The National Council of English Teachers (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA) power a website called Read Write Think which has a section dedicated to classroom resources. This section includes Lesson Plans, Student Interactives, Calendar Activities and Printouts.
The lesson plans are very detailed and have the standards used included as well as many additional resources to use. Here is a link to a lesson plan for a Seasonal Haiku, very good.
The student interactives are very helpful for use in writing centers. They would make an excellent technology rich center for any age group. Here is an example of one of the interactive games about inquiry and analysis. It is called The Hero's Journey. This is a very good way to get students involved in their work.
A very awesome part of this website is the calendar activities. The site describes the calendar:"Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month." It is so great to see all of this information all put together!! I am so excited to use this to make writing much more relevant. Putting a date with a person and what happened during that period of time will bring life to authors and thier stories. For example, Stellaluna writer Janell Cannon was born on November 3, 1957. This link will take you to the page where the ideas for using her birthday in lessons are. The uses for this in the classroom are endless, there is something for every day!!
Finally the printouts are helpful because they include many graphic organizers, high quality writing starters, and instructional texts. There are a whole bunch of graphic organizers for all grade levels as well as several great writing starters. There are even some great looking assessment tools.
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