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Annotated Web Sites -- Language Arts


Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures

http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html
A good source for finding teaching ideas, discussion of current practice, bibliographies, and discussion groups for current topics. An e-mail address is also included for correspondence and inquiry.
Recommended for:  Teachers
Ages/Grade Level: Grades 5-12
Category:  Curriculum & Instruction

Author Sites

http://www.london.d21.k12.il.us/curriculum/teams/lmc/authors.html
This site provides a rich portal into hundreds of sites about authors and illustrators on the Internet.
Recommended for: Teachers and Students
Ages/Grades: K-12
Category: Curriculum and Instruction

English Grammar Toolkit

http://www.london.d21.k12.il.us/curriculum/currwebpgs/grammar.html
This site is a rich collection of grammar resources for the English language. Some are quite humorous!
Recommended for: Teachers and Students
Ages/Grades: K-12
Category: Curriculum and Instruction

Children's Literature--Resources for Teachers

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html
A great site to find interdisciplinary units, teaching ideas for many children's novels, and ideas to use technological resources to expand literature. This site is connected to a larger, more inclusive children's literature site. The web-page manager identifies the best sites with a bouquet of lilacs.
Recommended for: Teachers
Ages/Grade Level: Grades 5-12
Category: Curriculum & Instruction/General Information

Myths and Legends from Around the World

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html
This site has links for almost all cultures. Teachers and students alike can locate a myth from a country being studied. The reading level is grade 6 up, but teachers could retell the stories to younger students, or a story could be printed out and given to students to rewrite and illustrate into a children's book. These books could be shared during a culminating project for a particular unit of study.
Recommended for: Teachers and students.
Age/Grade Level: Grades 6-Adult.
Category: Research

The Amazing Picture Machine

http://www.ncrel.org/ncrtec/picture.htm
This page helps you find pictures, maps, and other graphical resources on the Internet that might be useful to teachers and students. You can search for a single word, or combinations such as "Africa" and "Mammal".
Recommended for: Teachers and Students.
Age/Grade: Grades K-12

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