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Internet Resources by MCAS Standard / ELA

Internet Resources – Language Learning Standards # 1-3

Listening and Speaking Skills.

To learn to listen and speak in English and develop these skills for your daily life, we can pretend we are from another country and just learning the English language for the first time. Here are some great sites where you can learn to listen to English with new “ears”:

English Listening Lounge - http://www.englishlistening.com/

ESL Cyberlistening: http://www.esl-lab.com/

Learn to Express Yourself:

Magic Theater Communications skills software - http://www.magictheatre.com/ commercial site.

Poetry Contest – Let students express themselves - http://www.youngpoets.org/Contest.htm

Conversing with an Object and other great language lessons: http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/collect/conobj/conobj0a.htm

Effective Public Speaking - http://www.wannalearn.com/Personal_Enrichment/Public_Speaking/.

Internet Resources – Standard #4

Advanced Reading Vocabulary

Vocabulary Builder - http://englishmentor.com/words.html

More English practice from newcomers - http://www.englishpractice.com/

A Word A Day - http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/

Random “Weird Words” - http://www.geocities.com/captainabsurd.geo/random.html

Etymology and word origins - http://www.wilton.net/etyma1.htm

Dictionaries and then some: http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Thesaurus: http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm

Word Games - http://www.wordcentral.com/

Vocabulary University - http://www.vocabulary.com/VUogoodlinks.html  

Internet Resources – Standard #5

Grammar and Language Structure Sites for Kids:

http://surfnetkids.com/grammar.htm – lots of links to fun grammar practice

http://www.pitara.com/activities/quiz/words.asp – Pitara! Word power

http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/mbody.htm – language arts for kids

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/kid-lang.html – Kid’s projects in Language Arts

http://www.wordcentral.com/ - Word Central! Kid friendly dictionary site.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Language_Arts/ - Language Arts fun

http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/LangArts/writing.htm – kid’s spot place for kid’s to publish their writing.

Internet resources – Standard #6

Oral Dialects

Amerispeak - http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak.htm

Regional dialectics - http://hyde.park.uga.edu/

Organization of dialect diversity - http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/ICSLP4.html

Slanguage - http://www.slanguage.com/

Super Dialects Lists - http://users.senet.com.au/~rjs/dialect/Englinks.htm

Standard #7

How English developed and has been influenced by other languages.

Etymology Resources: http://eleaston.com/etymology.html

Huge list of word origins - http://www.word-detective.com/backidx.html

Greek and Latin root words- http://ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa052698.htm

Latin and Greek Advocacy - http://www.promotelatin.org/#IM

Learn root words - http://www.seaworld.org/bottlenose_dolphin/48activitydol.html

Word wizards – Join the Club - http://www.wordwizard.com/newuser/default.htm

Standard #8

Decoding and understanding words in context.

Cloze Exercises: http://www.vsko.be/vvkso/didacweb/engels/lawrence/odour1.htm

Interactive Context Reading - http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html#CLO

Reading Comprehension Games and Puzzles; http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm

Context clues: http://www.quia.com/tq/105496.html

Using context clues to teach reading: http://lausdnet01.lausd.k12.ca.us/literacy/library/reading/vocadeve/vb_cont/vb_cont.htm

Standard #9

Identifying basic ideas in reading selections.

Learning to Summarize: http://www.utexas.edu/student/lsc/handouts/1241a.html

Approaches to Writing Topic Sentences – in order to read better: http://www.awbl.com/classes/english/understand_paragraph/04/04-03.html

Reading Comprehension Worksheets to print out: http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm

Some Research on Reading Comprehension: http://www.indiana.edu/%7eeric_rec/ieo/bibs/rdcompel.html

Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans:

http://ericir.syr.edu/plweb-cgi/fastweb?search

Reading Incentives: http://www.bookadventure.org/

Standard #10

Identifying Genres

Teacher’s Search Engine on Steroids: http://www.studyweb.com/Literature/childtoc.htm

Children’s Literature Genres: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Children_s/

Science Fiction Genre: http://www.sff.net/

Children’s Literature Web Guide: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Children’s Literature Associations: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/assoc.html

American Library Association/Genres: http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html

Children’s Book Authors: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm

Book Lists by Genre: http://www.hycyber.com/hycyberindex.html

Literature on the Internet by Genre: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Online_Writing/Fiction/Genres/

The Gutenberg Project: Works in the Public Domain

http://www.gutenberg.net/

Standard #11

Identifying Theme in Literature

What is theme? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/read/theme1.html

Themes in Children’s Literature: A bibliography for teachers: http://www.eou.edu/~clauritz/classweb.html

Theme links: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html

Connecting Students Through Themes: http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/index.htm

Standard #12

Structure and Elements of Fiction

Succinct Look at structure of fiction: http://www.english.wayne.edu/~peterson/Fiction/elements.html

Checklist of Literary elements: http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/ListTemp.html

Elements of fiction: http://www.cdc.net/~stifler/en111/elements.html

Elements of a successful story: http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/magic/cmns/story.html

Writing tips: Plot, characterization: http://www.kristenkyle.com/tips_new.html

Standard #13

Structure and Meaning: Non-Fiction

Writing non-fiction: http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/literacy/year6/lessonplans/topic2/

Teaching About Non-fiction: http://teacher2b.com/non-fiction/nonficwr.htm 

Difference between fiction and non-fiction / Understanding Dewey: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm

Basic Library Skills - http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/BasicSkills.htm

Guide to Non-Fiction Writing: http://www.write.org/home/N.html

Standard # 14

Poetry

Poetry Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers: http://www.proteacher.com/070042.shtml

Sidewalk Poetry: http://education.indiana.edu/~cas/ttforum/lesson_plans/sidewalkpoem.html

More Poetry Plans from Teachers: http://www.portledge.org/MS/Mrs_mac/Poetry/lessons.htm

Magnetic Poetry Online, drag words around and make your own poems: http://prominence.com/java/poetry/

Kid-Friendly Poetry Sites: http://www.geocities.com/cponykid/pages/studentpoems.html

Edward Lear: http://www2.pair.com/mgraz/Lear/learwk.html

The Art of Haiku: http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html

Standard #15

Imagery

Mrs. Dowling’s Imagery Page: http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Imagery.html

Visit this page for sensory inspiration: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3750/index.html

Tips on sensory writing: http://members.aol.com/sfreditor/itsalive.htm

A Teachers Reading and Writing Page: http://www.spiritone.com/~dennyd/west_sylvan/dennycr.html

Literary Analysis Terms and Definitions: http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/sl/literaryanalysis_terms.htm

Creative Writing for Teens with Definitions: http://kidswriting.about.com/teens/kidswriting/index.htm?COB=home&PID=2773

Standard # 16

Myths

Myths and Legends: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html

Bulfinches Mythology: http://www.bulfinch.org/

Mythology in Western Art: http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/Mythology_westart.html

Geography of Mythology: http://www.princeton.edu/~markwoon/Myth/old-index.html

Egyptian Mythology: http://www.badzilla.net/Mythology/index.html

Mythology Links Rated: http://www.suite101.com/links.cfm/mythology

Standard # 17

Finding Meaning in What You Read

Literary Analysis Links: http://www.novelguide.com/

Tips to Reading Critically: http://designastudy.com/teaching/tth-091095.html

Tips to Reading Poetry Critically: http://www.shg.org/AcademicLife/english/Brumleve/rsb_poetry_critically.htm

Guide to Critical Analysis: http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/elejeune/critique.htm

How to Write a Book Report: http://kidsbooks.about.com/kids/kidsbooks/library/howto/htbookreport.htm

Book Chatter, Online Reading Chat: http://www.bookchatter.tierranet.com/reading_and_discussion_schedule.htm

Scholastic Kids Page: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm

Sites for Composition Standards #19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Helping Kids Develop Writing Skills

http://www.coder.com/creations/tale/ - “Neverending Tale” – a Choose Your Own Adventure story that is built by your students. Students add to the tales of their choice each day.

Teachers: You can sign up to use The Neverending Tale Classroom Edition at http://www.neverendingtale.com. -gives you a chance to guide the development of stories and develop a Portfolio of writing samples kids have created.

1. http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/stories/index.htm - students will write and post their own complete stories here.
2. Writing Lessons - http://www.doser.org/eflbulgaria/eddie.htm
3. Writing skills lessons - http://theteacherscorner.net/writing/skills/index.htm