Lesson Plan Ideas and Sites
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Film English
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From the site: Film English is a site which promotes the use of film in the language classroom. There are lesson plans, a glossary, links and videos to help both teachers and students.
The three main objectives of Film English are:
- promote the critical and creative use of film in the language classroom
- promote cineliteracy, the ability to read critically and evaluate moving images, in the language classroom.
- promote creativity amongst both teachers and students.
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Awesome Stories
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Stories from classic collections and current events, complete with lesson plans, visual vocabulary builders, and more. From the site: Enjoy these stories as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, documents and other primary sources linked, in context, where you need them. |
| Learning to Give Lesson Plans |
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Hundreds of lesson plans focusing on "giving time, talent, and treasure" for doing good. |
| Poetry Foundation |
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Awesome poems plus related lesson plans and other resources. whether you're a gifted poet or know squat about poetry (like me), this site is a goldmine. Especially notable is their Learning Lab. |
| Shorpy |
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This site features wonderful vintage photographs which can be used as story starters. |
| Constructing Plot |
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This Interactives site has been around for a long time, but still holds up. Students basically do a self-guided tutorial through the various elements that make a good short story. Throughout this lesson, students are referred to "A Jury of Her Peers" (this links to the full-text online version. |
| Story Casting |
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The idea behind this site is to allow readers to choose their "dream cast" for upcoming film adaptations of favorite books. This can be done without the site, of course, but it's there to give you some ideas. |
| Lesson Cast |
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Short (2 minute!) lessons for teachers via video. |
| Literacy Shed |
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Many lesson ideas for reading and writing that get their inspiration through short video segments. Some of the older ideas from this educator may still be found here.
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| Online Video in Education |
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A ScoopIt site on using online video in education. |
| Videos for Tech |
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90+ videos for tech and media literacy. |
| Krulwich Wonders |
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A sciency blog from NPR; each post holds promise for discussion and extension. |
Downloads and Printables
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| Smeckens Education Solutions |
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Fantastic teaching ideas as well as printable resources for Reading and Writing across the curriculum. |
BetterLesson
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From the site: BetterLesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public schools to connect educators and help them create, organize, and share their curricula.
We are focused on aggregating and scaling the most innovative content and practices from high-performing teachers across the country.
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Mastery Connect
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Explore lessons and teacher-created assessments that tie into Common Core standards. From the site: MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover common formative assessments and track mastery of state and Common Core standards. Built-in grading tools save teachers time. |
Online Reading Assessments
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Read Theory
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Online, self-checking assessments which instantly provide students and teachers with results. Good for one-on-one tutoring, small groups, or informal individual practice. Students progess up and down in difficulty depending upon how they do on each assessment.
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For the Teacher's Reference
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| English Composition I |
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An online course that features dozens of interesting and useful links to articles, videos, and guides.
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| Learn the Elements of a Novel |
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Although written for aspiring novelists, this site provides an insider's look at understanding the elements of novel which are needed to write a successful story.
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| Literary Visions |
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Also from Annenberg Media, this set of lessons and related videos is meant for high school and college classrooms, but could be used for professional development or, in snippets, for middle school classrooms. |
Tech Tools
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| Cool Tools |
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This links to my own Sixth Grade Homepage; this particular page contains over one hundred student-friendly tools for manipulating text, images, and sound. This is truly the students' toolbox from which they can pick and choose what resources they need. |
| Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning |
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Suggested sites organized by what the teacher wants to accomplish with students. |
| ICT Magic |
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Incredible assortment of interactives, many excellent for whiteboard use. Don't be scared off by the horribly cluttered front page; just choose a topic from menu bar at far left. |
| Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning |
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List of tech tools organized by learning goals and then rated by usefulness and ease-of-use. |
| Myebook |
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Online ebook creator; pretty robust! |
| Projeqt |
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An image sharing site, like Bubblr, but smoother. |
| Literacy |
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Lots of IWB resources and Power Points; most meant for younger crowd but some here for older grades as well. |
| Ted ED Video Tools |
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Flip YouTube vids into lessons. |
Writing Sites
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7 Collaborative Storytelling Sites
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For the avid writers, some ways to express creativity collaboratively.
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| StoryBook |
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Description of Storybook's very cool features. |
| Digital Is |
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The digital extension of the National Writing Project. |
Recommended Reading
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| Benefits of Wikis |
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Point by point pdf showing the benefits of wikis. |
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Wiki Woman: How a Web Tool Saved My Career
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How wikis changed the way one science teacher teaches and allows students to interact. |
| Googling Towards EPortfolios |
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Using Google docs and related Google apps for creating student portfolios. |
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Life in a Inquiry Driven, Technology-Embedded, Connected Classroom
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A look at the process from a teacher who really gets it.
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| Creating Your Own Textbook |
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How to get started, with or without Apple. |
| Blogs Versus Term Papers |
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Argument for students to be assessed through blogs rather than one-shot term papers. |
| A Year Without Worksheets |
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Getting rid of cookie cutter, externally produced worksheets. |
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5 Reasons Why Our Students Are Writing Blogs and Creating ePortfolios
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Insightful article by Jenny Luca which might help your teachers, administrators, and parents better understand why eportfolios are important.
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| The Business Case for Reading Novels |
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Article provides insight and research into the benefits of reading novels, including empathy and goal-setting.
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| Are Online Math Programs Better than Literacy? |
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From the Article:“We want a child to be able to read a text and derive meaning from that, literally understand what the author is trying to say, make connections between the text and their own experiences, and other text they’ve read,” he says. “That’s what real literacy mastery looks like with comprehension.”... Which begs the question: Why are we using software to teach literacy, if it’s not as effective?
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| The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative |
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Discusses how the nature of reading and writing are shifting with the advent of technology and multiple ways of presenting ideas. |
| Why Good Classes Fail |
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Discusses importance of teacher-students relationships. |
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A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn't Working
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A teacher "finds himself rethinking the fundamentals of teaching—and questioning his own advice." |
| Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks |
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That's not the name of the article, but that's the gist. It seems that older, veteran teachers, who have the basics of teaching in place, have more opportunity for making tech happen. |
| Reading and Writing with Students |
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An opinion piece arguing for teachers to model reading and writing with their students. |
| Your Brain on Fiction |
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What fiction does for your brain that other things can't. |
| BYOD Acceptable Use Policy |
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A sample ]Acceptable Use Policy for Bring Your Own Devices. |
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