LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM RESOURCES
Literature Links
www.janbrett.com - Dozens of activities, lesson plans and projects by Author Jan Brett.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - This site contains: Shakespeare discussion area, search on the complete works, links to other Shakespeare resources on the Internet, a chronological and alphabetical listing of plays, and Bartlett's familiar Shakespearean quotations.
Dr. Seuss's Seussville - The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more! What are you waiting for? Let's play!
Kid's Web - Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the web that is very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level.
On-Line Children's Books - On-line dynamic text editions of Alice In Wonderland, Little Bo-Peep, and Ikintar the Giraffe.
An On-Line Library of Literature inventories. This is a graphically intensive site. A high speed connection is recommended.
Scholastic - Connecting teachers, parents, and children to the world of Scholastic. Classroom Activities for every curriculum, teacher tips and strategies and articles, book fairs, educator magazines and much more!
Literacy Organization Links
www.ciera.org - Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, CIERA's mission is to improve the reading achievement of America's youth by generating and disseminating theoretical, empirical, and practical solutions to the learning and teaching of beginning reading.
www.mraread.org - Michigan Reading Association (MRA). Mission Statement: The Michigan Reading Association is a dynamic and diverse organization whose mission is to promote literacy.
www.reading.org - International Reading Association. The International Reading Association is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit. Our members include classroom teachers, reading specialists, consultants, administrators, supervisors, university faculty, researchers, psychologists, librarians, media specialists, and parents. With members and affiliates in 99 countries, our network extends to more than 300,000 people worldwide.
Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color - An instructional World Wide Web site focusing on the lives and works of women writers of color.
Reading Links
Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research - This site serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research through conferences, journals, and other publications.
www.bookadventure.com K-8 A list of leveled books. Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is sponsored by Sylvan Learning, Inc.
Content Reading Strategies that Work Literacy strategies for academic success.
WRITING LINKS
Kairos - A Journal for teachers of writing in webbed environments.Wacky Web Tales - Remember those Mad Libs where you filled in words to complete the story? This is a good way to create a silly story and review parts of speech.
The Write Page - On-line newsletter with over 300 pages of author and book information for readers and how-to information for writers of genre fiction.
National Council ofTeachersofEnglish (NCTE) The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English.