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Poetry from Kristine O'Connell George
Grades
4 to 12
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All About Treasure Island
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Character & Social Responsibility Curriculum Resources - Boston University
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Teachers will want to explore the lesson themes in detail; each introduces many possibilities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Center for Character & Social Responsibility - Boston University
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Find several lesson plans for stories such as Charlotte's Web, The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe, among others in PDF format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Circle of Stories - PBS
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use the educators guide to find ways to incorporate this site into your classroom, either through lesson plans or classroom activities. This would be a very useful site for a US history or English teacher, studying Native American Culture and story-telling.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Braille Bug - American Foundation for the Blind
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
This would also be a great stop in a study of disabilities and adaptive strategies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Recommended Literature - California Department of Education
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Teachers will find this a great tool for locating books appropriate to particular topics or student interests, especially in multi-lingual classroomsAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Magnet Puzzles
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Try this as a brainstormer in your poetry class, or as a vocabulary builder.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Best of the Year for Young Adults - American Library Association
Grades
7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeachersFirst's Reading List Collection - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Try using these lists with your reluctant readers; there are dozens of possibilities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Lifetime Reading List - TeachersFirst
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Share this list with students as a challenge, and make the link available on your class web page. Consider conducting a year-long independent reading challenge, asking students to read from this list and create their choice of media "advertisement" or critique of the book using one of the many tool options in the TeachersFirst Edge. Ask students to generate a personal goal "Lifetime Reading" or "Book Bucket List" and share it in their own creative way.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hamlet Study Guide - Sparknotes
Grades
9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BBC News - BBC
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks through out the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research whats going on via this news site, and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ABC News - ABC news
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks through out the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research whats going on via this news site, and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Library Association Newbery Medal Page - Amer. Library Assoc.
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Use this list to help your students choose some new literature to read. Provide this link on your class website for students and parents to use to find quality literature. Consider starting your own class wiki with student-made interactive book posters on favorite Newbery winners and honor books using a tool like Canva, reviewd here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celtic Studies Reading Lists - Privately Published
Grades
9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Banned Books Online
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
This is a useful site for history and English teachers, and a great discussion- starter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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St. Charles Public Library Best Books for Young Adults 2000
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use these book lists as a way to interest hesitant readers in your classroom. The books recommended are all interesting enough to capture any young mind, regardless of their previous feelings towards reading. Avid readers will also love this site, so be sure to post it on your teacher web page to allow students to access it out of the classroom. Parents will also love access to the site, and can use it to generate a summer reading list for their kids.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Modern American Poetry - University of Illinois
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Post the site on the class web page as a resource for students working on a research paper, allowing them to access it both in and out of the classroom. The biographies provided would be an excellent resource, as would some of the poems that accompany them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mississippi Writers' Page - Univ. of Mississippi
Grades
7 to 12In the Classroom
If you're planning a sortie into 20th century American literature, this site is a must for planning purposes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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