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LITERATURE SITE FROM CAROL HURST

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/subjects.html

Links to specific literary resources. Search by subject, titles, or author; the results will

display books available for your subject (e.g. Colonial America), activities, and related links.
Bookmark this site; if you are teachingliterature, you'll want to revisit this site often.

CYBERGUIDES GRADES 6 - 8:

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html

All the classic literature texts are listed here, with some pretty great resources, lessons,

and activities to go along with each one. Each Cyberguide is related to Language Arts
Content Standards; well worth the visit.

READING BETTER AND FASTER:

http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html

This five-point system addresses changing some

basic reading habits to read in a more productive
manner. . .something you might want to try with your
students at beginning of the school year!

READING COMPREHENSION SUPPORT/UPPER GRADES:

http://www.rti.santacruz.k12.ca.us/sss/

Looking for lesson plans on comparing and contrasting characters? How about the main idea and

supporting evidence? Cause and effect, sequence -- all in one place! This site provides a wealth of
resources and material for Reading & Literature comprehension.

TEACHER DESK FOR LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7603/

This site offers spelling, english, writing and reading ideas for 5th and 6th grades. The paragraph a

week activity is under construction. Check back to see if it is completed because it is a great
writing resource for the middle grades.

WRITING PROMPTS:

http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/prompts.html

Are you always looking for topics and writing activities for your students?

These prompts will help your students identify various types of writing, and
find something they want to write about.

DOUCETTE INDEX:

http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

This index is for grades K-12, but has more entries for the upper grades. Enter the novel

you are studying, check off websites only (unless you also wish to get book feedback), and,
if your book is listed, you will receive ideas and activities for teaching your particular book.

COMPREHENSION

http://www.rti.santacruz.k12.ca.us/firstaid/comp_pg.htm#topcomp

An outstanding site designed for teachers but with lots of practical suggestions for helping students

with comprehension strategies.

READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES:

http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/reading.html

This excellent and extensive site relays much information on

reading comprehension,including failures to comprehend, and
offers many strategies to address problems and insure better
and consistent comprehension.

I HAVE A TOPIC, NOW WHAT?

http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/ideastopic.html

Print this page out for your students to keep handy when starting to write...

appropriately in outline form, it lists the beginning process of getting those ideas
down on paper.

DAILY GRAMMAR ACTIVITY CARD ARCHIVE:

http://members.aol.com/A123836526/ActivityCard/archive.html

These are great little reviews on grammar-- use these ready-to-use "cards" to test and update your

students' skills in verbs, pronouns, proofreading. Each week has a new theme and all activities are
archived so that past activities are available up to the present date.

POETRY RESOURCES ONLINE:

http://www.learningspace.org/instruct/high_school/sites/poem_res.html

Need to find a comprehensive listing of poetry resources and poets online? Try this page; most

resources are listed by author and/or time period.

WRITING LESSONS, GRADES K-12:

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//LanguageArts.html

A treasure chest of writing lesson ideas here, covering all grades.

WORD CENTRAL

http://www.wordcentral.com

Great "kid friendly" site to increase vocabulary and spelling skills. Features

daily Buzz Word and Spelling Bee Quizes. Also include a student dictionary.

BOOK ADVENTURE

http://www.bookadventure.com

This is a web-based reading program for children ages 5-14. It includes activities and printable items

like bookmarks and certificates to encourge children to read. Teachers can register a class so
individual students sign in, get book suggestions and take mutilple choice quizzes on books that they
have read.

ENGLISH COMPANION.COM:

http://www.englishcompanion.com/

This is a must see site for Middle to High School English teachers. Lots of great content, teaching

strategies. There are many useful links and it is updated regularly.

VISUAL THESAURUS

http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/

This site is a link to words for Grades 7-12. Type in a word and it floats on the screen. The

thesaurus finds other words that mean the same and presents them in a clever visual manner.

HOW TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT

http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html

This site is a good starting place for middle grade and above students who are learning how to do a

research project. The site includes information, tips, worksheets, and resources that help build
information literacy skills.

HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html

Here is help for what the paragraphs of an essay should contain. The site

offers some good ideas for creating transitions as well as other useful tips.

101 WAYS OF REPORTING ON BOOKS:

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/science/l

essons45/books.html

Many great ideas for making book reports

more exciting. The ideas can be adapted

to backs at all levels.

SPELLING TICKLERS:

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~morris/speltic.html

This site contains great activities across the curriculum and across all grade levels

k-12. Don't lose this URL. Your students will become better spellers.

LITERATURE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM

http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/ChildrensLit.html

This site contains a tremendous amount of literature activities listed by grade and by book title.

It includes pre-reading activities, discussion] questions, activities and links to other resources.

CHILDREN LITERATURE WEB GUIDE

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

The Children Literature Web Guide is an attempt by David K. Brown to gather together and categorize

the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.

A POEM A WEEK

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~alisa

Delight you students with original poetry every day. And have your students share their work.

Poetry from around the world.

BOOK NOOK

http://i-site.on.ca/booknook.html

Are your students looking for a good book to read? Let other students around the world suggest a

good book for them. This site provides book reviews written by other students. Your students
can even add their own reviews to site to encourage other kids to read.

THE WRITING PROCESS

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fiss/default.htm

Let Gloria, in her award winning website, take you and your students

through the writing process. She includes an online workshop for classroom teachers that are

interested in implementing the writing process in their classroom. Tryt out her "Writers
Workshop�!

NEWSWRITING WITH SCHOLASTIC EDITORS

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/news/tguide.htm

At this site students in grades 4-8 learn to write newspaper articles with help from writers

from Scholastic's magazine group. Students read sample articles and get writing tips and
techniques to help them determine a topic and develop their own news stories. The Scholastic
writers also give students guidelines on revising their writing, and provide general comments,
suggestions, and ideas about writing news stories. Upon completion of the activity, students can
publish their work online and print out Certificates of Achievement.

BIOGRAPHY WRITING WITH THE SCHOLASTIC STAFF

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/biograph/tguide.htm

This is great site for students wanting to write biographies. They will learn how to research

and write a biographical sketch. In the process, they�ll learn research and writing strategies
from the scholastic staff as well as a warm-up exercise to get them started. Finally, they write
a biographical sketch of their own. Upon completion of the workshop students will receive a
personalized Certificate of Achievement signed by the Scholastic writing staff.

NEWBERRY AWARD BOOKS

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

The American Library Association awards this honor to the most distinguished contribution to

American literature for children. Find out about the year 2000 award winner and get the
complete list of award-winning books since 1922.

CREATIVE WRITING AND STORY TELLING IDEAS WITH PIZZAZ!

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

Great site to get some ideas for creative writing with P-I-Z-Z-A-Z. People Interested in Zippy

and ZAny Zcribbling

FABLES ON LINE

http://www.fablesonline.com

This site provides students opportunities to explore myths, legends, heroes, mythical creatures and

to read on line in the Reading Room and enjoy some fun and games.

STORIES TO GROW BY

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/

This is great site for students to read stories written children from other cultures. Not only do they

enjoy reading the stories but they also learn something about other cultures. The site provides an area

where the children can respond to questions about the story to share with the author. Don't miss this

site which is rich in multiculural sharing.