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Grammar | Vocabulary | Poetry | Reading Strategies | Research & Writing | Background for Literature

Grammar

Grammar Blast! Quizzes

English Grammar Secrets

Teach-nology Language Arts Lesson Plans

Teacher.Net Lesson Exchange
Colorful Parts of Speech     
Coloring Language With Adverbs and Adjectives

Rules at Grammar Bytes! 

Index for Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition

Grammar for Advanced Students

Language Arts Links for Middle and High Schools

Video  Verbal phrases, compound words, etc. (Discovery Ed Log in required)

Nouns video (Discovery Ed)

Pronouns video (Discovery Ed)

Verbs video (Discovery Ed)

Words video (Discovery Ed)

Modifiers video (Discovery Ed)

Interjections video (Discovery Ed)

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary Lesson Plans

Spelling Lesson Plans

Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning

Building Vocabulary in the Content Areas 

School Calendar Vocabulary 

Hands-on Spelling Activities 

Poetry 

Acrostic Poetry 
Acrostic Poetry Lessons

Poetry video Discovery Education

Poetry resources
Reading Strategies

Poetry Lesson Plan

Reading Lesson Plans
PowerPoint Presentation about Theme 

PowerPoint about Elements of a Story   (It is slow to download.  Use the scroll bar to change slides.)

Learning Strategies Database - Reading Comprehension

Lesson Plan Indes - Literacy Engagement 6-8

Alphabet Organizer

Reading Comprehension

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Research - Writing

Writing Lesson Plans

Student Materials to Support Literacy Learning 

Creative Writing Through Wordless Picture Books  

Everybody Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study

Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

Book Report Alternatives: Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares

Cooking Up Descriptive Language

Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories

Fairy Tale Autobiographies

Graphic Organizers

Writing video (Discovery Ed Log in required)

PowerPoint writing presentations

Artful Thinking

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Background for Literature

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  
  
A Photo Dossier on Sharecropping
 Discussion Guides 
Teachers' Study Guide  
Teachers' Guides at Tolerance.org
Brown v Board of Education 

Cyberguides

The History of Jim Crow
Fact Monster - 1930 
Fact Monster -  1930-1939

Literary Analysis Lesson Plans

McDougal Littell site 
The Language of Literature - Grade 6

Literacy Engagement   Grades 6 - 8  Lesson Plan Index  

Preparing to view a film  
You Know the Movie Is Coming - Now What? 

A Wrinkle in Time - wiki

Madeleine L'Engle homepage

Homecoming - Novel Guide

Teaching of Literature with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

General

How to save work with student interactives

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