Web English Teacher - Very extensive guide to
language arts sites and lesson plans.
Kim's Korner - Ideas for teaching middle school English and tips on
classroom management.
Literature and Reading
SCORE CyberGuides - CyberGuide's
link books for students from K-12 to activities on the World Wide Web. These supplementary lessons
include objectives, tasks and rubics for assessment. This is an excellent way to enhance student
interest in reading and the internet.
Read, Write, Think - Lesson plans for language arts from
the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Poetry Teachers.Com - Site of ideas for teaching poetry,
poetry theater, and poetry contests.
Teachers@Random - From Random House,
Bantam, Doubleday, Dell. Ideas for teaching Young Adult literature with books from these
publishers.
Book Discussion Guides - Guides for books
for children and young adults. This site is by the Multnomah Public Library.
Books R4 Teens - Book summaries, teaching ideas, related media and texts, and
links to related web sites. This site is by the University of Texas at Austin.
AdLit - A site promoting adolescent literacy. Explore the teaching strategies and topics
sections for teaching ideas.
Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book - This
excellent site takes you step by step through the creation of the book Zoom Upstream, written by
Tim Wynn-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. The site visitor will learn how the author got his
ideas, how the illustrator drew the pictures, and how the publishing company prepared the
manuscript for publication. By the National Library of Canada.