English Language Arts Websites

This website boasts an extensive collection of information about books and allows students to track their reading over time. It's a great tool for helping students select books!

NoRedInk is a website that students will use for work on their grammar and punctuation. It has personalized exercises for them to do, and they will occasionally be assigned homework on this platform.

Crash Course has short videos and lessons on various famous works of literature and various mythologies.

TedEd is a website with educational videos for students, and this link will take students to the compilation of Literature & Language videos!

World of Tales is a website with access to hundreds of classic fairy and folk tales from around the world!

Word of the Day is a page in The New York Times which teaches a new vocabulary word every day!

Worried about turning in an assignment to me because of your grammar and punctuation? Go ahead and check it using Grammarly before submission!

Flocabulary is a great site for learning new vocabulary words and practicing with them!

A website with a collection of classic short stories for students from elementary to high school reading levels.

Common Lit is a site that has online reading and questions that I have assigned. I will be able to track your progress as you go!

Purdue OWL is an Online Writing Lab that assists you in writing APA & MLA formatted papers. Make good use of this!

Newsela gives you access to readings based on content area (in this case ELA) as well as by theme.

Book Creator is exactly what it sounds like: an online platform for creating your own books!

MindGames.com has a great collection of online ELA games to help strengthen your language skills!

Read to Lead is an online platform with games meant to enhance your literacy, life, and career skills!

Washington County Public Schools has a page that includes Pre-AP level novels and plays in case you would like a good recommendation. Classics are classics for a reason. :)

The Poetry Foundation has articles, videos, and more on famous poets and poems. They even have a segment for poem of the day!

This great website has information on myths and mythologies from around the world!

Study.com has a unit on ELA for kids, with videos and readings. This link will take you to the 8th grade ELA study page!

This website will help you work various skills related to the ELA standards I teach in class.

Writable is a great place for your writing assignments, and it has a collection of writing prompts that I will use in class.

This is for all of you who want to read but can't bring yourself to actually sit down with a book. Overdrive connects to libraries across the US (so you need a library card!) and gives you access to audiobooks, ebooks, and magazines.

Write About has a collection of writing tools as well as information on publishing, as we will likely be publishing a class book this school year!

Think CERCA is a great platform for teaching you about argument and being able to support it with facts.

Scholastic is a great site with information on the latest books and authors, and they visit the school every year for a book fair!

My Stories Matter is an online journal that we will be using in class from time to time. Feel free to use it for fun!

Story A Day has a collection of writing tips and prompts for you to use to help get rid of that writer's block!