LITERATURE SITE FROM CAROL HURST http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/subjects.html Links to specific literary resources. Search by subject, titles, or author; the results will display books available for your subject (e.g. Colonial America), activities, and related links. Bookmark this site; if you are teaching literature, you'll want to revisit this site often.

CYBERGUIDES GRADES 6 - 8: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html
All the classic literature texts are listed here, with some pretty great resources, lessons, and activities to go along with each one. Each Cyberguide is related to Language Arts Content Standards; well worth the visit.

  READING BETTER AND FASTER : http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html
This five-point system addresses changing some basic reading habits to read in a more productive manner. . .something you might want to try with your students at beginning of the school year!

  READING COMPREHENSION SUPPORT/UPPER GRADES: http://www.rti.santacruz.k12.ca.us/sss/
Looking for lesson plans on comparing and contrasting characters? How about the main idea and supporting evidence? Cause and effect, sequence -- all in one place! This site provides a wealth of resources and material for Reading & Literature comprehension.

TEACHER DESK FOR LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7603/
This site offers spelling, English, writing and reading ideas for 5th and 6th grades. The paragraph a week activity is under construction. Check back to see if it is completed because it is a great writing resource for the middle grades.

WRITING PROMPTS: http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/prompts.html
Are you always looking for topics and writing activities for your students? These prompts will help your students identify various types of writing, and find something they want to write about.

DOUCETTE INDEX: http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
This index is for grades K-12, but has more entries for the upper grades. Enter the novel you are studying, check off websites only (unless you also wish to get book feedback), and, if your book is listed, you will receive ideas and activities for teaching your particular book.

COMPREHENSION http://www.rti.santacruz.k12.ca.us/firstaid/comp_pg.htm#topcomp
An outstanding site designed for teachers but with lots of practical suggestions for helping students with comprehension strategies.

READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES: http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/reading.html
This excellent and extensive site relays much information on reading comprehension, including failures to comprehend, and offers many strategies to address problems and insure better and consistent comprehension.

INDEX OF READING TIPS http://www.nrsi.com/previoustips/index.html  
Tips from National Reading Styles Institute.

I HAVE A TOPIC, NOW WHAT? http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/ideastopic.html
Print this page out for your students to keep handy when starting to write... appropriately in outline form, it lists the beginning process of getting those ideas down on paper.

DAILY GRAMMAR ACTIVITY CARD ARCHIVE: http://members.aol.com/A123836526/ActivityCard/archive.html
These are great little reviews on grammar-- use these ready-to-use "cards" to test and update your students' skills in verbs, pronouns, proofreading. Each week has a new theme and all activities are archived so that past activities are available up to the present date.

POETRY RESOURCES ONLINE: http://www.learningspace.org/instruct/high_school/sites/poem_res.html
Need to find a comprehensive listing of poetry resources and poets online? Try this page; most resources are listed by author and/or time period.

  BIO POEMS: http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/Biopoems.shtml
Using a format, students will write bio-graphical poems.

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION http://www.reading.org/  
Resource for teachers of Reading.

WRITING LESSONS, GRADES K-12:     http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//LanguageArts.html
A treasure chest of writing lesson ideas here, covering all grades.

WORD CENTRAL http://www.wordcentral.com
Great "kid friendly" site to increase vocabulary and spelling skills. Features daily Buzz Word and Spelling Bee Quizzes. Also include a student dictionary.

BOOK ADVENTURE http://www.bookadventure.com This is a web-based reading program for children ages 5-14. It includes activities and printable items like bookmarks and certificates to encourage children to read. Teachers can register a class so individual students sign in, get book suggestions and take multiple choice quizzes on books that they have read.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH http://www.ncte.org
Great resource of all teachers of English.

ENGLISH COMPANION.COM: http://www.englishcompanion.com/
This is a must see site for Middle to High School English teachers. Lots of great content, teaching strategies. There are many useful links and it is updated regularly.

VISUAL THESAURUS http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
This site is a link to words for Grades 7-12. Type in a word and it floats on the screen. The thesaurus finds other words that mean the same and presents them in a clever visual manner.

HOW TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
This site is a good starting place for middle grade and above students who are learning how to do a research project. The site includes information, tips, worksheets, and resources that help build information literacy skills.

HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html  
Here is help for what the paragraphs of an essay should contain. The site offers some good ideas for creating transitions as well as other useful tips.

101 WAYS OF REPORTING ON BOOKS: http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/science/lessons45/books.html
Many great ideas for making book reports more exciting. The ideas can be adapted to backs at all levels.

SPELLING TICKLERS: http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~morris/speltic.html This site contains great activities across the curriculum and across all grade levelsk-12. Don't lose this URL. Your students will become better spellers.

LITERATURE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/ChildrensLit.html This site contains a tremendous amount of literature activities listed by grade and by book title. It includes pre-reading activities, discussion] questions, activities and links to other resources.

CHILDREN LITERATURE WEB GUIDE http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html The Children Literature Web Guide is an attempt by David K. Brown to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.

A POEM A WEEK http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~alisa h original poetry every day. And have your students share their work. Poetry from around the world.

BOOK NOOK http://i-site.on.ca/booknook.html Are your students looking for a good book to read? Let other students around the world suggest a good book for them. This site provides book reviews written by other students. Your students can even add their own reviews to site to encourage other kids to read.

THE WRITING PROCESS http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fiss/default.htm Let Gloria, in her award winning website, take you and your students

NEWSWRITING WITH SCHOLASTIC EDITORS http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/news/tguide.htm At this site students in grades 4-8 learn to write newspaper articles with help from writers from Scholastic's magazine group. Students read sample articles and get writing tips and techniques to help them determine a topic and develop their own news stories. The Scholastic writers also give students guidelines on revising their writing, and provide general comments, suggestions, and ideas about writing news stories. Upon completion of the activity, students can publish their work online and print out Certificates of Achievement.

  BIOGRAPHY WRITING WITH THE SCHOLASTIC STAFF http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/biograph/tguide.htm This is great site for students wanting to write biographies. They will learn how to research and write a biographical sketch. In the process, they’ll learn research and writing strategies from the scholastic staff as well as a warm-up exercise to get them started. Finally, they write a biographical sketch of their own. Upon completion of the workshop students will receive a personalized Certificate of Achievement signed by the Scholastic writing staff.

NEWBERRY AWARD BOOKS http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html The American Library Association awards this honor to the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Find out about the year 2000 award winner and get the complete list of award-winning books since 1922.