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Discovery Education
Discovery Education streaming Plus integrates seamlessly into any curriculum with [|9,000 full-length videos] segmented into 71,000 content-specific clips tied directly state and national standards.
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**Learn Literature in 60 second clips.**
http://www.60secondrecap.com

[|//**Plinky**//]
is a good place to find writing prompt ideas, provides users with a new writing prompt everyday (1/24/09)

[|//**Shmoop Literature**//]
A must use site for Language Arts and Social Studies

[|//**Lightning Bug**//]
your writing partner, helping you write a story from the beginning to the end (1/11/09)

[|//**Grammar Bytes**//]
Terms, exercises, handouts, presentations, tips & rules, more about grammar (1/6/09)

[|//**VerbaLearn**//]
Flashcards meets Web 2.0! VerbaLearn is jam-packed with great features to help you study more efficiently, track your progress, score higher and simply save you time! (1/5/09)

[|//**English Companion**//]
where English teachers meet to help each other. A place to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work. (1/1/09)

//**[|Google Librarian Central - Tools]**//
tools to help teach your students how to use Google more effectively (12/30/2008)

[|//**Utah Education Network**//]
Language Arts interactives for grades 7-12

//**[|Wordle]**//
a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Related - //[|Ways to Use][|Wordle]//

http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php //"eduweb provided a unique combination of technical expertise, understanding of the web audience, commitment to high-quality content and true artistry."//

[|http://www.sparknotes.com] - lots of free online study guides.

Find interactive websites for the Polyvision board here!

Wow!! The [|Onlive Books Page] has over 30,000 books on the web.

[|Multimedia resources & professional development for America's preK-12 educators.]
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/teachers/images/pbs_teachers_hdr_logo.gif caption="PBS Teachers" link="http://www.pbs.org/teachers/"]] ||
 * PBS Teachers ||

=THINKFINITY.ORG - a Verizon Company= An unlimited supply of useful lessons for the classroom http://thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

Free Presentations and Interactive Materials from Pete's PowerPoint Station & [|Phonemic Awareness] || [|Multiple Meaning WordsHomonyms Homophones] || [|Expository& Persuasive] ||
 * [|**Reading Index**] || [|**Word Analysis Index**] || [|**Writing Index**] ||
 * [|ABCs] || [|Base Words/Root Words] || [|6-Traits + 1] ||
 * [|Letter Sounds] || [|Prefixes & Suffixes] || [|Writing Process] ||
 * [|Print Concepts], [|Fluency]
 * [|Phonics] || [|Synonyms] || [|Writing Sentences] ||
 * [|Vowels/Consonants] || [|Antonyms] || [|Writing Paragraphs] ||
 * [|Sight Words/Dolch Words] || [|Contractions] || [|Creative Writing] ||
 * [|Words that Rhyme] || [|Syllabication] || [|Essays/Reports] ||
 * [|Vocabulary Words] || [|Euphemisms] || [|Factual/Technical Writing] ||
 * [|Confusing Words] || [|Figurative Language] || [|Writing a Syllabus] ||
 * [|Spelling] || [|**Grammar Index**] || [|Journalism] ||
 * [|Reading Comprehension] || [|Parts of Speech] || [|Letters, Messages] ||
 * [|Story Elements] || [|Nouns] || [|Resumes/Getting a Job] ||
 * [|Main Idea] || [|Verbs] || [|Book Reports] ||
 * [|Sequencing] || [|Subject-Verb Agreement] || [|Note-taking] ||
 * [|Questioning] || [|Adjectives/Adverbs] || [|Proofreading] ||
 * [|Prediction] || [|Pronouns] || [|Bibliography/Citations] ||
 * [|Summarize] || [|Prepositions] || [|Fair Use/Plagiarism] ||
 * [|Cause/Effect] || [|Sentence Structure] || [|**Literature Index**] ||
 * [|Fact/Opinion] || [|Subjects and Predicates] || [|Myths, Legends, Fables] ||
 * [|**Library Skills**] || [|Punctuation/ Capitalization] || [|Fairy Tales] ||
 * [|Parts of a Book] || [|The Common Comma] || [|Shakespeare] ||
 * [|Dewey Decimal System] || [|Comma Splices, Run-ons] || [|Dickens] ||
 * [|Book Care] || [|Sentence Fragments] || **[|Drama & Stagecraft]** ||
 * [|Language Arts Games] || **[|Listening/Speaking]** || [|Free Clipart] ||

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the [|public domain]. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer h[|ttp://librivox.org/]

Great site with useful tools for your Language Arts classroom. Click on the link.

Check out how to add hip-hop to your Shakespeare lessons!

//Lord of the Flies// http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/ Literature- //Uncle Toms Cabin// (site lists around 7 different lesson plans) http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_lp_uncletomcabin.htm
 * Literature**
 * Lord of the Flies-**
 * Uncle Toms Cabin-**

Students study the literature and literary techniques of the early Middle Ages, preparing to read //Beowulf// with an appreciation for its artistry and beauty. Students will learn the conventions of Anglo-Saxon poetry, solve online riddles, write riddles, and reflect on what they have learned. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=410
 * Beowulf-**

Site with various links (some interactive, some resources for teachers) on different activities for the novel //Beowulf// in a high school classroom (grades 11-12th) http://www.webenglishteacher.com/beowulf.html

//Scarlet Letter-// Links that can connect you to interactive vocabulary, text online, discussion questions, diagrams, and lots more. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hawthorne.html
 * Scarlet Letter-**

//Scarlet Letter-// Lesson Planet (10 day free trial) with great lesson plans for all types of learning. This link connects you to ideas all related to the //Scarlet Letter.// http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/search?keywords=Scarlet+Letter&media=lesson&offset=10

This interactive site has a lot of information about the author, plus games and interactive maps relating to his life and works. NOTE: This site is for older students and includes external links to sites that have discussion boards. http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp
 * Edgar Allan Poe-**

Explore the links to learn more about Poe and to read letters written to him and by him. Click on "Works" to read his poems and tales. Other links lead to descriptions of his house and grave http://www.eapoe.org/

In this Webquest, students investigate Poe’s life and its impact on his works. Very interactive and fun project for students to work on while reading some of his work. http://www.geocities.com/educationplace/poe/wqpoe.htm

Click on the links to read the full text for five of Poe's stories http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/

This museum site includes a biography of his life and samples of some of his works. There is also an online quiz. http://www.poemuseum.org/

//Macbeth-// This site is text only but I suggest it b/c it translates Macbeth in terms that high school students will find fascinating- blood and gruesome stories. http://www.pathguy.com/macbeth.htm
 * Macbeth-**

Lessons/Activities/Interaction/Worksheets on popular literature novels http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subcategory=37&grade=9-12&Display=Display
 * Various Literature Activities-**

What happens if a student forgets their novel in their locker? With this website, many popular high school (and some middle) school novels are posted online for free. No excuses now! http://www.americanliterature.com/ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML

Literacy Elements- High School Level Literature. Site is full of graphics. Only downfall is that the site corresponds to a textbook so you would need to search for the content focus. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson2.ini&height2=296

Excellent site for elementary and/or middle school age students. Site offers a ReadWriteThink approach with different interactive tools. They would love it! http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Site with lots of links all related to literature (mostly 8th-12th grade). Not all links are interactive but offer good ideas for teaching literature. http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/litera1.htm

Over 1,000 picture links to places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places.htm


 * Phonics**

Elementary Level Phonics exercises and videos http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f

Site has crossword puzzles and lots of word games [|http://www.brainbashers.com]

Spelling http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html

Building Language for Literacy- young children http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm

Vocabulary Activities- some with audio Grade level ranges from young-high http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm

Primary School Literacy Activities Includes objectives, tasks, and outcomes http://www.molehill-copse.kent.sch.uk/whiteboard%20done%20literacy.html


 * Grammar**

Interactive daily warm-up for students. Daily Edit… post the paragraph on the whiteboard and have students edit it from their desk when they enter the room. After a couple of minutes, have students come to the board to edit. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml

Great site for grades 3rd-5th on basic parts of speech and vocabulary. They will love it! http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

Glossary for grades 1st-5th (some with audio) http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/grammar/index5p.html

Grade 3- Proofreading http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g03/g03home.htm

Grades 1st-5th Grammar Skills (with audio and quiz) http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g3c10/nadia.htm

The Grammar Gorillas- beginner (nouns and verbs) and advanced (all parts of speech). Site does contain advertisements http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Grammar Activities- some with audio Grade level ranges from young-high http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm

TONS of links for grammar- click on G for grammar http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-title.shtml#G

The Plural Girls- younger grades (multiple choice or fill in the blanks) http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

Word Confusion- younger grades http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html

Is this sentence correct? Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/126153.html

Punctuate- 4 Games http://www.quia.com/jg/282829.html

TONS of interactive links! Links connect to grammar, writing, and much more! http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/english-hs.html#Interactive

Proofreading Exercises- great to use as a warm-up activity http://webnz.co.nz/checkers/proof2.html


 * Writing Prompts-**

Writing Prompts with Pictures http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/ideasforwriters_preview/gr4/prompts/prompts_pictures.html

Prompt Generator http://208.183.128.3/write/create.htm

Wacky Tales- younger (Mad Libs) http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wt.cgi?A1=s

More Writing Prompts- tons of links. Great site for writing! http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001233.shtml



Writing
TONS of links- click on W for writing exercises http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by-title.shtml#G

Brief explanations of writing types http://esd.iu5.org/TeacherLink/writingrubric/persuasive_cover.htm Writing handbook- a lot of text but a lot of information http://www.saugatuck.k12.mi.us/handbook.htm

Writing Guide- lots of text! http://www.oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wg/index.htm

Interactive Storyboards- when we ask students to create a PowerPoint presentation, we all see them much more worried about the graphics, the design, and how pretty it is…. Not the content. The interactive storyboards change this. The content becomes the focus compared to the design. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/storyboards/index.shtml

Setting- Site and narrator goes along with Shakespearean times. Suitable for high school level students and/or advanced middle school language arts classes. http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/Setting/default.htm Literacy and Poetry- Site offers interactive quizzes that uses literacy and poetry vocabulary. http://m253.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/litquiz.htm

Excellent site for elementary and/or middle school age students. Site offers a ReadWriteThink approach with different interactive tools. They would love it! http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp


 * Poetry-**

These are some resources for Canterbury Tales
 * Seems to be the definitive one - http://www.webenglishteacher.com/chaucer.html
 * http://712educators.about.com/od/canterburytales/The_Canterbury_Tales_by_Geoffrey_Chaucer.htm
 * http://www.kankedort.net/LBW_9_SCD.htm

Poetry- http://www.poetryforge.org/resources.htm Poetry- Site with tons of poetry links. http://www.poetryforge.org/resources.htm Teen Ink Poetry- There are 3,413 items currently in the poetry section. This is poems written by teenagers for teenagers. http://teenink.com/Poetry/

Instant Poetry Forms- choose your poetry form from the list of links on the left then just add words to make the poem your own. http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm


 * Persuasive Writing Ideas-**

High School- Ten Persuasive Writing Prompts http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/018.shtml Middle/High- All you need to know about writing a persuasive paper http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/pers.html

Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAKinestheticApproachPersuasiveWriting510.htm PowerPoint- On persuasive writing- How advertisers use your feelings to get you to agree with them. http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/MTAPP/EmotionalAppealsfireball.ppt

Persuasive Writing Worksheet- could be saved to Word for computer writing http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/forms/persuasv.htm Study guide for writing a persuasive essay http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr4.htm


 * SAT Prep**

Free online tutorials and practice tests http://www.proprofs.com/sat/exams/practice-tests.shtml Added 12/3/07 A. Deep

Are you looking for interactive activities for your math, English, art, social studies, or science students? Why not take a look at: http://www.learner.org/interactives/

The Poetry Forge ([| www.poetryforge.org]) was designed to trigger the exploration of the use and development of Open Source writing tools within the English classroom. The website features multiple, classroom-tested tools which are meant to be applied and actively used within the English classroom and by student writers. The Poetry Forge website features a collaborative community of teachers, higher ed faculty, students, writers and programmers, all working together to explore how this tool can be fully implemented in a classroom, taking advantage of whats a realistic possibility in terms of teacher skills and banking many practices that have become a natural part of our work.

[|Mark Twain in His Times] A multimedia archive of Mark Twain's works created by Stephen Railton at the University of Virginia. Teacher educators at NC State are creating lesson plans to accompany the Twain materials as part of the Portal to English Language Arts and Teacher Education.

Check out Google for many classroom ideas. One tool for the English classroom is: http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html
 * Added 11/30/07 A. Deep**

http://www.readwritethink.org/
 * ReadWriteThink** - A great site for all courses. There are numerous ideas to tie in with our Polyvision boards.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index_grades912.htm
 * Scholastic.com** - Very comprehensive site for all Language Arts classes.

[|Essay Punch]** [|**http://www.essaypunch.com**/] This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay. Users develop an idea and write their own short essay, consisting of an introduction, a two- to three-paragraph body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing. Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application. To begin, click Start Writing Now. Grades 3-12
 * Interactive web sites - great for the Polyvision board.

[|**Scholastic News**] [|**http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews**/] The News Zone presents current events that are most relevant to students, in a format that is fun and appealing. The current events and engaging activities include Note Now, [|Games and Quizzes], What’s Your IQ and Write a Caption. Grades 3-8

[|**Online Rhyming Dictionary**] [|**http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html**] Find a rhyme in no time online! Useful, fun, and fascinating! Grades 1-12.

Resources and links to educational sites Theater Journalism Communications