Student Achievement: First Things First

Secondary Language Arts

WEB SITES FOR READING AND ENGLISH TEACHERS

VOCABULARY	ANNOTATION
http://www.wordsmith.org	A word a day can be emailed to you. An interesting site for teachers and students
http://www.etymologic.com/	A very challenging word game
http://www.vocabulary.com	Lots of word games and activities
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/	Vocabulary builders for students
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmsv/	Vocabulary lists grouped by level with puzzles and review activities. Appropriate for middle school.

 

WRITING/GRAMMAR	ANNOTATION
http://www.thesaurus.com	As well as a thesaurus online, this site has a link to other writing web sites.
http://dictionary.com	An alternative to the old-fashioned dictionary
http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/grammar/	This site contains helpful hints for student writers and some grammar links as well.
http://aliscot.com/bigdog/	A student oriented site which allows students to read material on grammar and take quizzes to check their understanding.
http://www.dailygrammar.com	If you subscribe to this site, you can have a daily grammar drill emailed to you.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/index.html	A site sponsored by Houghton Mifflin English. This site has many links to topics related to grammar and writing. The Power Proofreading game is one students may enjoy. Appropriate for middle school.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu	This online writing lab hosted by Purdue University, has a host of resources for students and teachers, including Power Point presentations on a variety of writing and grammar topics.
http://www.powa.org	This site contains information on different purposes for writing, as well as a link which provides instruction in grammar.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/ wworkshop/index.htm	Hosted by University of Illinois, this site has information on parts of speech, phrases, clauses and usage problems.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/ Writing/links.html	Lots of resources for writers and teachers of writing
http://www.kathimitchell.com/write.htm	This site has links to language arts sites for kids on writing and grammar. Very kid-friendly
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/	Contains interactive quizzes for students to take.
http://www.grammarbook.com/	Although an ad for the book, this site does have some exercises on subject verb agreement, pronoun reference, and usage.

READING LITERATURE	ANNOTATION
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf	Contains articles and abridged articles, complete with vocabulary and comprehension questions
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ cyberguide.html	Cyberguides for many novels
http://www.nt.net/~torino/novels3.html	Contains links to novel study guides
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html	A children's literature web site with links to discussion groups, web sites, etc.
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html http://www.reading.org	Articles and resources on the teaching of reading The homepage for the International Reading Association
http://www.usnewsclassroom.com/	Online articles and activities for students
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK	Very kid-friendly site which has articles, activities, and games for students. Appropriate for middle school.
http://www.toread.com	Teacher resources on the teaching of reading
http://school.discovery.com	A wealth of resources and links for teachers, students, and parents
http://www.inspiration.com	A web site that supports the software, Inspiration.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Share.htm	Many lesson plan web sites
http://www.tammyworcester.com	Technology tips for teachers
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl	Ways to use the Web for teaching and learning
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mo.url.htm	Lots of links for teachers of English/language arts
http://www.quotationspage.com http://www.bartleby.com/quotations	Contains thousands of quotations

 

TEACHING RESOURCES	ANNOTATION
http://www.teacherfiles.com	Lessons and clipart
http://www.scholastic.com	Scholastic's resources for students, teachers, and families
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/eng.shtml	A list of web sites for busy English teachers
http://www.tech4learning.com	Resources for using technology in the classroom
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html	Ninety-one webquests for middle school students and 122 for high school students!
http://www.criticalthinking.org/	Resources on critical thinking
http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/cs/ctgeninfo/?once=true&	A web site for secondary school educators
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/	A link to Baltimore County's Office of Library Information Services that contains Curricular Information and Research Modules
http://www.mdk12.org/	Information on school improvement in Maryland, including strategies for teaching and assessing the Maryland Content Standards
http://www.readwritethink.org	A collaborative effort by NCTE, IRA, and Marco Polo, this web site provides high quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
www.educationworld.com	This is a comprehensive source of curriculum materials, including lesson plans, teaching units, professional articles and other related resources.
www.ncte.org	This is the web site of The National Council of Teachers of English, a professional association of educators in English studies, literarcy and language arts.