Language+Arts

This Illinois State Standards in Language Arts Tag Cloud
Tag clouds are based on frequency of words and help summarize the text visually by making the words that are used bigger as they appear by frequency.

= = =Language Arts= [| Structured Curriculum Handbook for Language Arts] [|Web English Teacher] [| Interactive paragraph writing guide] [|Thesis Builder] [|English grammar] online interactive lessons [|Power Proofreading] – proofreading practice [|100 things to do with books] [|Children's Choices Booklist] [|Cyberguides] – linking with children's literature [|Online Writing Lab Handouts] [|Skillwise Grammar Practice] [|Literature Circles] [|The Academy of American Poets] [|Learning Resources] - using current events with interactive activities to develop reading comprehension [|World Tales] - Welcome to World Tales. See folk tales, myths and legends from around the world, brought to life by twenty Australian animators. [|Creating Rubrics] - a step by step guide [|Reading Rockets] [|Literactive] [|IKnowThat]- Language Arts

[|Dig It - Making Predictions]
 * Reading Comprehension**

Poetry
[|Poets.org] [|Instant Poems] Biography Websites [|oldpoets.com] [|Poetry Forms]

=Grammar Practice= 1. [|Guide to Grammar and Writing Quiz List] - Capital Community College 2. [|Grammar Gorillas] 3. [|Houghton Mifflin English] 4. [|Power Proofreading] 5. [|Lessons] and Quizzes at the end of the lesson (Big Dog Grammar) 6. [|On line Quizzes] (City University of Hong Kong) 7. [|Online Writing Lab] (OWL) Interactive Quizzes 8. [|Interactive Exercises] (Chomp Chomp) 9. [|Self Study] – English grammar (a4esl.org) 10. [|English – Skillwise] (BBC) 11. [|Study Zone Grammar] 12. [|Grammar Practice Park] 13. [|Review Parts of Speech] 14. [|They’re, their, and there] 15. [|Two, to, and too] = = =Literature= [|Folger Shakespeare Library] [|Lesson Plan Archive] - Shakespeare

Structured Writing
[|Writing Fun] - all kinds of writing, student fills out the graphic organizer [|Essay Punch] - Interactive Writing Tutorial [|BBC RAW - Writing Stories] [|BBC Bitesize Revision] - Writing

Developed by Elementary Teachers, School Districts, Consultants, and Vendors
[|Regional Educational Laboratory Lesson Plans] - This is the "official" 6 Traits site. This link is for the lesson plans organized by trait. [|Samples of student writing] - organized by trait, grade level and score. Use to these to assess. [|OWL (Online Writing Lab)] - Great resource for lower grades! This is a great site that was developed by teachers to help their students [|An "unofficial" site for teachers using 6 traits] This site is a couple of years old, but has some good ideas [|Ginny Hoover's resources - consultant] [|The Writing Fix] - This is a cool website, although it's hard to navigate. Worth a look because of the //interactive activities//. [|A Method for Grading Essays in Any Course] [|Write Source Student Models] [|Interactive Six Trait Writing Process] - "The descriptors, rubrics and examples have been standard fare in many classrooms for years, but this site allows students to rate pieces of writing and make immediate comparisons with the ratings given by English teachers. " [|Madison School District 6 Traits Writing Training Resource] [|South Dakota School District Resource] [|S Perkins Collection of 6 Traits Resources] [|6 Traits of Writing - Free PowerPoint Presentations]

Graphic Organizers
[|Tools for Reading, Writing, and Thinking] [|Houghton Miflfin Resources grade 3-5] [|Houghton Mifflin Resources grades 6-8] [|Education Place Graphic Organizers] [|More Graphic Organizers] - from Enchanted Learning. We have an account so you can print these without banners. [|Graphic Organizers] - Tons of printable tools for every imaginable note-taking or information organizing task

=Biographies= [| Interactive Biography Maker] [|Meet Amazing Americans] [|Fact Monster] [|Kids Click Biography List] [|American History] [|Biography.com] [| PBS - Biographies] [|Academy of Achievement] [|Women] [|Yahoo Kids] - Biographies - History [| Inventors Hall of Fame] [| Who2?] [|Time Magazine’s top 100 people] [|American Writers] [|My Hero Directory]