ECSD Lit Coaches and friends

Award winning non fiction for children

Children's biography list

Great site with TONS of writing resources. This page links to a mentor text lesson using Dickens.

For 9th grade last nine weeks

Quality children's lit does it again!

Cool resource

Great for teaching digital responsibilty

Cool idea!

Good example of argument--making claims, counter arguments, concessions.

Billy Collins' Poetry project for American High Schools

"you and I will speak in very colloquial terms, but when I read to a child, they're often getting literary language, and that language has strong predictive analysis in terms of their later achievement."

"Ms. Parry's guide to correct online etiquette (Netiquette) A Checklist for Cybercommunications: Before sending that e-mail or posting on that Web site or bulletin board, think before you click "send." Re-read what you were going to send. If it meets any of these factors, don't send it until you fix them. And if you can't fix them, maybe you shouldn't send it at all. It's so easy for anyone to misunderstand e-mails and cybercommunications. We have to be very very careful to make them clear and help others to understand what we really mean. We also need to be careful not to hurt others and be good netizens. Start by making sure you are sending things to the right place, that it arrives and that the right person gets it. Is it addressed to the right person? Are you sure? Have you checked the spelling and the screen name carefully? Are they in your address book or on your buddy list already? The easiest way to make sure that you have their correct screen name or e-mail address is to save it automatically when they send you something. Parents should input their children's approved correspondents into their buddy lists and address books to make sure that it is done correctly. Also, people (especially kids) change their e-mail addresses and screen names often. Make sure you are using the most up-to-date one. Also, don't be so sure that your e-mail makes it to the person you sent it to. With so many junk e-mails and viruses being sent these days, most Internet service providers are using spam-blocking technology to block and filter messages they think may be spam. Many innocent messages are caught in the spam-filters and never get delivered anymore. Some people are also using their own anti-spam software that may block your e-mail. Remind your friends to add your e-mail address and screen name to their approved list so that you won't be blocked by accident and warn them in advance before using a new address or screen name. Depending on which e-mail