Educational Hotlinks for Middle School People
 
10 Tips for Improving Writing Very clear advice for writers from middle school on up http://www.weeklyreader.com/eissues/writing/pdfs/top1018.pdf 10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris The top 100 news pictures and news stories, updated every hour, every day. Sometimes has mature content. http://tenbyten.org/10x10.html ALA | Teen Reading Tips for National Teen Read Week and top books for teens from American Library Assn. http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm American Collection Gateway to the Masterpiece Theatre's educators' resources for teaching about American literature. http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/am_lit_resources.htm Biography Maker How to create an effective biography http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm Blogs in Education How to use blogs in education, from the University of Houston http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/ Book Lists—Hearing from Middle Level Teachers More than 20 lists of books specifically recommended for MS students by teachers and librarians http://www.ncte.org/middle/topics/content/117565.htm Center for Media Literacy All about teaching media literacy http://www.medialit.org/ Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents Recommended books for Spanish-speaking young people http://www.csusm.edu/csb/english/ Common Themes in Literature Listing and explanation of 10 common themes in literature http://www.delta.edu/drsnyder/CommonThemesInLiterature.html CRAYON.net Create your own newspaper, online http://www.crayon.net/ Create A Paper - Persuasive. Great online template to aid students in creating a five paragraph persuasive paper http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/writing_guide/create_a_paper.shtml CyberGuides 6-8 MS literature study guides from the State of California http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cy68.html DailyLit Interesting service that sends daily 5-minute reading selections from classic books (copyright expired) to readers, either by email or RSS. http://www.dailylit.com/home Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index Tons of editorial cartoons with useful teachers' guide http://cagle.com/ DigiTales The art of telling digital stories http://www.digitales.us/ Dvolver Easy-to-use online cartoon animation maker. Very good for constructing stories and character studies. http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html Educational Web Adventures (Eduweb) Exceptionally rich portfolio of interactive exhibits and activities developed for museums and other educational organizations...focus on the arts, science, and humanities -- searchable by topic and grade level http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php eThemes | eMINTS Thematically based unit and lesson plans in all disciplines. Excellent http://www.emints.org/ethemes/ Explore Your Earth Language Arts, geography, and science about local and worldwide environmental issues, using Google Earth; from Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/ Favorite Poem Project Videos of diverse Americans reading their favorite poems http://www.favoritepoem.org/ FFFBI Fun, problem solving reading activities in a variety of multi-disciplines http://www.fffbi.com/ Friedman's story plots Summaries and examples of 14 types of story plots in the categories of Plots of Fortune, Character, or Thought-- developed by Norman Friedman in 1955 http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/friedman_plots/friedman_plots.htm Grade 6-8 English Language Arts videos on a variety of topics for middle schoolers, from Canada http://www.learnalberta.ca/Browse.aspx?View=GradeSubject&Division=3&Grade=7&Subject=English%20Language%20Arts&SubLang=en Graphic Organizers From Houghton-Mifflin, can be used for subjects other than Language Arts http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/graphorg/index.html Great Source iwrite Writing resources and support for students, teachers, and parents from Houghton Mifflin http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/ How to create a print advertisement - spoof ad From AdBusters, a media literacy site http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/printad/ ide@s Teacher-reviewed, standards-aligned lessons, interactive tools, video, and other resources for curriculum development and classroom instruction, K-12 http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/ Improve your English with WritingDEN! Many tips and tools to help teachers help students write more effectively (Language arts and ESL) http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/index.htm IPL TeenSpace From the Internet Public Library, vast reference material, including online reference service http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/ Kids 4 Broadway Age appropriate plays for young people aged 7-17 http://www.pacificsites.net/~kidsplay/ Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk Language arts resources for teachers http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/ Learning Resources Dozens of TV news stories with full video clips, written transcripts, and audio tracks for struggling readers to improve comprehension skills. With additional exercises. http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/ Lightning Bug Great interactive online aid for writing stories http://www.lightningbug.com.au/ Literacy Matters Improving literacy skills of middle and high school students http://www.literacymatters.org/ Literary Worlds Index Virtual tours of literary settings http://www.literaryworlds.wmich.edu/worldlist.htm LuLu Publish your own manuscript online very inexpensively and conveniently. http://www.lulu.com Media Literacy Clearinghouse Fabulous collection of teaching resources http://medialit.med.sc.edu/ Meeting the Secondary Reading Challenge Outstanding resources to support the struggling secondary level reader http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/interdiscmain.htm Middle School Public Debate Program Complete resources and materials for conducting a MS debate program http://www.middleschooldebate.com/index.htm National Junior Forensic League Debate resources specifically on the MS level from the oldest and largest organization in the field of scholastic debate http://www.nflonline.org/AboutNFL/NJFL National Assn. of Urban Debate Leagues Extensive resources on debate from an urban perspective; registration necessary for access to free materials http://urbandebate.org/index Onestopenglish Ideas for English teachers from Macmillan publishers http://onestopenglish.com/ poetryexpress a great place to make, share, revise, and publish poetry http://www.poetryexpress.org/ Quotation Sites Links to 3 dozen top sources for quotations from the Yale Book of Quotations. http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/qyd/sites.asp ReadWriteThink Terrific lessons for grades 6-8 from the National Council of Teachers of English http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=3&strand=0&engagement= ReadWriteThink Student Materials Excellent collection of interactive resources for student use in language arts/literacy http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp Resources for Young Writers Nearly three dozen online sites that accept student writing for publication. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html SCORE History/Social Science 6-8 Over 1500 selections of youth literature for using lit. to teach history/social studies. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/literature/678/ Suggested Reading Lists From S. Carolina State Ed. Dept. See top 100 MS titles http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/tech/ms/lms/ResourcesforStudents.html Summer Reading List Three dozen recommended titles for MS students from TeacherVision http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/vacations/6099.html Teachable Moment Topical and current events activities for MS students from Educators for Social Responsibility http://www.teachablemoment.org/middle.html Teaching Mysteries Free lesson plans, ideas, and online mysteries to teach critical thinking and reading comprehension http://www.mysterynet.com/learn/ Teaching Social Skills in Middle School Language Arts Classes Extensive resources for teachers and students. Excellent http://www.cccoe.net/social/opening.htm Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension Article from the International Reading Assn. http://www.readingonline.org/articles/curtis/ The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard How to write the 5-paragraph narrative, expository, and persuasive essays; with extensive tips, prompts, and samples for teachers and students http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html The KISS Grammar Site Free resources for teaching grammar http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm The Literacy Web at the University of Connecticut Very extensive and up-to-date index of literacy links on a large number of important topics in the field, K-12 http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/index.htm The Moonlit Road Great ghost stories and strange folktales from the American South, written and narrated. http://www.themoonlitroad.com/ The New York Times Learning Network Fabulous collection of resources and lessons, updated daily http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html The Poetry Forge Poetry technology tools for English teachers and educators. http://www.poetryforge.org/ The Write Site How to publish a newspaper http://www.writesite.org/ TV411 Simple, graphic online tutorials to reinforce skills in reading, writing, vocabulary, math, and selected life skills. Intended for adult literacy learners...very good for struggling middle schoolers because the content level is high while the skill level is not. http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml UEN Online interactives across the disciplines gr. 3-6 and 7-12 http://www.uen.org/News/article.cgi?category_id=2&article_id=1352 Vocabulary, Free Word Puzzles and Activities Interactive games for students to practice word etymology and word meaning, level 2 is for middle school. http://www.vocabulary.com/ Wacky Web Tales Like Mad Libs, cool way to teach parts of speech http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html Web English Teacher Very comprehensive resource collection, outstanding and dedicated work http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ Word Search Factory Lite Quickly and easily create word search puzzles with free software. Limited functionality in free version. http://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/wordsearchlite/ Word Wizard Club Games, puzzles, and teacher resources for vocabulary building http://www.alphadictionary.com/ww/ WriteNet All about writing from the Teachers and Writers Collaborative http://www.twc.org/forums/index.html Writing Competency Assignment Guide Create A Paper - Persuasive. Great online template to aid students in creating a five paragraph persuasive paper http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/writing_guide/create_a_paper.shtml Zimmer Twins Kids create actual animated endings to cartoon story starters, all online http://www.zimmertwins.com/http://www.weeklyreader.com/eissues/writing/pdfs/top1018.pdfhttp://tenbyten.org/10x10.htmlhttp://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htmhttp://www.ncteamericancollection.org/am_lit_resources.htmhttp://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htmhttp://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/http://www.ncte.org/middle/topics/content/117565.htmhttp://www.medialit.orghttp://www.csusm.edu/csb/english/http://www.delta.edu/drsnyder/CommonThemesInLiterature.htmlhttp://www.crayon.nethttp://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/writing_guide/create_a_paper.shtmlhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cy68.htmlhttp://www.dailylit.com/homehttp://cagle.comhttp://www.digitales.ushttp://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.htmlhttp://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.phphttp://www.emints.org/ethemes/http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/http://www.favoritepoem.orghttp://www.fffbi.comhttp://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/friedman_plots/friedman_plots.htmhttp://www.learnalberta.ca/Browse.aspx?View=GradeSubject&Division=3&Grade=7&Subject=English%20Language%20Arts&SubLang=enhttp://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/graphorg/index.htmlhttp://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/printad/http://ideas.wisconsin.eduhttp://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/index.htmhttp://www.ipl.org/div/teen/http://www.pacificsites.net/~kidsplay/http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.comhttp://literacynet.org/cnnsf/http://www.lightningbug.com.auhttp://www.literacymatters.orghttp://www.literaryworlds.wmich.edu/worldlist.htmhttp://www.lulu.comhttp://medialit.med.sc.eduhttp://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/interdiscmain.htmhttp://www.middleschooldebate.com/index.htmhttp://www.nflonline.org/AboutNFL/NJFLhttp://urbandebate.org/indexhttp://onestopenglish.comhttp://www.poetryexpress.orghttp://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/qyd/sites.asphttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=3&strand=0&engagement=http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asphttp://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.htmlhttp://score.rims.k12.ca.us/literature/678/http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/tech/ms/lms/ResourcesforStudents.htmlhttp://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/vacations/6099.htmlhttp://www.teachablemoment.org/middle.htmlhttp://www.mysterynet.com/learn/http://www.cccoe.net/social/opening.htmhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.htmlhttp://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htmhttp://www.literacy.uconn.edu/index.htmhttp://www.themoonlitroad.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.htmlhttp://www.poetryforge.orghttp://www.writesite.orghttp://www.tv411.org/index.shtmlhttp://www.uen.org/News/article.cgi?category_id=2&article_id=1352http://www.vocabulary.comhttp://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.htmlhttp://www.webenglishteacher.comhttp://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/wordsearchlite/http://www.alphadictionary.com/ww/http://www.twc.org/forums/index.htmlhttp://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/writing_guide/create_a_paper.shtmlhttp://www.zimmertwins.comshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_12shapeimage_3_link_13shapeimage_3_link_14shapeimage_3_link_15shapeimage_3_link_16shapeimage_3_link_17shapeimage_3_link_18shapeimage_3_link_19shapeimage_3_link_20shapeimage_3_link_21shapeimage_3_link_22shapeimage_3_link_23shapeimage_3_link_24shapeimage_3_link_25shapeimage_3_link_26shapeimage_3_link_27shapeimage_3_link_28shapeimage_3_link_29shapeimage_3_link_30shapeimage_3_link_31shapeimage_3_link_32shapeimage_3_link_33shapeimage_3_link_34shapeimage_3_link_35shapeimage_3_link_36shapeimage_3_link_37shapeimage_3_link_38shapeimage_3_link_39shapeimage_3_link_40shapeimage_3_link_41shapeimage_3_link_42shapeimage_3_link_43shapeimage_3_link_44shapeimage_3_link_45shapeimage_3_link_46shapeimage_3_link_47shapeimage_3_link_48shapeimage_3_link_49shapeimage_3_link_50shapeimage_3_link_51shapeimage_3_link_52shapeimage_3_link_53shapeimage_3_link_54shapeimage_3_link_55shapeimage_3_link_56shapeimage_3_link_57shapeimage_3_link_58shapeimage_3_link_59shapeimage_3_link_60shapeimage_3_link_61shapeimage_3_link_62shapeimage_3_link_63shapeimage_3_link_64shapeimage_3_link_65shapeimage_3_link_66shapeimage_3_link_67shapeimage_3_link_68shapeimage_3_link_69shapeimage_3_link_70
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