ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES
EXTENDING THE STANDARDS:
6th grade challenging language arts activities
8th_grade_gifted_curriculum_2_[1]
PRINTABLE RESOURCES:
SpringBoard Units GRADE 6
SpringBoard Grade 6 PDF Unit 1
SpringBoardGrade 6 Unit 4 – Student (3)
SpringBoardGrade 6 Unit 2 – Student (1)
SpringBoard Units Grade 7
SpringBoardgrade_7_glossary_and_strategies
SpringBoardgrade_7_unit_4_-_student
SpringBoardgrade_7_unit_3_-_student
SpringBoard grade_7_unit_2_-_student
SpringBoardgrade_7_unit_1_-_student
SpringBoard Unit Grade 8
Other Printable Resources:
characterAnalysisExtensionMenu
ELA Using Content Imperativesbookmark
WEBSITES:
http://www.appstate.edu/~smithtw/rcoe/Craft_Minilessons/Craft_lessons.htm This site provides mini-lessons for writer’s craft.
http://www.byrdseed.com/tag/language-arts/page/2/ Ian Byrd’s website is one of my FAVORITES especially for high-end learners! “Byrdseed is a place dedicated to differentiating instruction for high-level learners. Learn new ideas, share what you know, and grow as an educator.”
http://googlelittrips.org/ Google Lit Trips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. At each location along the journey there are placemarks with pop-up windows containing a variety of resources including relevant media, thought provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about “real world” references made in that particular portion of the story.
http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks 170 free textbooks written by scholars. Most subjects are available
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ Free public Domain of Audio Books
http://librivox.org/ Free Audio Books
http://www.loudlit.org Literature for Your Eyes and Ears
http://www.planetebook.com/ free on-line books
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/ Enter a book you like and the site will analyze our huge database of real readers’ favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline
http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Below, you’ll find great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Also please see our collection of Free eBooks.
http://www.learner.org/#
Annenberg Learner’s multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Learner videos exemplify excellent teaching.
http://theweekinrap.com/
Flocabulary includes songs and curricular programs for language arts, math, social studies and science.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ American Rhetoric offers full text copies of over 5,000 speeches, rhetorical Figures in Sound, Movie Speeches, Quizzes and SO much more!
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Project Gutenberg offers over 46,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
http://www.childdrama.com/lessons.html Creative drama lesson plans for k-8. It also offers suggestions for how to incorporate drama in social studies and science.