CCHS English

A ton of grammar exercises broken down by type. Lots of quizzes, Power Points, etc. too.

A cool Prezi (thanks, Hadley)

Best R&J spoof EVER! Ceiling tiles: whodathunkit? Wish this Prezi was around years ago. Good stuff.

From the NY Times, this gives a photo, an article, and six questions about the article. Very tidy!

Edmodo now integrates with Googledocs! This is one more reason for me to think seriously about using Edmodo next year.

For college-level, so at least we know there won't be printouts with owl clip-art.

I often check here for resources when teaching new literature or when looking for new ideas.

I live here.

Time magazine is pretty readable for high school students, and some of their articles are high-interest.

First-person essays

God help us all, this is a website that makes online news stories even shorter. But it would be good for practicing beginning active reading strategies, since the articles are short.

A wealth of grammar lessons--short and simple. The good thing about this site is that it covers every type of grammar rule, and is easy to scroll through. The bad thing is that the lessons are short and perhaps a bit simple.

"Quick and dirty tips for better writing."

Good resource for teaching this skill

Wow. I am one of these parents.

This is a GREAT place for current articles that deal with what it means to be an American (central theme for American Lit).

A collection (in the "archives" section) of interesting AOWs.

One of my favorite grammar bloggers--his catchphrase is "Prescriptivism must die!"--posted this about apostrophe use with possessives. Our junior PLT continues to disagree, and it sounds like the Associated Press disagrees with the MLA. WILL IT EVER END?

Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. Inside one of the wildest experiments in film history. Bearing witness to mob violence in Johannesburg. The brave new world of privatized postal services. Unraveling a political conspiracy in Guatemala. The shared life of Tatiana and Krista Hogan. How two American kids became big time weapons dealers.

Easy-to-read AOW ideas for kids who struggle. And who like sports.

Eager to throw off my nerdy past and reinvent myself at college, I wrote "party animal" on my roommate application form where it asked incoming freshmen whether they wanted to bunk with a smoker or a non-smoker.