Great reading recommendation site for your male students, also information for teachers about how to get reluctant boy readers into reading.
Contributed by Jen Cerovski in Shungnak
Excellent standards-based language arts lessons, many on-line resources for student use. I believe it covers 1-12 grades. I have found many effective lessons for intermediate/middle school level.
Contributed by Jen Cerovski in Shungnak
English resources covering reading, writing, creative writing, grammar, and literature. Also, includes lesson plans and project ideas.
39 week vocabulary lesson plan complete with worksheets, crossword puzzles, word finds and much more.
Resources for teaching poetry, including lesson plans, performance tips, and fun activities.
Site contains tons of information and resources...from mythology to Shakespeare to speech & debate! It also includes vocabulary activites, study guides and lesson plans.
University of Minnesota-Duluth's online archive of "fresh solutions of old problems". Includes, several different genres of literature, fiction writing, grammar and critical thinking activities.
In this creative writing activity, students will use familiar characters, plots and settings from traditional fairy tales to create "fractured" versions. By altering the story line, adding an unexpected twist, or creating a contemporary "spin," students will experiment with satire, irony and parody.
This site contains links to lesson plans and resources for adolescent and young adult (grades 7-12) literature, including short stories, mysteries, and English literature.
Web-delivered lessons based on literature sources. They are designed for the classroom with an online computer. The lesson comes with a student and teacher edition, a rubric, and links to standards. The lessons are divided into K-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
This site comes from Education World and has twenty-five different lesson plans for creating interesting and unique book reports. This is best used with K-8 students.
The National Educational Technology Standards for Students has a whole section of activities using technology in lessons with various grade levels and subjects. Click on the link above and look at 'Section 3'.
