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LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES
Language Arts Sites for Kids
- AMERICAN FOLKLORE
Easy to use index of American tales. Contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends,
tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50
United States.
- BIOGRAPHY MAKER
Interactive web site that takes students through the research writing process. These online lessons explain what a biography should be and walk writers through
questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling. The site includes embedded
links to relevant Internet resources and tips for effective writing.
- MERRIAM-WEBSTER WORD GAMES
The creators of the dictionary share daily games at this site.
- PUZZLEMAKER
If you like to design your own puzzles this site provides the tool.
- WIRED FOR BOOKS
Wired for Books from the Ohio University Telecommunications Center features audio and video presentations of book and poetry readings including children's stories and interviews with authors.
- WORD GAMES ARCHIVE
Word games for English language learners; very graphically illustrated.
Kid-Friendly Sites for Publishing Your Own Work
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KIDPUB
This is a great place to publish
your stories and news about your town or school.
- KidsWWrite
The easy format makes it easy to navigate this web
site that focuses on creative writing by young students.
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KIDSCRIBE
This is a bilingual site for
kid authors. Students can publish essays, stories, poetry, or jokes.
- REACH EVERY CHILD: GET STUDENTS' WORK PUBLISHED
Use list of links to web sites for student publishing on various grade levels.
- WEB WINDOW
This site publishes student poetry, reviews, research papers, and short stories.
Language Arts Resources For Teachers
- ABC TEACH
The ABCteach site is a collection of resources for teachers, student teachers, parents, and students to supplement classroom curricula or help parents who want to work with their children at home.
- DOSITEY.COM
The Dositey.com site provides numerous online language arts and math activities for students in grades K-8. In addition, the site provides printable work sheets. Teachers may register (free) and take advantage of the work sheet builder that is available.
- READING ONLINE
Journal of reading K-12 practice and research published by the International Reading Association.
- RESOURCE ROOM
"Free-spirited structured, multi sensory learning" that includes ready to use lesson plans and strategies.
- COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
Based on a book by the author of the web site. Click the link to the alphabetical reference list of common errors.
- EDHELPER:LANGUAGE ARTS
EdHelper has a variety of free printable worksheets and activities for many grade levels. See also their links for writing skills.
- ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Check up on the rules of usage, principles of competition, elements of form, and commonly misused and misspelled words.
- EDUCATION PLACE: LANGUAGE ARTS
Portal to many links and helpful lesson plans from Houghton Mifflin.
- EDUCATION WORLD: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE CENTER
A great portal site for articles, lesson plans and web site reviews.
- GRAMMAR AND STYLE GUIDE
Standard English grammar and style.
- INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
Professional organization's web site offers many links to lesson plans, professional development, and lesson plans.
- LITERARY RESOURCES
Good jump page with many links to literary sources; arranged chronologically.
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
Designed specifically for secondary English teachers, this site has links to many resources. See Literature links.
- PARADIGM ON-LINE WRITING ASSISTANT
Created by a professor at Boise State University, Paradigm helps students to think about what goes into writing an essay or theme before they put their pencil to paper. You'll find sections on organizing ideas, revising and editing drafts, and choosing what to write.
- PROJECT GUTENBURG
One of the largest electronic text collections on the Net. Searchable.
- READ WRITE THINK
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation. Web site offers many standards-based resources.
- OWL AND MOUSE
Free materials including maps, puzzles, and other learning games are found on this site from an educational software company.
- WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Important portal for teachers at all levels that provide many links to great web resources.
- STORYARTS ONLINE
This site, created by storyteller and author Heather Forest, is designed to help educators improve their storytelling skills.
- RIF
Reading in Fundamental is a non-profit program that supports reading by providing free books to children.
- For more teacher related sites *Go to FACULTY RESOURCES.