- Caring Kids
Series of stories by Irma Ghosn, addressing issues such as environment, ecology, human rights, tolerance, peace, and social responsibility.
www.caringkids.com
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Falcon Education Link
Offers a guide to Macbeth and links to valuable education sites for students and teachers.
www.falconedlink.com
- High School Teachers at Random House
Provides teacher's guides, book recommendations, author profiles, and professional resources.
www.randomhouse.com/highschool
- Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America
Library of Congress exhibit which traces American authors and their description of place. Organized by region.
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/land
- 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
- MyBookPal
Create your own personal online book diary. Track the books you've read, rate your recently read books, and find reviews on books by genre.
www.mybookpal.com
- New York Times Learning Network: Literature
Lesson plans and other NY Times materials for teaching literature for grades 6-12, including projects that focus on particular authors and books.
www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/literature.html
- 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
- 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
- Poetry 180
Library of Congress collection featuring a poem a day for American high school students.
www.loc.gov/poetry/180
- 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
- Poetryclass
Offers training for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom.
www.poetryclass.net
- Poets.org: Great Poems to Teach
Teachers submit poems they recommend for teaching to high school students.
poets.org/page.php/prmID/86
- Poets.org: Songs My Teacher Taught Me
From the Academy of American Poets. Offers three lesson plans intended to guide students through approximately one month of poetry study.
www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/17108
- Scholastic.com: Poetry
Poetry lesson plans and online workshops for students and teachers, as well as poetry writing prompts.
teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/index.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
- Scholastic.com: Write a Book Review
Online workshop outlining the steps to writing a book review, with advice from author Rodman Philbrick. Find writing tips and guidelines for revising your paper.
teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/bookrev/index.htm
- Shakespearean Homework Helper
hometown.aol.com/liadona2/shakespeare.html
- SparkNotes: How to Write Literary Analysis
Step-by-step advice on how to write a literary essay.
www.sparknotes.com/home/literature/article/how_to_write_literary_analysis.h...
- Talk About Kids Books
Authors of eight resource books on children's literature for teachers, librarians, and parents.
www.talkaboutkidsbooks.com
- Teaching & Learning Celebrations
Compilation of literary resources, teaching methods, and other useful information.
www.teachlearncelebrate.com
- Web English Teacher
Offers a directory of online lesson plans, web quests, texts, study guides, and more.
www.webenglishteacher.com
- Writing a Book Report
Find step-by-step advice on how to write a book report. Includes information on typical book report formats, advice on developing, drafting, and writing your paper, and links.
station05.qc.ca/csrs/bouscol/anglais/book_report/index.html
- 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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