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Aesop's
Fables - Short reading passages with a moral to analyze.
American
English Pronunciation - Fantastic site! Lessons are available on quite a few
topics. Each lesson provides the pattern, gives examples, provided practice (a
lot of practice), and ends with a quiz. Each word in the quiz can be pronounced
for the student by clicking on the speaker icon. This site would be good for Language
Arts or ESL classes.
Bibme - fully automatic
bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited
page.
Citation Machine - an
interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers in modeling the proper use of
information property (Students are welcome to use this as well)
MLA-Style
Bibliography Builder - Choose a form, fill it out, and push the button...
you will get an individual entry for a "Works Cited" page, which you
may then copy and paste into your word processor.
Book
Glutton - Read, annotate and discuss, right there, immersed in the text. Some
classics are free online reads and you can bookmark your place!.
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Catalogue of Electronic
texts, a collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of
English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy. Searchable by
author or title.
Character
Cards - helpful cards to collect data while researching
Comic
Strips - Create your own comics and your own characters also!
Common
Errors in English Usage - Do you "shutter to think" of horrible
misusage of the language? Find that and more at this site.
Diagramming
Sentences - "Understanding the functions of parts of the speech in a
sentence and their relationship to one another can be very helpful in learning
to construct good sentences"
Drama
- The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Audio Radio Shows - "The finest radio
drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring
the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes
Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its
notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively
unknown. This site has many of the surviving shows, and will eventually have all
of them."
Every-Day-Edit
- provides daily practice in a wide variety of basic language skills with a daily
paragraph having ten built-in errors of basic spelling, grammar, punctuation,
or capitalization
The
Electronic Text Center - The Modern English Collection contains fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to
the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest.
English
Grammar The Easy Way - This site has a very comprehensive collection of brief
grammar explanations for students. A great site if you want some concise support.
Etymologic: The Toughest Word Game
on the Web - In this game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected word
origin or word definition puzzles to solve; in each case the word or phrase is
highlighted in bold, and a number of possible answers will be presented. You need
to choose the correct answer to score a point for that question.
Fake-Out
- A definition guessing game for 3 levels of students; K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Students
guess the definition of a chosen word. Tthe real fun comes from submitting their
own fake definition for the next quiz.
Fluency
through Fables - These Fables will help you to improve your reading comprehension
of English. Various sets of questions follow each fable.
Grammar
Games - Many different grammar games to select; articles, common errors, parts
of speech, adverbs, participles and more.
Grammar
and Style notes from Jack Lynch at the University of Pennsylvania. Example
entry on the subject of Boldface; "There's no reason to use boldface in an academic
paper; spend your time writing, not fiddling with the word processor."
Guide
to Grammar and Writing - Maintained in memory of Professor of English Charles
Darling for English courses at Capital Community College in Connecticut. (for
use by the college's students and staff and for the general online community)
Idioms
and collocations - exercises practice collocations - words that 'sound good
together' (rush hour/catch a cold/soft drinks), phrasal verbs - two-or-three word
combinations (consisting of a verb and particle) that make sense only if looked
at together as one single unit (take off/drop out/get over) and idioms - expressions
consisting of words that can’t be understood literally. from EnglishGateway
site
KeyNews
Paper - "The objectives of The Key New Readers Newspaper Project are
two-fold: to provide people with limited reading skills access to the main flow
of information in the community and to provide teachers in adult basic education
programs with quality materials which are relevant to the adult learner."
LawBuzz
- stories online about famous trials from the past. No questions for the stories
are given, just reading material for reluctant readers.
Nursery
Rhyme Expansion - practice with the aspects of purpose, voice, and audience
in their writing. New ideas for old material. Here is a site with stories inspired
by nursery rhymes that students can see to help them write their own versions.14
Funny Stories based on Mother Goose Rhymes
Literature
Quizzes - online quizzes in poetry, essays, comprehension, and story elements
Navigating
the Newspaper - Learn how newspapers package words and pictures. Learn correct
terminology for the different parts of the newspaper.
Novels
On-Line found at the Carnegie Mellon University English server.
Novel
Guides - from Classzone; activities and suggestions for novels.
Novel
Guide-Novel Analysis - literary analysis on the web; an educational supplement
for better understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor
Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.
Novels
- Teaching Guides - from Harperchildren; " include general discussion
questions and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum: math, science, language
arts, music, and social studies."
Parlo
is a language and culture site that wants to sell language courses to you. Wait!
Don't go away. They offer some fantastic free resources. In their index
along the left side you will find a free Diagnostic Test. At the end they suggest
which course you might want to buy, but use this test to evaluate where your students
are. In the Teachers portion of Parlo's index, select Teacher's Corner Materials
and then select the English
archive. There you will find beginner, intermediate and advanced lesson plans.
Not enough for you? OK, visit Spanish
World, French World, Italian
World or German World.
Prefixes
Prefix
Mix - working with "Pre" and "Post," prefixes with opposite
meanings
Poe,
Edgar Allen, Quote the Raven - Welcome to TeachersFirst's "Interactive Raven,"
a look at the vocabulary and literary devices in Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem,
The Raven. This unit lets users view each stanza of the poem, pointing out Poe's
use of some common literary devices.
Poetry
180 - Welcome to Poetry 180. A Poem a day for American High School students.
Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire
and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just
spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed.
Poetry
Interpretation - High School Level - Interpret poems online with an online
quiz about each poem.
30
days of Poetry - Each lesson gives you a format to follow and student examples.
In many cases your teacher will direct you to write more than one poem in a lesson.
This gives you an opportunity to use the form and, most often, create an even
better poem in doing so. Enjoy your lessons!
Poet's
Pantry Tour - Virtual fieldtrip of the many types of poetry. Within the tour
there is a list of at least 40 types of poetry and examples of each form!
Power
Proofreading from Houghton Mifflin - Help! The power has gone out at HME-TV,
and proofreaders are needed to fix TV scripts, memos and other writing at the
station. HM has provided a special power screen so your students can help
them.
Pre-Reading
notes - help students prepare for information obtained in reading
Reading
Comprehension - free Reading Comprehension worksheets for Middle and High
School students to reinforce skills such as context clues and word meanings
Reading
for Thinking - online passages and questions for many concepts- middle and
high school
Reading
Keys - online passages and questions for many concepts - middle/high school
Reading Passages
- vocab, word selection, sequencing and conclusion activities.
Reading
Passages - vocab, word selection, what did you learn, spelling and more.
ReadPrint
- free online library, thousands of free books.
Reading
Skill Stories - written for adult ESL learners, these stories can be a timed
reading; there is audio for each story so it can be used for a read-along, and
there are questions at the end of the stories.
Root Words
Putting
Down Roots - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.
Putting
Down Roots (2) - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.
What's
a Root? - In this lesson, you'll work with five roots. Once you know a few
roots, you'll see them everywhere.
What's
a Root? (2) - In this lesson, you'll work with five more roots. .
Schoolhouse:
English and Language Arts - Lesson plans and Internet resources in the areas
of Poetry, Reading, and Writing. The site also includes Internet resources in
the areas of Literature, Philosophy, and Plays. Schoolhouse also includes links
to Standards sites.
Skimming
and Scanning - links that contain lessons and activities to practice these
skills.
SparkNotes - Study Guides,
Message Boards, Complete Texts of an enormous amount of various types of literature
taught in High Schools. You must register to get to the guides, but registration
is free.
Speak
Up - Speak Up is an opportunity for students to create a cartoon dialogue
featuring two or more characters in a range of settings on a variety of topics.
Exploring these topics allows students to consider problems and issues that they
might encounter in their own lives. Students can also create their own topics.
Spelling
Test - Take this online spelling test; TCAP format
The
Teacher's Desk - A literacy resource designed for teachers of grades five
and six. This site is a collection of lesson plan ideas and classroom activities.
Think
About it cards - excellent task cards to place beside students while
reading for information
Timed
Reading - Read this passage and time yourself!
Tools
for Reading -"These tools should be used to help students engage in rigorous
thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold their interactions with texts."
Visual Thesaurus - Really
cool way to look up synonyms. It is just a trial version but you can look up a
few words at a time without paying.
Vocabulary Enrichment
Analogy
Quiz1 - Determine which choice has a relationship similar to the original
words or phrases. (HS Level)
Analogy
Quiz2 - Determine which choice has a relationship similar to the original
words or phrases. (HS Level)
Sentence
Completion - Fill in the missing vocabulary words. (Middle/High
School level)
Vocabulary
Enrichment - Each Quiz picks 10 questions from a fifty
word list and you can hear the word spoken, allowing you to not only learn its
definition, but how its pronounced.
Vocabulary University - Vocabulary
puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. These exercises help prepare for SSAT,
PSAT, GED, SAT and ACT tests, they supplement personal vocabulary acquisition,
and are being used in home-schooling and ESL programs
Vocaboly
- Vocabulary test - Multiple choice, different formats
The
Word Detective on the Web is the
online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions
about words and language.
World
Wide Words - Each week you will find at least one short article or extended
definition of a word which is too new to appear in most dictionaries
Words
Count - Vocabulary exercises - self checking
Writing
Tests - ( Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get to this section )These
tests cover vocabulary, writing style, mechanics, focus, and understanding of
the topic. Answer key given.
For
Teachers
Children's
Literature and Language Arts Resources - This page focuses on children's literature
in education. Teachers, library media professionals, parents and students will
find information on children's literature and associated language arts here.
Professional
Resources
The Compact
for Reading Guide is a user-friendly handbook designed to walk your family-school
compact team through the steps of building and implementing a Compact for Reading.
It provides information, strategies, examples, and checklists to help parents,
educators, and community members develop effective, workable compacts that can
improve your school, increase family involvement, and increase student skills
and achievement in reading.
Preventing
Reading Difficulties in Young Children - The focus of this report is
prevention. The report sketches a picture of the conditions under which reading
is most likely to develop easily - conditions that include stimulating preschool
environments, excellent reading instruction, and the absence of any of a wide
array of risk factors.
Starting
Out Right (A guide for promoting children's reading success) - Parents want
to provide their preschool children with a good start in literacy. A school district
tells its teachers to change the way they teach reading. Preschool caregivers
want to be sure that the children they care for are ready for school. A mother
attending a school meeting hears confusing messages about the best way to teach
beginning reading. A corporate executive wants the company to support an after-school
tutoring program, but is not sure where to start. This book is for all these people.
It is written particularly for parents and others who can influence the education
and development of young children, especially policy makers, caregivers, and teachers.
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