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[|21st Century Skills Lesson Plans] - an initiative of the American Association of School Librarians

 Digital Video In English Language Arts Education // [|Teaching with Digital Video: Watch, Analyze, Create] //  Ed. Glen L. Bull and Lynn Bell. Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education, 2010. p107-130. (The link above will work without a password when accessing from a computer connected to the district network, but a password is required outside the district.)

Tons of resources for ELA (scroll down a little bit) - []

[|One Word] - Awesome writing prompt site that allows students to write a timed response to one word posted each day. Once you submit you can read what others have posted. Get a free account to look at the archives, see all of your work, and more.

[|Internet4Classrooms]: Language Arts - Tons of resources for middle and high school

[|Language Arts Interactives] - Utah Education Network

[|Storybird.com] - publish your student's work with gorgeous free illustrations (can pay for hard copies of their work but can embed digital work)

[|Readwritethink.org] - Tons of resources for teachers especially about writing

[|Google Lit Trips] - free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth! AWESOME!

[|Visuwords] - online graphical dictionary and thesaurus...this is really cool!

[|Lit2go]- Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

[|Grammar Ninja] - an interactive grammar game with three levels of play. Are YOU a grammar ninja?

[|Wordnik] - an amazing online dictionary that goes way beyond definitions with categories like Relate, List, Discuss, See, Hear, Love

[|English Companion]- Where English teachers go to help each other - a social media NING for ELA teachers

[|Grammar Bytes] - interactive games, downloadables, a grammar YouTube channel and more!

[|National Council of Teachers of English]

[|Grammar Girl - Quick and Dirty Tips] - This award winning podcast is available online with full archives of all of the Grammar Girl's tips.

[|Teen Ink] - a magazine written for teens, by teens since 1989

[|Literature & Language Arts Lesson Plans] - from edsitement

[|Word Spy]- the word lover's guide to new words (great for talking about colloquial text or the impact of culture on language/literature)

[|Telescopic Text]- AWESOME tool for showing kids the value of revision, word choice, etc. Click on a word in the sentence and see what happens! Just keep clicking! You'll love it and so will your students! And they can make their own telescopic texts right [|HERE]! This is so stinkin' cool!

Middle School
Interactive Lessons
 * Middle School **
 * 1)  Bibliographic Blunders ( 6 - 8 ) Students use notecards to collect information.
 * 2)  Information Elimination ( 6 - 8 ) Students model, instruct, and practice narrowing a topic for expository writing.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> One Source ( 6 - 8 ) Students compare primary and secondary sources.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Paraphrase Craze ( 6 - 8 ) Students practice paraphrasing for expository writing.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Prewriting Tactics ( 6 - 8 ) Students organize and group related ideas.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Trailblazing Conclusions ( 6 - 8 ) Students develop a sense of ending by using closure and thought-provoking statements.
 * 7) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Trailblazing Introductions ( 6 - 8 ) Students develop a sense of beginning by using strong leads.
 * 8) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Which Writing? ( 6 - 8 ) Students choose an appropriate format for writing.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">6th Grade Skill Builders - [] 7th Grade Skill Builders - [] 8th Grade Skill Builders - []

Middleweb - all about the middle grades - []

[|Middle School ELA Webquests] - HUGE list

[|Concrete Poetry] - kids choose an image and fill it with their poetry

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Search/#o%3As%3Ds%253Aresource%5Ef%3Do%253Aresource%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.LanguageArts%25255Esubject%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.LanguageArts%25255Ecategory%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Elevel%25253Ds%2525253Agr-6-8%25255Elanguage%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Ereview%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eictprfx%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eict%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Especial%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Esort%25253Do%2525253Afield%2525253Ds%252525253Ascore%2525255Edir%2525253Ds%252525253ADESC%255Egroup%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%Curriki - TONS of lesson plans, webquests, interactive activities and MORE! Must create free account to download.

High School
<span style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">// [|English Language Arts Units for Grades 9-12] // <span style="color: #888888; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 0.875em; vertical-align: baseline;"> Christopher Shamburg. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2008. (The link above will work without a password when accessing from a computer connected to the district network, but a password is required outside the district.)

Interactive lessons Romeo teaches students about setting - []

[|High School ELA Webquests] - HUGE list

[|The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)]

[|60 Second Recap] - 60 second recap videos of famous literature. Great way to introduce or close out a novel

[|Noodle Tools] - for teaching a systematic research and literacy process.

[|Figment]- A site that allows writers to upload their work, receive feedback, participate in contests, etc.

[|Paper Rater] - checks spelling and grammar, checks for plagiarism, and offers writing suggestions for students

[|No Fear Shakespeare] - side by side text with original play and modern translatio

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Search/#o%3As%3Ds%253Aresource%5Ef%3Do%253Aresource%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.LanguageArts%25255Esubject%25253Ds%2525253AFW_masterFramework.LanguageArts%25255Ecategory%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Elevel%25253Ds%2525253Agr-11-12%25255Elanguage%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Ereview%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eictprfx%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Eict%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Especial%25253Ds%2525253A%25255Esort%25253Do%2525253Afield%2525253Ds%252525253Ascore%2525255Edir%2525253Ds%252525253ADESC%255Egroup%253Do%25253Asubjectparent%25253Ds%Curriki - tons of lesson plans, webquests, interactive activities and more - must create free account to download