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Teaching Resources

I rely on many different websites for teaching inspiration and ideas, as well as lesson plans and information.  The following websites are some of the ones I use the most - click on the buttons to go directly to each site.

Who doesn’t need to read a summary of the Iliad (or any other classroom text) every once in a while? Shmoop has entertaining video’s and helpful resources to refresh literary knowledge.

The New Yorker has incredible articles and essays on current issues and events, as well as short fiction stories and news events, from voices such as Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande.  

ReadWriteThink has complete lesson plans and resources for English teachers.

Tallahassee Community College has helpful grammar instruction and practices that break down grammar rules, complete with online practice tests.

ChompChomp has activities and lessons all focused on grammar.  Hilarious examples and fake prizes make this website a good place to go if you’re like me, and thinking about grammar makes you want to take a nap.

My classroom did a unit on storytelling through StoryWorks in Anchorage, AK - we played several of these stories in the classroom to illustrate examples of awesome storytelling.  Arctic Entries is an awesome way to get community voices in the classroom through the storytelling medium; similar to other community storytelling programs such as the MOTH or StoryCorps.

Edutopia contains everything from articles to inspire and encourage teachers, to book recommendations, to ideas for formative assessment.  Provides a wide variety of perspectives and ideas for teachers with practical classroom applications.

NPR ed contains interesting articles on issues surrounding teachers today such as standardized testing, multicultural education, etc.  Highlights effective teaching practices, and education practices around the world.

TED talks never cease to amaze me with the amount of thought provoking material available.  The accompanying, TEDed Lessons, are also useful for illustrating brief concepts such as comma and pronoun usage.

The OWL at Purdue is helpful for greasing rusty gears when it comes to grammar and paper formatting.  Contains example papers with MLA (and all other kinds of) formatting and citation usage; helpful for brushing up on those things that you used to know and forgot, or still need to learn.

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