Internet Resources for High School ELA Teachers

Lesson Plan Sites
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/litera1.htm - Outta Ray’s Head: Lesson Plans, Handouts, and Ideas – a great collection of lesson plans from other teachers.

http://www.georgiastandards.org/ - This is a great search engine that searches various resources for information. Though aligned with the Georgia State Standards, many of the resources are usable for anyone.

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6 - This site is small but looks to be growing. Check out the sections called Great Poems to Teach, the collection of lesson plans, and the poetry map which finds poets in every state.

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ - This site was created as a place to gather “the best of K-12 English/ Language Arts teaching resources.” A huge site, it will lead you to many places.

http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml See the past lessons or sign up for a daily e-mail grammar lesson

http://www.myenglishteacher.net/previous.html site contain grammar lessons

http://www.monmouth.com/~literature/ This site provides lesson plans, worksheets, vocabulary and projects for high school literature; worksheets are here so you don’t have to create them

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/lit.html lesson plans on literature stories


Writing Sites
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ - This writing lab is a great resource for teachers and students. Click on the link old owl at the bottom of the page and find presentation resources such as PowerPoint and handouts.

http://www.ttms.org/ - Teaching That Makes Sense is all about writing and this site presents a plethora of theories, practical strategies, examples of student writing, and assessment schemes. Although this is a site that does promote the author’s company, the best part is the free, downloadable books on writing. **The files are pdfs so you must have Adobe Acrobat.

http://citationmachine.net/ Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties. Students input information and the citation machine produces a citation that can be copied and pasted into their research papers

http://easybib.com/ The Free Automatic Bibliography & Citation Maker

Other Resources

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/jvles.html - This site is a mixed bag of goodies. Though not all of the information applies to Language Arts, many of it does. One of the best parts that I found is that many of the sections link to student-made videos for common English errors. To access just the videos, use this link http://springfieldvideo.edublogs.org/

http://www.learner.org/resources/series164.html#program_descriptions – Video on demand. This set is for American Literature teachers but if you put in your discipline level and grade level at the top of the screen, you will get more to choose from.

Online Activities
Grammar Sites

ESL websites (English as a Second Language) are great sites to help our students learn the vocabulary and grammar used on standardized test.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ - This site is interesting because it is so well partitioned into subject matter. Check out the grammar quizzes under the section titled Ask Grammar, Quizzes and Searches.


http://a4esl.org/ Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help students improve their grammar skills has thousands of contributions by many teachers.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/ Under Extra click student site and students can complete online activities to help with their grammar skills

http://www.manythings.org/ a wide range of online activities: Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more, to help students with their grammar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/ Online Grammar, Spelling, Reading, Writing, Listening and Vocabulary quizzes and activities to help with grammar

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm site contains grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for basic writing skills

http://www.english-online.org.uk/course.htm click advanced for online ELA activities for high school students

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/agdouble.htm Animation to show when to Double Final Consonants. Requires JavaScript

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/agpyesno.htm Animation to show past tense negation. Requires JavaScript

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm Interactive Exercises, Index of Grammar Terms, Rules for Fixing Grammar Problems

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ click “English grammar secrets” and you will get a host of online quizzes for a variety of grammar topics

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/index_main.php The Fun Way to Build Vocabulary Skills!

Middle School Math Internet Resources

Excellent Resources for Middle School Math Teachers, Parents, and Students

http://mathforum.org/k12/mathtips/beatcalc.html tips for beating a calculator when doing math
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.middle.html
http://mathforum.org/mathworld/ math challenge for kids
http://members.aol.com/LooseTooth/sailorpi.html a site about Pi
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm online interactive learning center
http://schoolexpress.com/ math worksheets
http://www.allmath.com/ math search engine
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ simple math games use as a refresher
http://www.hellam.net/bombno.html simple division game
http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/absurd4/index.htm pre-algebra sites
http://www.mathproblemgenerator.com/main/gui/ register and create custom math worksheets
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/MathDept/mdm/pyth.html animated proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Div/Winchester/jhhs/math/lessons/mlesson.html math lesson plans
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/shuttleLaunch/shuttleLaunch.htm
http://www.quia.com/shared/ do a Boolean search
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ math activities online
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html math problems to challenge your students
http://www.thatquiz.org/ register and create test that your students can take
http://www.visualmathlearning.com/pre_algebra/lessons.html pre-algebra interactive site
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/ math webquest already done for you

Educational Internet Resources for High School Math Teachers/Students

This is a variety of web resources geared towards Educators of High School students. This week I am focusing on High School Math sites. Check back next week, for a different subject area and a new set of internet resources.

These are some of the best sites on the web. Please let me know if you have one that isn't listed.
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Math Resources
1. http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm database of mathematical definitions

2. http://www.themathpage.com/alg/algebra.htm Tutorials with exercises; with mouseover the answer is revealed.

3. http://www.algebasics.com/ Listen to example problems solved and explained on audio. Easy to navigate

4. http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/index.htm including prerequisites for college algebra (= high school algebra) and college algebra topics both. Step-by-step instructions, lots of worked out examples, also some practice problems with answers

5. http://www.sosmath.com/ is your free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations check out our CyberExams to prepare for online quizzes

6. http://www.freemathhelp.com/algebra-help.html flash videos on a variety of algebra lessons

7. http://www.gomath.com/algebra.html Get automated step-by-step solutions for your math problems, nice Mini-Lessons with graphics and examples to review algebra subjects, printable worksheets for additional practice

8. http://www.algebrahelp.com/ test your knowledge using interactive worksheets

9. http://www.escapefromknab.com/ Escape from Knab is an educational simulation which takes participants through a series of financial decision- making experiences in the fun and entertaining setting of the fictitious planet, Knab, where visitors discover the results of their actions and decisions

10. http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/ over one hundred graphical JAVA applets that demonstrate mathematical concepts (elementary to calculus).

11. http://www.quia.com/shared database of teacher created math activities

12. http://www.321know.com/ also knows as aaamath.com. Variety of mathematical games for reviewing or reteaching lessons.

13. http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/acompare.html Use and compare 3 Abaci : the Suan Pan, the Soroban and the Nepohualtzitzin

14. http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/infinity/inbkgd.html short lesson on How Big is Infinity

15. http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/mpt_home.html 10 pdf downloable algebra lessons from Radicals & Exponents to Some Second Degree & Trig Curves

16. http://thatquiz.com/ review end of year testing throughout the year using this website. teachers can register for free, enter their class info, and test students online.

17. http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm Biographies of woman mathematician

18. http://www.webmath.com/ solves math problems step by step

19. http://www.mathgoodies.com/ some free math lessons that actively engage learners and provide them with immediate feedback. Each lesson provides in-depth, interactive instruction.

20. http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html Links to almost 20,000 different calculators for more than 3000 subjects - everything from construction, sports, finance, science, engineering and more


21. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/ A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

22. http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/ TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS specializes in printable, often-used classroom forms, report card comments, practical teacher tools, worksheets and downloadable teaching materials designed to save teachers valuable time.

23. http://www.instructorweb.com/ Teaching resources, tools, lesson plans, worksheets, interactive lessons, and more

24. http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/ click lessons from the widget on the left-hand side. Lesson plans with the handouts are provided at this site.

25. www.teacherlink.org/content/math/ Check out Project Activities, Interactive Projects, and Related Links. You will find activities for the use of graphing calculators, the Geometer’s Sketchpad, probability, projectile motion and many more.

26. http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htm A collection of 22 interactive activities developed by the National Council of Teacher of Mathematics. Each activity takes a significant concept and brings it to life.

27. http://www.figurethis.org/ Math Challenges for families designed to be done outside of school in family settings. Designed for middle school but may be useful for junior high and lower level high school students. Good for parent involvement activities for school improvement plans.

28. http://Math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons Cynthia Lanius has gathered a wonderful collection of math activities for students from kindergarten to college age. The activities on this site can be powerful motivators and lesson extenders.

29. www.learningwave.com/menu.html A selection of math activities for students in middle school and early high school. Excellent preparation for standardized and state assessment tests.

30. www.mste.uiuc.edu/m2t2 Developed for the Illinois State Board of Educaiton, this site offers interesting, mathematically rich, challenging, and appropriate activities for middle school students, though some can be applied to different levels. Look at the applets that correspond to the materials


31. http://www.shodor.org/ A range of tools and activities for every age group. Look in curriculum materials for a list of projects. The highlight of the site is Project Interactive.
www.ups.edu/community/tofu/ ToFU presents an alternative approach to teaching common problem areas (fractions, decimals, geometry, functions, etc…) by employing a variety of technologies to build supplementary activities and materials.