EnglishLA

=English/Language Arts Resources=

Web-based English/LA Resources
Click on the links below for instructional resources for English/Language Arts. Please add resources in alphabetical order below:
 * **Literacy Education, San Diego Unified School District** - []
 * **Read, Write, Think** - []
 * **Thinkfinity -** Click on this link to search for standards-based lesson plans and teaching materials across the curriculum: []
 * **WMS OWL Wikispace** - http://wmsowl.wikispaces.com/

Podcasts for English Teachers
Click on the links below for podcasts of interest to English/LA teachers:
 * **Text Messages: Recommendations for Adolescent Readers** - []
 * **New Voices in Young Adult Literature** (Episode 26 of Text Messages):media type="custom" key="6316731"

Resources from WMS PD Sessions on 5/5/10 and 5/19/10
Click on the links below Click on the links below for instructional resources and ideas developed by the WMS Language Arts Vertical Team during their PD sessions in May of 2010:
 * **LA Online Resources and Tools** (Word document from PD on 5/5/10): [|LA online and resources and tools.doc]

State and National Standards
Click on the links below to find information about state and national standards: 
 * **Common Core National Standards for English/Language Arts:** []
 * [|CT English/Language Arts Standards]
 * [|National Standards]

Resources for Writers
Click on the links below to find resources that are helpful for writers.

Reference Tools

 * //Bibliography Tools//**
 * [|Easy Bib - Free Bibliography Maker]
 * //Copyright and Plagiarism//**
 * [|Avoiding Plagiarism]
 * [|Copyright Law]
 * [|Fair Use]
 * [|Creative Commons Licensing]
 * //Dictionaries//**
 * [|Free Dictionary]
 * [|Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
 * [|OneLook Dictionaries]
 * [|Online Dictionary]
 * //Quotations//**
 * [|Bartlett's Familiar Quotations]
 * [|Language Arts Links]
 * //Style and Grammar Tools//**
 * [|MLA Online Formatting and Style Guide]
 * [|MLA Style Sheet]
 * [|Strunk and White's Elements of Style]
 * //Thesaurus Tools//**
 * [|Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases]
 * //Translation Tools//**
 * [|Babel Fish Online Translation]
 * [|English Dictionary with Multi-Lingual Search]
 * //Writing Process Tools and Web Resources//**
 * [|Pre-writing]
 * [|Starting the Writing Process]
 * [|Understanding Writing Assignments]
 * [|Writing Task Resource List]
 * [|Writing Process Web Sites]

Writing Center Resources

 * [|Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12]
 * [|Middle School and High School Writing Centers]
 * [|Student Peer Coaching]

Lesson Plans for Non-Fiction Writing
Click on the files below to find lesson plans developed by WMS teachers:


 * [[file:wiki lesson-Bay.doc]]
 * [[file:mclean.doc]]
 * [[file:york lesson - g6la - voice.doc]]
 * [[file:non fiction Kallajian.doc]]
 * [[file:Using Wiki for Nonfiction Writing.doc]]
 * [[file:WMS_Lesson_Plan_Machu Picchu.dot]]
 * [[file:reflection on book lesson.doc]]
 * [[file:DRAFT Lesson 10-12-10WMS_Lesson_Plan_Template_RevMay2010.dot]]
 * [[file:Matos Lesson Plan 10-12-10.doc]]
 * [[file:Flaherty Nonfiction Writing Lesson Plan.doc]]
 * [[file:Matos Non-Fiction Writig Lesson Plan 10-12-10.doc]]
 * [[file:PaardenkooperNonFictionWriting.doc]]
 * Student work samples for Paardenkooper Lesson Plan:
 * [|1924 Lorain for Paardenkooper lesson plan.doc]
 * [|Extra extra for Paardenkooper lesson plan.doc]