ELA Tools

Writing

• The Hero's Journey

• Informational Writing

• The Intersection of Poetry & Informational Writing

• Writing Felonies video series (YouTube)

• The Art of Metaphor (YouTube)

• Creating PSA's that Stick

• Persuasion Through Storytelling: video

• Blogging is the New Persuasive Essay: article

• The Who Am I Poster

• Writing Rules! Advice from the NY Times on Writing Well

• 7 Steps to the Perfect Story: infographic

• Write About This: ipad writing app generator

• Word Tamer: explore character, plot, and setting for story creation

• Rubrics for blogging and multimedia projects

• Using Visual Metaphors

• Boom Writer: collaborative storytelling

Grammar

• VerbBusters: ipad app for learning English irregular verbs

• Grammar Gorillas: review game

• Super Grammar: review games

• Grammar Girl Tips

Classroom Library

• Book Retriever: manage your classroom library with this IOS app

Webpages for Popular Books/Series

• Warriors

• Ranger's Apprentice

• Rick Riordan

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Poetry

• Shel Silverstein Channel on YouTube

• Poetry in 10 Minutes a Day

Reading

• Shakespeare app (iPad)

• 18 Animations of Classic Literary Works

• Aesop's Fables Interactive Books

• Elements of a Short Story (YouTube)

• 5 Good Sources for Teaching about Shakespeare

• Shakespeare Uncovered: PBS

• The Best Resources on Close Reading

• Cloze Creator: simple cloze passage generator

• What Should I Read Next? : huge database that connects book titles and reader recommendations

• Sync YA Literature: free audio books all summer long

• BookShare: free online library for people with print disabilities

• WeGiveBooks: read a book/give a book

• Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Classroom into a Hotbed of Enthusiastic Readers

• Walden Award Book List

• How Fiction Can Influence Real World Events

• 100 Free Books: for your Kindle

• NotRequiredReading: student YA book reviews

• 51 Sources of Hundreds of Thousands of Free eBooks

• Rewordify: help students read complex passages

• Illustrated book to teach logical fallacies

• 500+ Political Cartoons and Lesson Plans

• An Interactive Map of the Odyssey

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary.com: vocabulary study service for elementary through graduate school