Links
5th-8th grades
Grammar
Daily Grammar
A mailing list for teachers or students to use for daily grammar exercises and
follow-up quizzes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/
Direct
and Indirect Objects
Collection of worksheets on the
topic of direct and indirect objects. Answer sheets provided.
http://www.freeworksheets.com/listfiles.asp?cat=LanguageArts&sub_cat1=Objects&sub_cat2=NONE
Glossary
of Grammatical Terms
A comprehensive listing of
grammatical vocabulary and definitions for students and teachers.
http://www.cs.brown.edu/fun/welsh/Glossary.html#Links\Lang.
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Parts
of Speech
Students can receive instruction on
the parts of speech at this site. Examples and detailed lists of the parts of
speech are included. There's even a place for students and teachers to submit
questions about grammar.
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/subidx.cfm#Links\Lang.
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The
Grammar Gorillas
A game the that helps the student
identify the parts of speech at the beginner and advanced level.
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
The
Grammar Logs: Volume One
This very thorough reference site
provides answers to many frequently asked questions about grammar mechanics and
other topics. It can be considered as a place to find the answers to those
grammatical questions you always wanted to know.
http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar/grammarlogs.htm#Links\Lang.
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The
LinguaCenter Grammar Safari
The Safari Site provides activities
for students to "hunt" and "collect" examples of specific
words as they are found in documents on the Internet. For example, students may
be asked to find adjective clauses in Little Women. It also provides for
activities to use after students have located their words. One assignment
involves a safari journal. A list of resources to use in a safari are also
available for the teacher.
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html
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Wacky
Web Tales
Students learn or review parts of
speech by typing the part of speech that is requested into the blank lines of
these "Wacky Web Tales," and clicking to read their results.
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Spelling
Author Studies
Emily
Dickinson: Poems On Line
Data site contains links to 490 of
Dickinson's poems, organized by first line. Useful for project ideas, lesson
plans, and homework.
http://userweb.interactive.net/~krisxlee/emily/
Anne
Frank House
A very moving and easily navigable
site filled with historical annotations, pictures, and documentation from the
Diary of Anne Frank. This is a good place to start research on the Holocaust or
to supplement current language arts and social studies material.
http://www.annefrank.nl/
Avi's
Home Page
A great site about Avi. It includes
a biography and information about each of his books. A great supplement for
students reading one of his books.
http://www.avi-writer.com/
Betsy
Byars
Web site designed by/for Betsy
Byars. It includes pictures, personal information, FAQ's, and a wonderful comic
strip autobiography. Let your students browse through this site or create a
scavenger hunt when reading one of her books.
http://www.betsybyars.com/
Cynthia
Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
A colorful site by a children's
book author with reviews and recommendations for books in an extensive list of
categories including Asian American, Middle Grades, multiculturalism, Native
American Indian, and interracial families.
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/index1.htm
E.
L. Konigsburg
This site isn't very exciting, but
it has some interesting information about E. L. Konigsburg that you would want
to share with your students when reading one of her novels. It also includes
several lesson plans.
http://slis-two.lis.fsu.edu/~5340f/
Internet
Public Library: Author Biographies
Site with links to numerous
authors' biographies including Gary Paulsen and Lois Lowry
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Biographies.html
Into
the Wardrobe: The C.S. Lewis Web Site
Reference site. Includes
information about the life of C.S. Lewis, pictures, and links to other C.S.
Lewis sites.
http://cslewis.drzeus.net/
Jack
London Images
Data site containing photographs of
Jack London, his family, friends, and the places in which he lived, worked, and
traveled.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Images/
Jack
London's Ranch Album
Site with extensive information
about Jack London. Some of the information is advances, so you may want to share
the information with your students and show some of the pictures that are
included.
http://www.geocities.com/~jacklondons/
Jack
London's Works by Date of Composition
Data site contains chronological
listing which pinpoint, as much as it is possible, the dates of composition for
all of Jack London's writings, both fiction and non-fiction. A source
bibliography is included
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Essays/comp_dat
Jack
London's Writings
Archive of full-length novels,
shorts stories, essays, and newspaper pieces by Jack London.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Writings/
Jack
London Collection
Resource site contains biographical
information about London, extensive photographs, a listserv, as well as links to
full-length novels, shorts stories, essays, and newspaper pieces. Comprehensive
source of information for planning an electronic unit on Jack London.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/
Judy
Blume's Official Web Site
A great site about Judy Blume done
by her and her husband. It has lots of personal information, FAQ's, writing
tips, and how she feels about censorship. This is a must-see for students and
teachers if reading Judy Blume!
http://www.judyblume.com/
Laura
Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
Tons of information about the life
of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the characters in her books, pictures, etc. A wonderful
site to supplement the reading of any of her books.
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/frames.html
Meet
the Author
Site with links to biographical
information on a wide variety of authors. Would be a great site for students to
use to find information about authors whose books they are reading.
http://207.38.230.145/bw/bwauthors.asp
Seymour
Simon
Site with information about Seymour
Simon, his life, and his books. There is also a link to e-mail Simon, which
would be great for students.
http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~simonsi/
The
Author Corner
Site with links to information on a
wide variety of authors. Great place for students to find out about authors
whose books they are reading.
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/authco/index.htm
The
Official Gary Paulsen Site
Site with information about Gary
Paulson with information about what he is doing that is updated regularly. It
also includes a section where students can post a question for him to answer.
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Fairy Tales
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
This search-engine site was created
by a librarian for visitors interested in finding award-winning books for
children simply by selecting a number of characteristics. Not only for use in
language arts, this handy reference site can also be used to find books in other
content areas also.
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/cgi-bin/childlit.html#Links\Lang.
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Fairy
Tales
An interactive Internet unit on
fairy tales. This unit begins with a fairy tale trivia quiz. Students can then
read information on the Grimm brothers, read an on-line fairy tale, learn about
the history of fairy tales, and visit the Snow White web site, reading and
comparing several versions of the famous tale.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samfairytacy.html
Fairy
Tales: Origins and Evolution
A good background resource for a
fairy tale unit. Includes information on who wrote the tales, who was meant to
read them, and how the tales have changed over the years. Also provides a
bibliography with links to on-line bookstores and links to fairy tale resources
on the web.
http://www.darkgoddess.com/fairy/
Folk Tales
A
Boke of Gode Cookery
A collection of medieval recipes
updated for modern kitchens and including facts on food and feasting in the
Middle Ages and Renaissance. This site also contains links to other interesting
medieval sites on tales, Joan of Arc, Canterbury Tales, the plague, and more.
http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm
Bullfinch's
Mythology
An online version of this classic
mythology text. Useful for whole class instruction, projects, and teacher
preparation.
http://www.bulfinch.org/
Legends
Besides links to Robin Hood and
Camelot sites, this page offers links to sites on Fairy Tales, Pirates,
Shakespeare, Beowulf, and other legendary stories and authors.
http://www.legends.dm.net/
Tales
of Wonder
A good site tying social studies
with language arts, it consists of a matrix of links to tales from other nations
and from Native Americans. A resource for teachers or students.
http://members.xoom.com/darsie/tales/index.html
Literary Concepts
Back
From the Future
In this activity, students have the
opportunity to step away from the daily life of their school community and
examine its culture from the point of view of someone from the future.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/blue/fantastic/future.html
It's
in the Bag
In this activity, students will
create a setting for descriptive writing using a collection of objects related
to a specific time or place.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/blue/strange/bag.html
Literature:
What Makes a Good Short Story
A fascinating mystery short story
online. As you read the story you will encounter information about various
aspects of a story: characters, theme, plot, etc. There are also activities for
students to complete.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/
Word
Play Fun
Teacher resource of lesson ideas.
Some fun activities using literary concepts/figurative language concepts such as
alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc.
http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/word_play_fun.htm
Mythology
African
Myths and Fables
Myths and fables that come from
Africa. Also includes information about Africa. Study the mythology in LA while
studying Africa in SS.
http://www.afroam.org/children/myths/myths.html
Animals,
Myths, and Legends
Site where students can submit
their own myths and read myths submitted by others. Would be great to use if you
are having students write a myth or legend.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~oban/
Encyclopedia
Mythica
Updated resource on folklore,
mythology, and magic with over 4,200 definitions of gods and goddesses,
monsters, legendary creatures, and supernatural objects.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Even
Gods Have Bad Hair Days
In this language arts activity,
students choose a Greek or Roman mythological character to research. Then they
select a typical problem faced by middle school students today, and write a
descriptive narrative about how their hero or heroine would handle it.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/blue/tale/hair.html
Greek
Mythology: A Look Back in Time
Information on Greek mythology
including a family tree, constellations, and voyages. Nice research site.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18650/data/lighthome.html
Mythology
of Constellations
This site has a list of
constellations. Choose a constellation and you will see a picture of it and the
text of the story or myth about that constellation.
http://www.emufarm.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html
Mythology:
Flights of Fantasy
Short versions of myths that have
to do with flying. Includes pictures and lesson plan ideas.
http://wings.ucdavis.edu/Book/Myth/advanced/index.html
Myths
and Legends
A scrolling index to the left of
this site lists world regions and many of the countries of the world. Select a
country and find myths and legends from that area. Excellent for tying social
studies and language arts together.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html
Mythweb
Neat site with information about
gods and heroes in Greek mythology. Also includes teacher resource page with
lesson/project ideas. There is also an encyclopedia.
http://www.mythweb.com/
Pegasus'
Paradise
Site with short bits of information
about the Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, and animals. There is also a
game where students match the Greek gods with their Roman names.
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/4553/
The
Greek Site
A site created by a fifth grade
class that give information about various characters in Greek mythology.
http://www.burnethill-es.org/gtweb/gm/index.html
The
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Good resource for students
researching a particular character in Greek mythology.
http://www.cultures.com/greek_resources/greek_encyclopedia/greek_encyclopedia_home.html
The
Olympians
Site with information about the
immortal residents of Mount Olympus. Also includes pictures.
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html
Novel Studies
A
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/wrin.html
Book
Units: Pre K-12
A media specialist designed this
site as a resource for teachers. She collects book units, lesson plans, and
activities to create a book unit page. Books are listed alphabetically.
http://members.aol.com/sskufca/bookunits.htm
Doucette
Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas
By entering the author or
illustrator and name of the book, the Doucette Index will provide teaching
guides, activities, lessons, and unit plans.
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
Teacher's
Guide: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/give.html
Teacher's
Guide: The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/pigm.html
Teacher's
Guide: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/witc.htm
The
Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the novel as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/hint.htm
Western
Carolina University Bookread
A service for teachers of
literature, Bookread matches up classes that are reading the same book so that
they can communicate via the internet. Classes can also communicate with the
author of the book, when possible.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bookread.txt
Online Authors
A
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/wrin.html
African-American
Autobiography for the Middle School Student
Lesson plan contains selections
from Langston Hughes' autobiography and an on-line quiz to test students'
understanding of the material
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/
Brief
Biography of Langston Hughes
Data site contains excellent
biography of Langston Hughes, as well as links to student projects, class
assignments, and culture in the jazz age.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~nick/e309k/texts/hughes/hughes-bio.html
Children's
Literature Authors and Illustrators
Wonderfully comprehensive data site
contains links to biographies and home pages for most authors commonly taught to
middle-schoolers.
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jbrown/chauth.html
Langston
Hughes
Data site contains a picture of
Hughes, a listing of all of Hughes' poems , and links to five of his poems.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html
Langston
Hughes Teacher Resource File
Excellent data site includes links
to almost everything the busy teacher would need to do an electronic unit on
Hughes, including lesson plans.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm
Learning
with Mysteries: The History of the Mystery Quiz
Learn critical thinking, reading,
and writing skills while you take the quiz on the history of mystery at this
site. Useful for supplemental lessons on Edgar Allan Poe.
http://www.mysterynet.com/learn/lessonplans/
Project
Bartleby Archive
A well-indexed list of famous
authors and poets.
http://www.bartleby.com/
References
and Resources
Data site provides a list of
reference books that can be use for research purposes. Use as a helpful guide
for a research project.
http://web3.si.edu/tsa/disctheater/sweet/ss09.htm
Teacher
CyberGuide: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
Teacher guide includes such
activities as creating an author brochure, online dictionary, graphic organizer,
and African map.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/langhu/langhutg.html
Teacher's
Guide: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/give.html
Teacher's
Guide: The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/pigm.html
Teacher's
Guide: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the material as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/witc.html
The
Cay by Theodore Taylor
A collection of links and ideas to
use both before and after teaching The Cay. Many of the links and ideas will
work equally well when teaching James Berry's "The Banana Tree."
http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/reading/wl66b.html
The
Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers
A collection of links and ideas to
use both before and after teaching "The Treasure of Lemon Brown."
http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/reading/wl84a.html
The
Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton
Lesson plan is full of innovative
ideas for teaching this classic novel to adolescents. Also contains ideas for
teaching the novel as part of an interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/hint.html
Thematic
Unit
Links to plot summaries and
teacher's guide for most of the novels commonly taught to middle-schoolers. Each
of the teacher's guide gives the grades when the novel is most commonly
introduced as well as extensive ideas for teaching it alone or as part of an
interdisciplinary unit.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers.html
Online Literature
A
Christmas Carol
Online version of A Christmas
Carol.
http://www.omnisourcedirect.com/ebooks/book-sites/christmas-carol/home-christmas-carol-dickens.htm
Aesop's
Fables - Online Collection
Collection of hundreds of fables
including the text, some include pictures or RealAudio sections. There are
lesson plans included, but they require some work to find useful ones. Use
this site for the fables.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/
Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland
The text of Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland online broken into chapters.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/wonder/wonderdir.html
Anne
of Green Gables
Online version of Anne of Green
Gables. This site also has links to the other books in this series: Anne of
Avonlea, etc. You could read a chapter a day and absent students would have
access to the chapter you read.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/anne-table.html
Bibliomania
Entire text of 60 different
classics, Shakespeare, poetry, reference books, and nonfiction.
http://www.bibliomania.com/
How
the Grinch Stole Christmas
Site with the text, pictures, and
sound clips from Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Would be fun to
use around Christmastime.
http://www.daveonline.com/cool/grinch/
Louisa
May Alcott: Little Women
Entire text of Little Women.
Categorized by chapter.
http://www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/alcott/littlew/
Peter
Pan
A site with the text of Peter
Pan. The site is not complete, but several chapters are already available. The
chapters can be listened to using RealAudio.
http://www.taurussoftware.hostings.com/PeterPan/
Teacher
CyberGuide
A lesson plan from California’s
S.C.O.R.E. (online resources project). This is a unit for the book, The Sign
of the Beaver, by Elizabeth G. Speare. Suggestions for writing and speaking
projects are linked to sites for Native American Tribal Councils. E-mail
interviews, research, and oral presentations are some of the activities.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/beav/beavtg.html
The
Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Lesson plan provides an
interesting step-by-step approach to teaching Frost's poem, "The Road Not
Taken."
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/changes/
Welcome
to Oz!
A site with the complete text of
the four Oz books, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some of the chapters
can be listened to using RealAudio.
http://www.taurussoftware.hostings.com/oz/index.html
Plays
Children's
Creative Theater
Site with lots of information
about theater. Includes history, terms, quizzes, and activities. There is also
a skit for students to perform and a virtual tour of a theater.
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5291/
Poetry
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
This search-engine site was
created by a librarian for visitors interested in finding award-winning books
for children simply by selecting a number of characteristics. Not only for use
in language arts, this handy reference site can also be used to find books in
other content areas also.
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/cgi-bin/childlit.html#Links\Lang.
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Knowing
Ourselves and Others Through Poetry
Students learn to use words to
impact meaning.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/ceclang/ceclang-elem.html
Monarch
Haiku
Though written for elementary
students, this superb ERIC lesson plan introducing students to the Haiku works
well for any grade level.
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Lang_arts/Li
Photograph
Lesson
Lesson for teaching poetry using
student's personal photographs.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson.html
Poetry
Alive!
Though targeted for 5th graders,
this lesson plan, with extensive links to poetry terminology and poetry sites,
will work equally well as an 8th grade poetry unit.
http://poetryalive.com/
Poetry
Pal's Student Links
Super student sites for poetry
projects
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9405/index.html
Poetry
Pals
Excellent lesson plans, on-line
projects, assessment ideas. Good student activity sheets.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9180/index.html
Poetry
Patterns
Numerous ideas for encouraging
students to write poetry. Includes sample poems.
http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/poetry_patterns.htm
Project
Bartleby Archive
A well-indexed list of famous
authors and poets.
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/
The
Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Lesson plan provides an
interesting step-by-step approach to teaching Frost's poem, "The Road Not
Taken."
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/changes/
Reading Skills
Lesson
Idea: Spice Up Your Spelling Words
Site contains 40 interesting
things to do to learn a set of spelling words. Many of these ideas work
equally well to review vocabulary words and definitions. Useful for regular
class instruction, extra credit, make-up work, teacher resources, and
individual or group projects.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/spellingwds040299.html
Lesson
Ideas: Reading
Links to several different
approaches to teaching reading in the middle school classroom. Perfect for
regular class instruction, extra credit, make-up work, teacher resources, and
individual or group projects.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/lanrea.html
Lesson
Ideas: Writing
This page contains links to
several excellent lesson plans, many of them seasonal, to teach writing.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/lanwri.htm
More
Ideas than You'll Ever Use for Book Reports
Site contains over 300+ distinct,
easy- to -implement lesson ideas for book reports. Perfect for regular class
instruction, extra credit, make-up work, teacher resources, and individual or
group projects.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/bookrepts1.html
Ad
Attack
Activity for students to analyze
the "hidden" messages of advertisements targeted to their age group.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/gold/becoming/ad.html
Assorted
Worksheets
Over 20 different ideas to use as
sponge activities, as homework, or for extra credit when students finish their
work early. Material is suitable for both individual and group or team
activities.
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/1444.html
Book
Adventure
Houghton Mifflin site encourages
students to read by listing books by grade level that they can read for
prizes. Students search for books by grade level and by category (ghost
stories, funny stories, etc.), take fun quizzes on their book, and accumulate
points for prizes.
http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/index.asp
Kids
to Kids Discussion
Houghton Mifflin site supports
literacy development by providing children with a place to discuss good
literature.
http://www.hmco.com/cgi-bin/WebX?school2
Language
Arts: General Lesson Plan
Great lesson plans to use in the
middle school classroom. Perfect for regular class instruction, extra credit,
make-up work, teacher resources, and individual or group projects.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/langen.html
Lesson
Ideas: Newspaper Activities
Site contains several different
ideas for using newspapers and magazines as a jumpstart to creative writing
activities.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/lanwri.html
Lesson
Ideas: Terminology
Links to several different
approaches to teaching reading in the middle school classroom. Perfect for
regular class instruction, extra credit, make-up work, teacher resources, and
individual or group projects.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/lanter.html
Mapping
the Changes
Interdisciplinary language
arts/social studies/ art lesson plan has students use maps and illustrations
to compare life in the West before the Civil War, after the war, and the way
it is today.
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/mapping.html
Reading
for Information
"Simple activity where
students read information about the city of Beijing and answer comprehension
questions. "
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Beijing-%20Reading%20Lesson.html
The
Reading Dimension
At this Houghton Mifflin site,
students choose a book for their grade level, then follow links to information
about its plot and author or to a crossword puzzle, which they can download or
complete online, containing new words from the book.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/book/index.html
Short Stories
Bibliomysteries
by Marsha McCurley
Bibliomysteries are mysteries
that have plot, setting, or characters related to the world of books or
libraries. Lists of and information on bibliomysteries can be found on this
page. Could be helpful to anyone putting together a mystery unit, particularly
for older students.
http://www.bibliomysteries.com/
Storytelling
Classroom
Anasi
In this activity, students use
storytelling to preserve a special memory shared with friends or family
members.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/gold/tales/anasi.html
Fractured
Fairy Tales
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.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/blue/tale/fairy.html
Storytelling
Lesson plan has students learning
the art of storytelling by telling stories around an imaginary campfire.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/gold/just/
Suspense
Around
This lesson plan revolves around
a Round Robin activity that has students working in cooperative writing groups
to develop a variety of possible stories around a single prompt.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/dark/suspense.html
TeachersFirst
Storytelling Resources
A collection of sites for reading
and teaching storytelling.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/cnt-story-f
Teaching
Storytelling
An article from NCTE describing
the background, techniques, and classroom suggestions for teaching
storytelling.
http://www.ncte.org/teach/Storytelling7773.html
Telling
Your Story
Handbook for storytelling.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/storytelling.htm
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