Writing Center: Writer's Web - Univ. of Richmond
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - Common Core 10
VIDEO: Key Shifts in Reading CCSS - Teacher source
VIDEO: How to Write an Email a Teacher - Borrowed with permission from Elena Hershey
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - Common Core 9
The Literature Network - Author bios, excerpts, quizzes...
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Common Core 10-12
Shake Sphere - Play summaries, bios, Shakepeare links and resources...Wow!!
Purdue OWL - Grammar, writing, research aids, etc.
Persuasive Writing Map - Students can use this online interactive tool to map out an argument for their persuasive essay.
Personal Narrative Writing Prompts - Also includes lists of "transition words", "other words for 'said'", and "dead words".
NMSI - Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" - Common Core 8
NMSI - Shakespeare's "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" - Common Core 7
NMSI - Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" - Common Core 8
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - Common Core 11-12
FreeRice.com - Vocabulary and other skills. Good cause...Learn and earn! Rice is donated to food-impoverished people in the world for every correct answer you give!
Free Online Tools for Incorporating Common Core - These digital resources and tools for creating, collaborating, researching, and sharing can be found in the Common Core Curriculum Maps.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - Common Core 7-8
"Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan - Common Core 6-7