Book
Review
Books
Alive Make a Power Point Presentation
and Submit it to the Web
Web
Link
Career
Exploration
When I Grow Up...
Classroom Management
Doing
Your Grades:
(Grades K-12) What Every New Teacher Should Know.
Many
Ideas for Classroom Management Tips for Getting Organized,
Ideas for Bulletin Boards, Inexpensive Items--Where to Get Them,
Icebreakers and Energizers, Review Games, How to Simplify the Grading Work
Load, Activities for the First Days of School, Ideas for Welcoming New
Teachers, Ideas for Rewards, Classroom Rules, Special Project: Post Card
Exchange Ideas.
Comparison and Contrast
Gary
Paulsen and Jack London (Grades 8 - 12). Students read "The Dogs
Could Teach Me" from Woodsong by Gary Paulsen and then compare his
writing style and thematic concerns with that of Jack London.
Conflict
Jack
London's "To Build a Fire" (Grades 8 - 12) Students discuss the
effect of choices made in the story.
Creative Suggestions
Daryl
Cagle's Pro Cartoonists Index Lesson plans include games like
scavenger hunts, tic tac toe and cartoon bingo, which engage students as
they explore and interpret the symbolism in cartoons. Included are
all necessary pages to print out as student handouts.
Great
Expextations for a Creative Textbook
E-mail
Classics Just for Fun Puns, Parodies,
Language Play, Bloopers, etc.
Create
"Who Did It" Mysteries with the Computer (5-12)
Creative
Writing
The
Sky's the Limit Create Your Own Travel
Brochure
365
Writing Prompts from Writer's Digest
Creative
Writing Activity Using Shopping Mall Personalities (7-9)
Creative
Writing: Becoming a Logophil (4-8)
Make
A Statement! Using Environmental Bumper Stickers (6-8)
The
Real Fairy Tales Fun Creative Writing Activity (5-8)
Critical
Thinking
Resources
The
Center for Critical Thinking has created a wealth of information including
instructional guides and lesson plans to help educators implement Critical
Thinking in every aspect of their teaching.
Six
Links to Critical Thinking
Cultural
Awareness
Art
Quest Explore multicultural perspectives
on contemporary American art.
Discussion
Socratic
Seminars
Debate
Suggestions
to Consider Suggestions are given here for teaching
debate.
Forming
an Opinion
- Daryl Cagle's Pro Cartoonists Index Click on "Forming
Opinions" at your grade level (Elemenetary, Middle School and High School
lesson plans are included. This site includes developed lesson plans
for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences,
Art, Journalism and English at all levels.Instruction starts at Grades
four and five.
Debating
Free Speech The Telecommunications Act of 1996 changed
the way we see free speech. This lesson plan (appropriate for
grades 4 - 10) teaches students the complex history of free speech
and invites debates over new technological regulations.
States
Rights versus Federalism Students will study primary
documents to examine to rights of the state versus the power of the
federal government. This lesson plan is appropriate for students
in grades 7 - 12.
Drama
The
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank A
Time Tavel Adventure.
Reginald
Rose
Twelve
Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts
Teaching
the play Twelve Angry Men
Guide
to the 1957 movie starring Henry Fonda. Background, discussion questions
from TeachWithMovies.org.
Twelve
Angry Men Essay: This essay by a law student comments on the
American jury system as it is depicted in the play.
Overview,
background questions, vocabulary, study questions for each act, and a writing
assignment.
Writing
Assignments for Twelve Angry Men
Five
topics to accompany the play.
William
Shakespeare,Romeo
and Juliet
Teacher's
Guide
Rewriting
Romeo and Juliet
Web
Link Menu
Criticism, Biographies, and Study Guides Galore
Euphemisms
Euphemisms
(7-9)
Fairy
Tales, Folk Tales, Mythology
Stories,
Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page Twenty-six lesson plans
to discover here!
Teaching
Fairy Tales Across the Curriculum General Suggestions that
would work for any fairy tale are followed by specific suggestion
for teaching Alice in Wonderland. Units cover lessons in writing,
science, drama, geography, math, art, and spelling.
Grammar
Usage
Adjective?
What's An Adjective?' (5-8)
Grammarcise
Bascic
Grammar Review Using Jabberwocky This is an attention grabbing way
to review grammar. Appropriate for grades 7 - 12.
English
Grammar. A dictionary of English
grammar.
Resources
for Writers. Learn more about grammar and punctuation.
What's
an Adjective? Examines the function of adjectives in creative
writing. Appropriate for grades 7 - 12.
Grammar
Zone
Basic
Grammar; review with fun using "Jabberwocky" (7-12)
Handwriting
learning.com/
Download
lots of freee basic worksheets for teaching Cursive and D'Nealian handwriting.
Imagery
Maya
Angelou's "Mrs. Flowers" from I Know Why the Cage Bird SingsStudents
read this excerpt and various poems and discuss the effective uses of
imagery.
Journaling
A
Traveler's Graphic Journal A
WebQuest for Language Arts and Social Studies
Library
Decimal
Search Working with the Dewey Decimal System (4-8)
Listening
Comprehension
Indispensable
Listening Skills (Grade 9-12) The purpose of this activity is to increase
the students' ability to listen and to understand what is being read and/or
told to them.
Listening
Comprehension
Creating
Vivid Mental Imagery Through Description One student describes
a picture while another draws the picture based on the description given.
(Assignment appropriate for Grades 4 - 12.)
Cooperation
Blocks Practice in Effective Communications and Cooperation (6-12)
Literature
What?
You Want me to Read AND Enjoy It?' Activity to Encourage Reading
(6-8)
What
You See Isn't Always What You Get! Reading Comprehension Activity
(5-8)
Activity
to Stimulate Thought and Verbal Participation of Students
(4-12)
Activities
for Descriptive Character Analysis (K-12)
Review
Basketball Learning to Use Reading Material to Find Information
(6-12)
Spoon
River Anthology and Edgar Lee Masters!
20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea
Literature
Circles
Literature
Response Circles Described Using Literature Response
Circles (LRCís) in the classroom is an
opportunity to encourage in students the development of some of the habits
of highly literate readers and writers.
Issac
Asimov, "The Fun They Had" (Grades 5 - 9) Students
read the story then write a science fiction story of their own about
education in the future.
Fable
Writing (Grades 3 - 8). Students write their own fables
using models from literature.
Horror
Stories (Grades 7 - 9) Students write their own stories using
Mary Shelly and Edgar Allan Poe as models.
Morning Girl and Star Boy by
Michael Dorris (Grades 5 - 7) lesson plans for teaching this novel.
Myths
for Kids (Grades 4 - 9) Students use the Encarta Encyclopedia
to study mythology. Then they create a book of mythology for younger
children.
Tuck
Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (Grades 5 - 7) lesson plans for
teaching this novel.
Revenge
in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of the Amantillado." (Grades
8 - 12 .)
Writing
in the Round: Writing Strategies for Literature Circles
Links
to Lit Circles
Mass
Media
Magazine
Ads and You, the Teenager (6-12)
Middle
School Newspaper
Impostor
A
simple game involving biographical research. Designed for grades
7 - 10.
In
Quest of Black History (Grades 7 - 11) Students are asked
to search the web and write an editorial on Black History Month.
News
of the World Students use email, the internet, and electronic
sources toi create either a newspaper or a news video. Appropriate for
grades 7 - 12.
Teenagers
Around the World (Grades 7 - 11) Students research how
other teenagers around the world live and then create a new magazine for
teens around the world.
Journalism
In
the book In The Middle Of The Night, by Robert Cormier, newspapers
and reporters played a large role in the development of the story. Now,
YOU will be a reporter writing for a local paper.
Mythology
Create
your own Mythology A Web Quest for 9th grade English
I
The
Odyssey Submit a plan for a Disneyland new "Heroes" theme park
based on Odysseus and the Odyssey.
Narrative:
Samples
of narrative writing prompts
Novel
Excerpts, Study Guides, Pairings, and Other Help:
Novel
Partners Independent Reading Activity toward a Structured Whole Class
Reading Activity (5-8)
Recommended
Books for Young Adults
Accelerated
Reader Test List (in order by the author's
last name)
L.
Frank Baum
The
Wizard of Oz
Sandra
Cisneros,
A
House on Mango Street
Teacher's Guide
Kaye
Gibbons,Ellen Foster
Discussion
Questions
Biography
Kaye Gibbons
Making
It Up As She Goes Along
S.
E. Hinton
The
Outsiders
Let's
Get Ready to Rumble
M.
E. Kerr
Gentlehands
LEARNING
ABOUT M. E. KERR
Possible
Open Essay Prompts for Gentlehands
Short
Answer Test for Gentlehands
John
Knowles,
A
Separate Peace
A
Time Capsule for Gene
Harper
Lee, To
Kill a Mockingbird
Extra!
Extra! Read All About It!
Lowis
Lowry
The
Giver
Give
Jonas a Home
Geroge
Orwell
Animal
Farm WebQuest |
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Graham
Salisbury,
Under
the Blood-Red Sun
A
WebQuest on the novel
Anna
Sewell
Black
Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse
Book
Summary
Detailed
overview of Sewell's life identifies
the
factors that led her to write Black Beauty.
Summary
and EText
John
Steinbeck,
Of
Mice and Men
Teacher
Cyber Guide
Student
Survival Guide
Free
Essays on Of Mice and Men
Of
Mice and Men Fact Sheet
Novel
Analysis of Of Mice and Men
Mark
Twain
The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mildred
D. Taylor , Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1930's Resources
Paul
Zindel,
The
Pig Man: Grades 6-10
Teacher's Guide
Nursery
Rhymes
Learning
Nursery Rhymes Through Many Activities (4-7)
Pen Pals
The
Diary Project. It is a way for young people around the world to share
their personal thoughts, feelings, and dreams with one another near and
far . . . to ask questions and find answers about growing up at the turn
of the 21st century via the Internet. Requires plugins.
Cyberkids
Connection. A virtual place for young people from all over the world
to share their thoughts and ideas with each other.
Cyberteens.
Mountain
Lake publishes educational software as well as the CyberKids and Cyberteens
Web sites. Their goal is to create and promote youth community worldwide
and to give teens a voice and an interactive place to express their creativity.
Young people all over the world make Cyberteens a sharing, caring space.
Personification
Ray
Bradbury, "There Will Come Soft Rains" Lesson Plan
appropriate for grades 8 - 12 for teaching the element of personification
with this short story.
Poetry
Edgar Allen Poe Repetition,
Alliteration, and Mood in "The Raven."
Robert Frost (Grades
5 - 12) Lesson Plans on Frost's poems. All poems
are linked to an online version.
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary.
You can use it to write bad poetry or even good poetry. Using the three
query functions described in this site, you can find words that rhyme with,
almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word.
Writing
Poetry Knowing Ourselves and Others Through Poetry (6-12)
Writing
Poems with Photographs (6-12)
Quotations
The
Quotations Page. Search for a quote or read the quote of the day! Great
links to other quotation sites.
Propaganda
Learning
Propaganda Techniques through Advertisements (5-12)
Mass
Media
Magazine
ads and You, the Teenager (6-12)
Reading
Activities
Book
Reports Hundreds of creative ways to make books reports fun.
More
Book Report Ideas Three dimensional reports for the lower
grades.
Toni Morrison The
Beloved Activities to teach this novel are appropriate for
grades 9 - 12.
E. B.WhiteCharlotte's
Web Fifty-two Activities to teach Charlotte's Web!
Reading
Comprehension Activity What You See Isn't Always What You Get!
(5-8)
Review
Basketball Learning to Use Reading Material to Find Information
(6-12)
Try
It, You Might Like It! Activity to Enjoy Reading (6-7)
Research
All
Roads Lead to Rome
Fact
or Fiction Anyone can publish anything to a worldwide audience
within a matter of minutes. This WebQuest
is
designed to help you sort "good" information from"bad".
The
New Guide to Writing Research Papers
Ye
Olde Shoppe A Web Quest/Multimedia
Project on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Period
Internet
Citations.
Designed for use by school kids, this is very helpful site
for adults as well.
Researchpaper.com.
One of the Webís largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for
school-related research projects. They show you how to make the most of
your time online.
Reference
Book of the Year Fun Research/Library Skills Activity, (6-8)
Science
Fiction
Ray
Bradbury
Web
Links Biographical and critical information, e-texts and partial
lesson plans
Spelling
A
Spelling Test. Test yourself and learn some techniques to improve your
spelling.
Teacher Resources
ARTFL
Project: Rogetís Thesaurus Search Form. Find synonyms (words
that mean the same thing), antonyms (words that have the opposite meaning),
and similar words and phrases.
A
Web of Online Dictionaries. Provides an easy-to-use search engine for
words and the results are quite detailed. Also offers 400 different language
dictionaries.
Encarta
Concise Free Encyclopedia. A free abridged version of Microsoftís
CD-ROM encyclopedia.
Kids
Zone. A collection of Web sites and activities that range from teaching
the ABCís to researching homework topics. Also includes resources for parents
and teachers. Requires plugins.
The
Middle Web Index. Links and documents specific to middle
school.
Merriam-Webster
Online. Aside from the wonderful access to the dictionary,
this site offers words games and a word for the day.
NCTE
Elementary School Page. Tools and Resources specific
to Elementary School teachers of English.
NCTE
Middle School Page. Tools and Resources specific
to Middle School English teachers.
5-6
Connection is a group of teachers from all around the world who have
come together to form a 'virtual teachers' lounge' and share ideas from
management to subject lessons to recipes! We intend to present some of
the ideas we have come up with to you... but if you want more, maybe you
should think about joining us!
Teacher
Tools
TrackStarhelps
instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons.
The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track.
Thematic
Teaching Units
Topics
for Themes
The
Gypsy Game / The Egypt Game: Grades 4-7
The
Images of War: Grades 6-10
American
Dreams This is designed as an interdisciplinary
project for middle school classes. America Dreams could be a four to five
week, interdisciplinary unit that focuses on Immigration at the turn of
the century. The flexibility inherent in this project will allow teachers
to adapt the project to their classroom needs.
Intolerance
and Fear - Constructing New Tomorrows
Vocabulary
Horrid
Homonymns Confusing Word Pairs/Homonyms (6-8)
Vocabulary
War
Word
Walls
Vocabulary:
Unfolding Meaning (6-7)
Learning
Vocabulary Words with Core Curriculum (5-7)
The
Dictionary Game, "Balderdash" (4-12)
Password
Vocabulary Review Activity (4-12)
Vocabulary
Stumpers' Activity to Increase Vocabulary (6-12)
Voice
Judy
Alverez and the Concept of Voice (Grades 9 - 12) Read Yo! and
discuss the importance of voice as one of the six traits of writing.
War
Literature
Stephen
Crane
Web
Links Biographical and critical information,
e-texts and partial lesson plans
Web
What
is a WebQuest?
The
WebQuest Design Process
Prewriting
Your Webquest
The
GeoCities Way to Build a Web Sit
The
Tripod Way to Build a Site
Writing
Book
Review Pre-Writing Activity (8-9)
Expository
Writing, "The Personal Touch" (6-12)
Story
Starters Introduction to Story Telling (all grades)
Online
Writing Lab
Among
a wealth of other things, this site has over 130 instructional handouts,
links to relevant sites for writing resources, and materials for language
arts and English teachers. This is a must visit!
Paragraph
Unity Writing Activity (7-9)
Writing Strategies
Writing for Publication
Childrenís
Express.
This site is for sharing news stories written by kids for
everyone.
KidNews.
This is a free news and writing service for students and teachers around
the world. Anyone may use stories from the service for educational purposes,
and anyone may submit stories. It invites comments about the news gathering,
teaching, and computer-related issues in the Discussion sections for students
and teachers. A tremendous source of all kinds of magazines for student-published
work.
Kidpub.
More than 10,000 stories written by kids from all over the planet!
Midlink
Magazine. This electronic magazine was created by kids, for kids in
the middle gradesógener-
ally ages 10 to 15. Browse through
the interactive space to enjoy art and writing that will link middle school
kids all over the world.
New
Moon. This is a site for the magazine for girls writing of their dreams
and aspirations. Provides a set of guidelines for writers.
Positively
Poetry.
This site is made up of poems submitted by kids from around
the globe. Children can send their poems to Positively Poetry and all work
will be displayed for people on the Internet to view.
Scriptitoís
Place. Especially for young people ages 7?15. Vangar publishes things
that people your own age have written to spotlight young talent, and to
show you that you can do it too.
Young
Writer Online. Young Writer is a magazine that publishes creative writing
from children aged 6?16 from around the world. Fun, instructive,
and designed to build a writerís confidence, Young Writer is a forum for
young peopleís writingófiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry.
The
Young Writers Club. This club aims to encourage children of all ages
to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work
and help each other improve their writing abilities. The online magazine
is called Global Wave.
Young
Writerís Clubhouse. Created by Deborah Morris, the author of the Real
Kids, Real Adventures series. This site offers a great deal of sound information
and opportunities for young people through writing.
Writing HELP
Writing
Den. This is designed for students grades 6?12 who want to improve
their English reading, comprehension, and writing skills. Writing Den is
divided into three levels of difficulty: Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs.
Includes plugins.
Writing
a Basic Essay. An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure
is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a
particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete
a task. Steps to guide you in writing an essay. |