"Hot Links" for the English Language Arts Classroom
1.) Academic Assistance Center: English & Language Room Homepage
(http://members.aol.com/aac4/private/aachomepage/english.htm#english4)
The Academic Assistance Center is itself a "link" resource. Check out this sight for links that concern Classical Literature, Mythology, Folklore, Performing Arts, Authors and their works, Poets and their works, Online Literary Resources, and Electronic Texts.
Recommended by R. Cory Kinley
2.) "ADOL: Adolescent Directory On-Line"
(http://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html)
This site, established and maintained by the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University, is one of my personal favorites. It gives a lot of good information on teen issues, and has links to fantastic adolescent based lesson plans. There is also a link to "Teacher Talk"; a newsletter put out by the Center, which contains teachersí experiences and suggestions on helping their adolescent students.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
3.) Checklist for Techers - Teaching Techniques
(http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/facstaff/m-weeks/technks.html)
This sight is perfect for teachers who recognize that there is more than one technique that works in effective teaching. Access discussions of the Deductive Teaching Method, the Inductive Teaching Method, Directed Discussion Technique, Exploratory Discussion Technique, and Reflective Discussion Technique.
Recommended by R. Cory Kinley
4.) Checklist for Techers - Models for Classroom Management
(http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/facstaff/m-weeks/models.html)
This page offers resources and ideas for Positive Classroom Management. It gives you access to helpful hints for classroom management, plus ideas and helpful tips for discipline in your classroom.
Recommended by R. Cory Kinley
5.) "Children's Literature / Young Adult Literature Reviews"
(http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childbookreviews.htm)
This site includes book reviews by children and young adults, a recommended and reviewed book list from the NCTE, and several additional book review links. Books can be ordered from this site.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
6.) Cyberguides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities
(http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html)
Cyberguides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. They are designed for the classroom with an online computer. Each guide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric.
Recommended by Charles Martin
7.) Educational Resources Information Center
(http://www.ericir.syr.edu/About/)
This site is maintained by Syracuse University and provides education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators and parents. Users can access lesson plans and search archives for documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
Recommended by Charles Martin
8.) ELA Teaching Resources (Georgetown)
(http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html)
This incredible site includes essays on teaching American literature, issues involved, an archive of teaching material, bibliographies, and a guide to other web sources, just to name a few.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
9.) ELA Teaching Resources II (SAU)
(http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/Majors/Educate/edindex.htm)
This site contains a myriad of useful sites for educators, including Reading and Language Arts, Whatís New on the Net for Educators, Education Reform, and Education Data and Research.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
10.) The English Room
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9699/)
The English Room contains a series of lessons that require students to access the Internet. The target audience is secondary English/Language Arts students in grades 6-12.
The lessons were designed as a means of teaching students how to make use of the Internet while remaining within the framework of the Language Arts curriculum.
Recommended by R. Cory Kinley
11.) ERIC Search
(http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_digest/index/)
This site allows users to search using ERIC, an educational database of many valuable journals.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
12.) Gifted Education
(http://www.edweek.org/context/hotlist/gifted.html)
It has long been my philosophy that all students be treated as gifted students. The gifted classroom is much more active and much more student centered. All prospective teachers should visit this site to gain a sense of how gifted classroom work and how students are labeled "gifted". You should find this site very interesting.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
13.) Helpful Links for English Majors
(http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/Majors/English/litindex.htm)
This site contains a host of helpful links, including literary web indexes, writing resources and style guides, and access to English journals in electronic format.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
14.) "Inkspot: The Writer's Resource"
This is a comprehensive writing resource full of market information, tips on improving your writing, articles, interviews with professional authors and editors, networking opportunities and a guide to the best resources for writers on the Internet. Site contains a section for young writers.
Recommended by Charles Martin
15.) Links to Lesson Plan Cites
(http://www.shsl.bham.wednet.edu/curric/english/teachide.htm)
This site is a must for all English teachers. There are great links to all kinds of lesson plan cites and an ERIC lesson idea site, which is an extremely helpful tool in creating original and effective lesson plans. If you are having teacherís block when writing a lesson plan, this is where you should go first.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
16.) Literary Resources on the Net
(http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Lit/)
This site, Literary Resources on the Net, allows users to search its archives or go through specific categories like 18th century, American, theory, theatre and drama, Womenís lit, medieval, 20th century British and Irish, etc. It also contains links to general sources, including syllabi and course materials and resources for writers and writing instructors.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
17.) LitLinks Site
(http://www.ualberta.ca/~amactavi/litlinks.htm)
This site, LitLinks, contains an amazing amount of helpful links and is categorized into such groupings as e-text archives, authors, libraries, theory, gender issues, general humanities, etc.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
18.) Modern Language Association
(http://www.mla.org/main_stl.htm#sty.top)
This site is sponsored by the Modern Language Association and contains MLA style guides for punctuation, grammar, usage, and mechanics. It also contains electronic handbooks for both writers of research papers and writers of scholarly publishing.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
19.) National Council of English Teachers Homepage
(http://mud.ncte.org/index.html)
The NCTE offers The English Journal, which is a comprehensive resource for teachers of the English Language. Now they have a homepage! Visit this sight for the latest on teaching ideas, teacher talk, standards, public policy, center guidelines & statements, books & journals, professional development, teacher preparation, grants and awards, jobs, and research news.
Recommended by R. Cory Kinley
20.) "The New Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Department of Education"
(http://www.ed.gov/pubs/teacherguide)
This site is written by teachers for new teachers to help them to become acquainted with the role and regulations of the Department of Education. This site is easy to browse and contains a lot of interesting and useful information. I suggest every new teacher visit this site.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
21.) "New York Times Learning Network: Newspapers in Education Program"
(http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/index.html)
Part of the NY Times Learning Network, this site contains curriculum guides, written by educators, to facilitate teaching with The New York Times. The paper's education programs can help teachers to improve language arts and writing skills, enhance critical thinking and increase vocabulary.
Recommended by Charles Martin
22.) Reeves Library Citation Links
(http://www.moravian.edu/dept/pub/reeves/intntres.htm#Citation)
This site contains information regarding links to MLA and APA citation manuals for both print and electronic sources.
Recommended by Hallie Seiwell
23.) Researchpaper.com
(http://www.researchpaper.com/)
This site bills itself as the largest collection of topics, ideas and assistance for school-related research projects. There's a chat room for sharing writing ideas and a directory of over 4,000 research topics.
Recommended by Charles Martin
24.) Teacher Resources
(http://207.125.183.3/jobe/Res.htm#anchor487218)
A one-stop shopping place for teacher resources, lesson plans, and links to subject-specific sites.
Recommended by Charles Martin
25.) "Teachers Helping Teachers"
(http://www.pacificnet/~mandel/)
This is a great cite created by teachers for teachers. It contains everything from awesome lesson plans to stress reduction techniques. There is also a recently added book review section in which teachers submit reviews of their favorite education related books.
Recommended by Kristen Romano & Charles Martin
26.) "Using the Internet in the Classroom"
(http://www.usca.sc.edu/Internet/Classroom.html)
This site offers good information on using the Internet in the classroom, including a guide for teaching Internet use to students of all ages. There are also links to pages, which contain Internet based lesson plans.
Recommended by Kristen Romano & Charles Martin
27.) Valuable Lesson Plans
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/ray.saitz/lessons3.html)
This site contains several valuable lesson plans and lesson plan ideas that can be adapted to fit any grade level, or expanded upon to fit almost any lesson. Many of the lessons come with handouts for you to download. There are no copyright regulations, the authors ask only that you e-mail him/her with your comments on the plans and tell him/her what you took from the site.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
28.) Vocabulary
Filled with puzzles and games for all grade levels, as well as lesson plan vocabulary exercises.
Recommended by Charles Martin
29.) Yahoo Education Links
(http://dir.Yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/News_Current_Events)
This site has excellent links to lesson plans that integrate news and current events into every discipline. This site also contains links to an array education based cites.
Recommended by Kristen Romano
30.) "Young Adult Literature Library"
(http://www.uiowa.edu/~english/litcult2097/tluch/lit_yalib.html)
This site contains reviews and summaries of young adult literature that can be used in the Eng./Lit classroom. All books are listed under categories according to theme.
Recommended by Kristen Romano