Language Arts Resources

 

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Polk County Schools Vertical Writing Curriculum

Site Description Grade Level
30 Days of Poetry Activities and ideas for teaching different types of poetry 6-12
abc teach Book reports, early childhood writing, writing forms, prompts, skills, and more! K-8
Arthuriana Resources for teaching high school 9-12
BBC Schools Revisewise Writing Online activities, tests, and worksheets for creative and factual writing 2-6
Big6.com Information literacy model K-12
Reading motivation system similar to Accelerated Reader, but FREE K-8
BookPop Stephen Cosgrove's site with online books, music, coloring sheets, and more K-3
BrainyQuote Browse famous quotations by topic, author, and type K-12
British Council for Teaching English Ideas for classroom activities which involve writing K-12
CanTeach Hundreds of writing prompts and journal topics 2-8
Carl's Corner Resources for classroom, resource, parents, students K-3
Children's Literature AtoZ Lesson plans and activities for children's books K-8
Children's Poetry Archive A searchable archive of poets and poems for children K-6
Confusing Words Affect or Effect? A collection of words that are confusing to readers and writers 3-12
Creative Writing @ Web English Teacher Great ideas for creative writing activities, plus links to other language arts areas K-12
David's Desk Writing activities and resources, including a movie trailer writing assignment 4-8
Elements of Style The classic reference book for the conscientious writer 6-12
Enchanted Learning Writing activities for early to fluent writers- printables, topics, lots of ideas to spark creativity K-8
Englishbanana English and drama resources for students and teachers 4-12
Etymologic Try your hand at the "toughest word game on the web" 9-12
Get Ready to Read Tools for screening pre-schoolers, resources for teaching reading PK-5
Glossary of Poetry Terms Poetry terms from "accent" to "verse" K-12
Google Docs and Spreadsheets Free online tool for creating, storing, and sharing documents online PK-12
Guide to Grammar and Writing lots of resources, powerpoints, activities 5-12
Houghton Mifflin Bright Ideas for Writing Stuck for a writing topic? Check out these bright ideas! Grades 1-2, 3-5 1-5
ICDL International Children's Digital Library K-6
iDebate International Debate Education Association 7-12
Interactive Wordplays Word games, puzzle solving tools, dictionary, dialect translator (even redneck!) 4-12
Kid's Lab Reading Comprehension activities K-3
Kids' Research Portal Hop aboard the Research Rocket for an out-of-this-world tutorial! 3-6
Landmark's Citation Machine Get a correctly formatted citation by filling in a simple web form 6-12
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun Wordsearches, crosswords, hangman, jumbles, and other games 2-12
Literacy Link Using picture books to teach reading strategies to adolescents 5-8
Literacy Off-Ramp Jefferson County Schools balanced literacy project - lots of great activities! 6-12
Literary Criticism Pathfinder Guides students through the process of finding and using literary criticism 9-12
Magnetic Poetry Play magnetic poetry online, read poems that others have submitted K-12
Mrs. Atkinson's Reading Room Games, links, sight words, writing, webquests, etc. 1-6
Notestar An internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers- online notes and bibliography tools 7-12
Oneacross.com Stuck on a crossword clue? Try this site for help 5-12
Online Grammar Lessons Business English Grammar lessons for adults 9-12
Outta Ray's Head Writing Lots of creative writing resources with descriptions and links to activities 4-12
Pizzaz! Simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities for students of all ages K-12
Poetry for Kids Fun activities for poetry writing for kids of all ages K-12
Project LA Online language arts activity modules based on Terra Nova objectives 3-5
ProTeacher Writing lesson plans including folk tales, letter writing, thematic units, paragraph and persuasive.... K-6
ReadingRockets Reading comprehension & Language arts teaching strategies K-5
ReadWriteThink Reading & language arts resources for students & teachers K-12
RIF Reading Planet Books, games, activities, authors, and more K-8
Secondary English Resources literature units, links to resources 9-12
SourceAid Build your reference list for your research paper online- FREE 9-12
SparkNotes Free online study guides for literature, writing, poetry, and more 9-12
Starfall teaching comprehension and phonics K-2
Story Arts Online Storytelling in the classroom, lesson plans and activities, links, ideas, and more K-12
Story It Writing resources for students and teachers K-5
Student Materials from ReadWriteThink A collection of online student materials to support literacy learning- fun interactives for writing! K-12
TeachersCorner Writing lesson plans, writing prompts, creative writing activities K-5
Teachers.net Lesson Bank Over 500 lesson plans and ideas for writing at all levels K-12
Teachnet Writing Lesson Plans Index Writing lesson plans and ideas K-8
Teachnology Ideas for teaching writing with technology K-8
Technology-Rich Learning Experiences for High School lots of resources for communication skills, English, and language arts 9-12
TeenInk Book Reviews written by teens 6-12
The English Teacher Lesson plans and teaching strategies for English teachers 9-12
The Moonlit Road Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South 4-12
Traci's Lists of Ten Language arts, writing activities, prompts, and much more from an NCTE online content developer K-12
Vocabulary University interactive puzzles and games, test prep 6-12
Web English Teacher Links for all areas of language arts K-12
WordCentral Dictionary, daily buzzword, word games 4-8
Wordsmith.org Build vocabulary with A Word a Day, Internet Anagram Server, Wordserver 5-12
Write Away Improving compositions skills through online activities - developed by JC Schools teachers 9-12
WriteExpress The software costs $$, but there are some free resources on this site 5-12
Write On Lots of activities to help students develop their writing skills- TN standards-based 3-8
Writing Bugs Education World's printables- features a writing prompt and hints for better writing 2-6
WritingFix Home of interactive writing prompts and 6 Trait resources for teachers...very cool! 4-12
Writing Plans from the Teacher's Desk Ideas for impromptu writing, centers, various types of writing, and more K-6

 

 

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