Language Arts
Tools, Interactive Activities, and Lessons
Outta Ray's Head English Lesson Plans
"Collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many contributors; all of the lessons have been used and refined in the classroom"; find many lessons on literary pieces read at the high school level
Web English Teacher
Teaching resources including lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators-Literature & Language Arts
Schrock identifies links to literature and English language arts resources, including authors, mythology, grammar & writing guides, literacy resources
Cyber English and The Cybrary
Both sites are the brainchild of Ted Nellen; check out the Syllaweb where you can find many projects useful for the English classroom; resources for I-Search; plagiarism; writing tips; Shakespeare; literary terms; evaluating Internet websites, and more
Language Arts Teaching and Learning Resources
Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies for literature, reading, writing
BBC Learning English
Grammar and vocabulary; quizzes; lesson plans and support; audio; video; business English
Interactives
"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
Educational Games
Games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements
Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
A top resource for writing support for both instructors and students; over 200 free resources including Writing and Teaching Writing; Research; Grammar and Mechanics; Style Guides; ESL (English as a Second Language); and Job Search and Professional Writing; email tutoring
Education Places's Graphic Organizers
Printable graphic organizers designed to facilitate understanding of key concepts; written in both English and Spanish
6+1 Trait Writing
Find trait definitions; lesson plans; writing prompts; and research related to the 6 Traits
Monster Exchange
Classes are paired up online; student write descriptions of a monster and corresponding class attempts to redraw the monster from the description
National Writing Project
"The National Writing Project (NWP) is a professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, primary through university, and in all subjects. The mission of the NWP is to improve student achievement by improving the teaching of writing and improving learning in the nation’s schools."
S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts CyberGuides
"supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature"
American Literature on the Web
Maintained by Akihito Ishikawa of the Department of English at Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies in Japan; highlight is the historical index; collection of materials to help educators and students situate literary works within the culture of its time
The Moonlit Road
Collection of Southern ghost stories and folktales in both written and audio versions; links to sites including more about Southern culture, storytelling, myths, folktales, ghosts, and other paranormal happenings
Scholastic Teachers
Teaching resources, student activities, information on books and authors
Adolescent Literature: Beyond Book Reports
Find response strategies beyond the "traditional" book report format
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
According to the site, The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of about 14,000 “classic” public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Project Gutenberg
Free, electronic books
Poets.org-Poetry, Poems, Bios and More
Produced by The Academy of American Poets; offers curriculum units, discussion forums, lesson plans, pedagogical and critical essays; for those who register, a notebook is available to save any linked item from the site
Instant Poetry Form
Poetry form templates; each form gives instruction, a place to type and a sample poem
Quizlet
Created by Andrew Sutherland while a high-school student; free online tool for studying vocabulary
Do You Speak American?
Topics include 100 common mispronunciations, how language is changing, local color in American literature, and regional writers.
Repeat After Us
Created by a high school student, RepeatAfterUs is an award-winning online library with the best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings.