English/Language Arts Resources Note: When you click on the following links, a new browser window will open up. To come back to this page, simply close that new window. Great sites to start your exploration Frog and Toad Lesson Plan (primary grades) http://www.edtechleaders.org/Resources/Readings/LowerElemLiteracy/SampleLesson_Introlel.htm Ben Franklin's Life and Times (upper elementary) http://www.edtechleaders.org/Resources/Readings/UpperElemLiteracy/SampleLesson_Intro.htm Does Teaching and Learning Change with Full Access to WordProcessors? http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/studies/AlphaSmartEachStudent/description.shtml AlphaSmart http://www1.alphasmart.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi Wireless Generation http://www.wgen.net/web/readingProducts.html The Dana by AlphaSmart http://www.alphasmart.com/products/dana_overview.html Reading Programs that Work http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=279 Electric Soup http://homer.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/esoup/about/index.htm Only a Matter of Opinion http://library.thinkquest.org/50084/index.shtml Myk Browne's Portfolio http://www.newtechhigh.org/gallery/samples/2000/myk_browne/default.htm Sample Student Portfolio http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/studentportfolio.html Scoring Guide for Student Products by NC*RTEC http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/sgsp/index.html Sunnyside Elementary School http://www.psd267.wednet.edu/%7Ekfranz/index.htm enGauge Success Story http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/efp/efpsto.htm Lesson Plan Blueprint http://www.edtechleaders.org/Resources/Readings/LowerElemLiteracy/LessonBlueprint_PrimaryLiteracy.pdf Young Writers http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html Kids on the Net http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/index.htm DaisyQuest http://www.metiri.com/Kentucky2001/DaisyQuest.htm Fast ForWord http://www.metiri.com/Kentucky2001/FastForward.htm Little Planet http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ctrs/lsi/morelp.htm Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/ Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/ Writing with Writers by Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm Students work with authors, editors, and illustrator. Encourage Student Writing - Publish to the Web by Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech042.shtml Using Inspiration in the Writing Process (e.g., Webbing, Mind Mapping) http://www.graphic.org/ Vocabulary Instruction and Reading Comprehension http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed412506.html High School: Using the Web for High School Student Writers http://www.tnellen.com/ted/weave.html Middle School: Weaving Middle School Webs http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/5.1/coverweb/patterson/home.html The Young Writers' Club http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html Zuzu http://www.zuzu.org ABC's of the Writing Process: Specific Graphic Organizer Links http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/specificgos.html Poetry Mentor Exchange http://www.4teachers.org/feature/nebraska-yaf/index.shtml 6+1 Trait Writing http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=1 6 Trait Assessment for Beginners http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/Primary.PDF Article on Language Learning and Presentation Software http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Schcolnik-PresSoft.html Reading and Writing in the Content Areas http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/0211/frame0211el.html EdSelect (Look under the Writing Process Heading) http://www.edselect.com/writing.htm A Friend for the Language Arts: How technology can enrich reading and writing instruction http://www.electronic-school.com/0198f4.html English Online Writer's Window http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html Computers and Process Writing http://www.edtechleaders.org/Resources/Readings/UpperElemLiteracy/Wood_ComputersWriting.htm Using a Computer in Literacy Groups with Emergent Readers http://www.edtechleaders.org/documents/LiteracyOne/literacy1a.htm The Literacy Program Evaluation Tool http://www.ncrel.org/literacy/eval/index.html The LEARNS Literacy Assessment Profile http://www.nwrel.org/learns/resources/llap/ Teaching with Books http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/teachingwithbooks.jhtml National Reading Report http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/ Writing with Style http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/writingwStyle/default.htm World Literature Online http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/teachers/dmasur/semester2/index.htm Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Area http://www.schooldirect.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ProductCatalogStub.class/ com.hmco.ecommerce.productcatalog.ProductCatalogController?cmd= Browse&subcmd=LoadDetail&level1Code=2&frontOrBack=F&division=S01&&division= S01&sortEntriesBy=SEQ_NAME&sortProductsBy=SEQ_TITLE&cmain=CC0033&cfaded=FFCCCC Riverdeep Language Arts Area http://www.riverdeep.com/products/language_arts/index.jhtml Kids Who Read http://kwr.co-nect.net/ Resources for Beginning Reading Little Explorers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Letters Make Sounds and Words (Lesson Plan) http://ali.apple.com/action.lasso?-database=UOPs&-layout=Detailed&-response=%2fali%2fUops_Display.html&-recID=33084&-search Reading Online http://www.readingonline.org/ Phonemic Awareness: An Important Early Step in Learning To Read http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/phoemic.p.k12.4.html Rhyming Words (Lesson Plan) http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Reading/RDG0022.html Between the Lions http://pbskids.org/lions/index.html Resources for English as a Second Language Teachers Aardvark's English-Forum http://www.englishforum.com/00/ Boggle's World http://bogglesworld.com/ Dave's ESL Cafe (for Kids) http://eslcafe.com/search/Kids/index.html Dave's ESL Cafe (Articles) http://eslcafe.com/search/Articles/index.html Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm Center for Applied Linguistics http://www.cal.org/topics/ilc.html Center for Language Minority Education and Resource http://www.clmer.csulb.edu/ Close this window to go back to the main List of Resources page.

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