| Author Study: William Bell |
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A Web Quest for Grade 8 Language Arts to support the William Bell novel. |
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Forbidden City Web Quest |
| Author Study: William Bell |
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Contains information about William Bell, as well as a students' page and a teachers' page. Bell's email address is also available. |
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William Bell's Web Site |
| Growing Up Around the World |
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Converts words to hieroglyphs. |
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Write Like an Egyptian |
| Growing Up Around the World |
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A classroom in Edmonton sent Tess the Moose to England in a "Travel Buddy" project. Use this site for inspiration in trying your own "Travel Buddy" project to make new friends and learn about different countries and cultures. |
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Homepage of Tess the Moose |
| Media |
Advertising |
Analyze ads and develop a campaign for a new product. |
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Cyberganda Advertising |
| Reading |
Literature |
Novel Study based on award winning young adult fiction. However, Tasks 2-4 may be used with any novel. |
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Award Winning Novel Study |
| Reading |
Literature |
In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture. Extension activities include: Design your own Oscar and publish your own movie review. |
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Movie in the Making |
| Reading |
Literature |
Analyze a book and explain how it was chosen to younger kids. |
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Caldecott & Newbery Award Winning Books |
| Reading |
Literature |
Students create baseball-like card for children's authors. |
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Author Cards |
| Reading |
Literature |
A collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many contributors; Subjects include Literature, Writing and Poetry. |
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Outta Ray's Head |
| Reading |
Literature |
This site is set up by Harvey Daniels. It includes articles on implementation and an email ring you can sign up for. |
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LiteratureCircles.com |
| Reading |
Literature |
A free virtual library resource centre for educators and students. It is a useful resource for online research. |
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Library Spot |
| Reading |
Literature |
Information about Literature Circles and a fun, voluntary program called Literary Lunch Bunch. |
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Literary Lessons |
| Reading |
Literature |
Links to a number of children's literature classics that are out of copyright and available in full text on the Internet. |
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Alphabet Superhighway |
| Reading |
Literature |
Students work in groups to research their favourite authors and create and market a fan club for that author. Includes links to tasks. |
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Literary Fan Club |
| Reading |
Literature |
Activities to accompany any novel study. Includes categories: Writing, Drawing, Graphs, Arts and Crafts, Demonstration, the Arts, Media, Poetry, Research, and Games |
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Still More Novel Ideas |
| Reading |
Literature |
A listserv project to provide an opportunity to discuss struggling middle grades readers and writers. Complete with a teacher's journal of her work: units and year plans focusing on reading and writing. |
Teacher |
MiddleWeb Reading/Writing Workshop Project |
| Reading |
Literature |
Look here for access to some of the major children's books of the past, now out-of copyright, and available in full-text on the Internet. |
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Classics for Young People |
| Reading |
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A list of young adult literature e.g.. Sharon Creech, Gary Paulsen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lois Lowry etc. |
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Web English Teacher |
| Speaking |
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Includes: The Definition of Reader's Theatre, Tips, Scripts, and other resources. |
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Aaron Shepard's RT Page |
| Speaking |
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Resources to guide students and teachers in debate and in planning a formal Public Speaking competitions. |
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Debates and Public Speaking |
| The Giver |
Novel Study |
Web-delivered unit centred on The Giver by Lois Lowry. Contains a student and teacher edition, a task and a process by which it may be completed. |
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Teacher CyberGuide - The Giver |
| The Giver |
Novel Study |
Includes a message from the author, description of the book, and teaching ideas to use in the classroom. |
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The Giver Curriculum Tie-Ins |
| The Hobbit |
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"One-stop-shopping for all of the Tolkien information available on the Internet." |
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The JRR Tolkien Information Page |
| Writing |
Business Letters |
Teaches students the art of writing an effective business letter by writing to actual businesses with a compliment and/or a complaint. |
Teacher |
Letters of Compliment and Complaint |
| Writing |
Creative Writing |
A number of activities and exercises devoted to getting students to write better, to write more often, and to be aware of what they are writing. |
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Alphabet Superhighway Writing Activity Center |
| Writing |
Creative Writing |
By clicking on any one of the five steps - prewriting, writing, revising, editing or publishing - students will be taken into a world of ideas to help them. |
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ABC's of the Writing Process |
| Writing |
Creative Writing |
Top ten creative writing assignments according to a teacher named Traci Gardner. |
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Ten Creative Writing Activities |
| Writing |
Grammar |
Answers to troubling or forgotten rules about grammar and writing are here in various levels: sentence, paragraph or essay. |
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Guide to Grammar & Writing |
| Writing |
Grammar |
A kinaesthetic lesson to learn the parts of speech. Three activities are provided. |
Teacher |
Color Coded Parts of Speech |
| Writing |
Grammar |
An on-line game for identifying the parts of speech. |
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Grammar Gorillas at Funbrain.com |
| Writing |
Grammar |
Grammar basic lessons for older students and reference materials for teachers. |
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Grammar Basics |
| Writing |
Grammar |
A collection of on-line quizzes complete with evaluation - not just for ESL students. |
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Grammar Quizzes |
| Writing |
Grammar |
A list of grammar rules that illustrate the rule by breaking it. |
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Never-Say-Neverisms |
| Writing |
Grammar |
This is a site dedicated to errors in usage; written by a professor of English. |
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Common Errors in English |
| Writing |
Poetry |
Type in your word and all the words that rhyme magically appear. |
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RhymeZone |
| Writing |
Poetry |
With 30 Days of Poetry students have a poetry writing assignment for each of the 30 days. Try the Treasure Hunt. |
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The English Room |
| Writing |
Poetry |
Arrange the tiles to build your own poem. Inspired by the Magnetic Poetry® Kit. |
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Magnetic Poetry |
| Writing |
Poetry |
In this lesson, students bring a favourite photograph to stimulate thoughts for a poem. Teacher and student examples are given. |
Teacher |
Academy Curricular Exchange |
| Writing |
Poetry |
Use this activity as an introduction to poetry. The lesson uses music to help students appreciate poetry and poetic devices. |
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Introduction to Poetry |
| Writing |
Poetry |
15 Poems "You Can Write Now" is a resource for teachers looking for poetry activities. The Emuse link will create a poem after students fill in the blanks. |
Teacher |
Poetryexpress |
| Writing |
Portfolios |
Focuses on creation and use of electronic portfolios. An example of a student's electronic portfolio is available. |
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Creating and Using Portfolios on the Alphabet Superhighway |
| Writing |
Vocabulary and Spelling |
Spelling and vocabulary instruction. Various lessons focus on: euphemisms, etymology, as well as vocabulary and spelling games. |
Teacher |
Web English Teacher |
| Writing |
Vocabulary and Spelling |
This site contains hands on spelling activities. Especially good for various types of learners. Created by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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Hands-on Spelling Activities |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
An on-line workshop for classroom teachers that are interested in implementing the writing process in their classroom. |
Teacher |
Implementing the Writing Process |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
This school site provides guides to creating an outline, writing a simple paragraph, writing a thesis statement and writing a traditional essay. |
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Oswego High School Writing Guide |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
A site where students can "publish" their writing. |
Student |
KidAuthors |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
A listserv project to provide an opportunity to discuss struggling middle grades readers and writers. Complete with a teacher's journal of her work: units and year plans focusing on reading and writing. |
Teacher |
MiddleWeb Reading/Writing Workshop Project |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
These ideas incorporate the Six Trait Analytic Model. Links to each of the writing traits complete with the definition, lesson ideas, rubric, as well as general ideas for teaching writing and the writing process. |
Teacher |
Ideas for Teaching Writing |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
Information about real-life young adult authors and information on how to get started as a writer. A site put together by author Deborah Morris. |
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Young Writers' Clubhouse |
| Writing |
Writing Activities |
This on-line tool is a guide to making a biography. |
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The Biography Maker |
| Writing Radio Drama |
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A 10 lesson plan handbook provided by CBC Saskatchewan to learn about writing radio drama. |
Teacher |
Writing Radio Drama |
| Writing Radio Drama |
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Research the history of radio and create a radio drama. |
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Radio Days: A WebQuest |
| Your Music |
Poetry |
This lesson uses music to help students appreciate poetry and poetic devices. |
Teacher |
Introduction to Poetry |
