read a play, giving your students a chance to exercise multiple intelligences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Trading Card Maker - BigHugeLabs.com
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4 to 12
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Create photo trading cards using images you upload or store on Flickr, Instagram, or Dropbox. Imagine having your students create study aides about famous people using images they draw...more
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Create photo trading cards using images you upload or store on Flickr, Instagram, or Dropbox. Imagine having your students create study aides about famous people using images they draw and scan or photos of themselves impersonating the famous people, such as presidents, explorers, authors, and more. If you celebrate reading by having an "author's tea," why not follow up by asking students to make trading cards for the authors they "met"? Use a similar approach for famous historical figures or even for geometric shapes you photograph with the digital camera. If students write their own "biographies" of the shapes to study from, they will learn for sure! They can even trade each other for favorites.
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Upload and tag your photo, type information, and print cards. Download finished card to your computer. Use for book reports for literature circles with each student in the group making a card for a different character in the book. This is also an excellent idea for special occasions for special people: mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, school nurse, school secretary, school custodian, favorite aunt, or anyone else! Be sure to print onto cover stock and laminate (if possible). What fabulous (and memorable) gifts. Check out the Big Huge Labs educator account. Easily pre-register students to avoid creating logins, view and download their creations, and view the site advertisement free. You will find information about the Educator Account here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs - WGBH
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3 to 8
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If your class studies animals (or pets), this site from NOVA is a great one for high interest among students. It originally accompanied the show aired in 2004. Be ...more
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If your class studies animals (or pets), this site from NOVA is a great one for high interest among students. It originally accompanied the show aired in 2004. Be sure to check out the Dogs Around the World game to match up breeds with their environments and lesson plan ideas for ways to include the site (and the video, if you have it) as part of a study of biodiversity, evolution, and human influence on species.
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Use the site and its accompanying links for a research project with elementary or middle school students. The readings could be terrific practice for content-reading skills and strategies, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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