- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Reviews of great books for kids. Plus activities to teach particular subjects, curriculum areas, and themes.
www.carolhurst.com
- Web English Teacher
Offers a directory of online lesson plans, web quests, texts, study guides, and more.
www.webenglishteacher.com
- Poetry Teachers
Resources for teaching poetry, including lesson plans, performance tips, and activities. Learn how to inspire a love of poetry in your students and teach kids how to write different types of poems.
www.poetryteachers.com
- PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature
Includes lesson plans, online activities, classroom resources, and professional development projects for Art, Language Arts, and English teachers.
www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
- Scholastic.com: Teacher Book Wizard
Find children's books by reading level, topic, genre, and more. Enter a book title to find suggestions for similar books.
bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do
- Poetry 180: A Poem a Day
Library of Congress collection featuring a poem a day for American high school students.
www.loc.gov/poetry/180
- Poetryclass
Offers training for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom.
www.poetryclass.net
- Online Poetry Classroom
From The Academy of American Poets. Encourages the development of new poetry curricula and teaching strategies by high school language arts teachers.
www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6
- Celebrating Cultural Diversity Through Children's Literature
Annotated bibliography of multicultural children's books for elementary school teachers. Also offers links to related web sites.
www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com
- Literature Circles Resource Center
Provides in-depth information and resources on literature circles for elementary and middle school teachers. Includes overview, structure, discussion formats, and extension projects.
www.litcircles.org
- Shakespearean Homework Helper
hometown.aol.com/liadona2/shakespeare.html
- Teachers@Random: The Giver
Reading guide for the Newbery Medal-winning novel, with an excerpt, a message from the author, activities, and thematic connections.
www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/give.html
- Dreampad
Presents titles from the Fund for Global Awakening, including an anthology, Children's Inspirational Poetry, and the Language of the Awakened Heart Classroom Poetry Guide.
www.dreampad.org
- Bread and Jam for Frances
Teacher guide for the children's picture book by Russell Hoban. From the San Diego County Office of Education.
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/bread/breadtg.html
- To Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical Perspective
Interdisciplinary lesson plan using Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as materials from the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress.
memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/mock/intro.html
- Teacher CyberGuide: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Suggested activities to deepen students' appreciation and understanding of E. L. Konigsburg's book.
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/fris/fristg.htm
- Teacher CyberGuide: The View from Saturday
Suggested activities based on the Newbery-winning book.
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/view/viewtg.html
- Falcon Education Link
Offers a guide to Macbeth and links to valuable education sites for students and teachers.
www.falconedlink.com
- African American Poetry Unit
Resources for grades 10 through 12, including poetry suggested activities.
www.msu.edu/~miazgama/aapoets.htm
- Writing With Writers: Poetry Writing
Activities and lesson plans for teaching poetry writing to children, including suggestions from Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo. From Scholastic.com.
teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry
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