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Author/ Book Links

Authors and Illustrators

http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.htm
Guys Read - Scieszka

http://www.guysread.com/
Kids Read

http://www.kidsreads.com/
Capital Choices

http://www.capitolchoices.org/welcome.asp
Newbery Medal

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Fiction & Nonfiction Books linked to Social Studies
Lesson Plans

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/lit.html#List%20of%20Themes,%20Books%20Title
Novel Connections
Lesson Plans

http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/lessons/index.html

Fluency and Expression

Reader's Theater

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
Poetry Theater

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetrytheater.aspx
Old Time Radio Shows
Great for Reader's Theater

http://www.radiolovers.com/

Grammar

Interactive Grammar

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
Grammar Help

http://www.kidinfo.com/Language_Arts/Grammar_Helper.html
Fragments, Run-ons 1

http://www.quia.com/rr/278250.html
Fragments, Run-ons 2

http:// http://www.quia.com/pop/182527.html
Alternative Exercises to Grammar Worksheets

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/guidebook/exercises.htm
Multiple Grammar Exercise Links Site

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/gateway_english.htm
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom1.htm

Leveling Books

Determinig Readability

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html

Reading - Poetry

Poets

http://www.poets.org/
Figurative Language 1

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp1.htm
Figurative Language 2

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp2.htm
Figurative Language 3

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp6.htm
Edgar Allan Poe

http://www.poedecoder.com
Poets and Poetry

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetry.html
Giggle Poetry - Fun for the Struggling Reader

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryfun/poetryfun.html
Poetry Lessons
Includes a Web Search

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson78/poetshoes.html
Create Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Poets and Poems
Great data base of poets and poems

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
Poetry Analysis Game
Students must answer 10 questions about the Tennyson poem "The Eagle"

http://www.quia.com/rr/310484.html
Glogster

http://mbsharp.glogster.com/profile/

Reading Comprehension

Making Inferences

http://www.rhlschool.com/read6n3.htm
Graphic Organizers/Strategies

http://www.readingquest.org
Create Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
A Site Loaded with Lesson Plans

http://www.readwritethink.org/
Literature Circles

http://www.litcircles.org/
Literature Circles Blackline Masters

http://home.att.net/~TEACHING/litcircleblacklines.htm

Reading - Nonfiction

Enchanted Learning
Many Topics from rainforests to inventors.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Literature Circles for Nonfiction
Great ideas and printable worksheets

http://home.att.net/~TEACHING/litcirclemodels.htm#Nonfiction%20Literature%20Circles
Birmingham Sunday School Bombing
Update Info

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmjustice3.html
Mt Saint Helens Eruption Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOD7IYWjeWY&feature=related
State Testing Practice 6-8
Includes passages and multiple and open ended questions

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html

SOL Resources

DOE SOL Resources

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html

SOL Testing Practice

Virginia Online Practice -ePat

http://etest.ncs.com/Customers/Virginia/pat_home.htm
Online Practice Tests -Texas

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/index.html
IQ- Interactive Quizzes From Released Tests

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studysubjectareareadinglangarts.html#eoc
SOL Review 1 - Essential Vocabulary
Students can review SOL essential vocabulary in matching games.

http://www.quia.com/jg/1303607.html
SOL Practice Grade 6

http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade6.htm
SOL Practice Grade 7

http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade7.htm
SOL Practice Grade 8

http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade8.htm
State Testing Practice 6-8
Includes passages and multiple and open ended questions

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html

Teacher Guides to Intermediate Literature

Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Spark Notes

http://www.sparknotes.com/
Literacy Instruction

http://www.learner.org/channel/libraries/makingmeaning/
Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Adolescent Literacy Instruction

http://www.adlit.org/
Lesson Plans for Adolescent Literature

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edadolescentlit.htm
Lesson Plans for Adolescent Literture 2

http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts/_Grades_6-8/index.shtml
Power Points on Everything

http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html
Literature Circles

http://www.litcircles.org/
Literature Circles Blackline Masters

http://home.att.net/~TEACHING/litcircleblacklines.htm
Lesson Plan Support for Language Arts Topics

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm
Lesson Plans and Resources for Adolescent Literature

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edadolescentlit.htm#a
Adolescent Literature Database

http://lib389.tripod.com/database.htm

Word Analysis

Affix Games

http://www.quia.com/mc/1212822.html
Amazing Word Study Site

http://www.carlscorner.us/
Context Clue Practice 1

http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~langlit/reading/contextclues/exthree.htm
Context Clue Practice 2

http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic02.html
Figurative Language 1

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp1.htm
Figurative Language 2

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp2.htm
Figurative Language 3

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp6.htm
Forming Plurals Quiz

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/plurals1.htm
Context Clue Quizzes

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/0,6658,416421-,00.html
Greek and Latin Roots Games

http://www.quia.com/jg/300221.html
Prefixes Games

http://www.quia.com/jg/300224.html
Spelling Tests

http://www.sentex.net/%7Emmcadams/spelling.html
RHL School - Printable Word Analysis Worksheets

http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Vocabulary Building

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/
Higher Level Analogies

http://library.thinkquest.org/C005172/satPrep/unit3c.html
Homophones
Students play game of inserting correct homophone into sentence.

http://www.quia.com/pop/7442.html

Writing

Persuasive Writing Organizer

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/persuasion_map/
Persuasive Writing

http://essayinfo.com/essays/persuasive_essay.php
6 Traits

http://teachers.net/mentors/6traits/topic411/2.23.05.18.20.33.html
Writer's Window

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
The Writing Site

http://www.thewritingsite.org/exemplars/index.asp?type=wd&grade=7&genre=
Paragraph Punch

http://www.paragraphpunch.com/
Writing Contests

http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/?goto=closead
Persuasive Writing
Printable Graphic organizer and more

http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/lessons/268.html
Create Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
A Site Loaded with Lesson Plans
Interactive Organizers

http://www.readwritethink.org/
Revision checklist

http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/a/revisecheck.htm
Writing Hooks

http://www.frostburg.edu/clife/writingcenter/handouts/fishing.htm
Glogster

http://mbsharp.glogster.com/profile/

Graphic Organizers

English and Spanish Organizers
Graphic Organizers developed by teachers from Pomperaug Region 15 Schools, Middlebury/Southbury, CT as a resource for teachers.

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
CRISS Strategy Organizers

http://www.readingquest.org/

Easter Island Links - 6th Research

Smithsonian

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/The_Mystery_of_Easter_Island.html
BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/easterisland.shtml
Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island
PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/
Easter Island Heritage

http://www.islandheritage.org/