This website offers a great list of lesson plans for teaching high school English. They are a great place to start when brainstorming what types of activities to do for a text. It is especially helpful in regards to teaching grammar.
This site provides A LOT of lesson plans, for each content area, grade, etc. The site breaks up the lesson plans into sections as well, including poetry, reading comprehension, writing, etc. A great tool to gain some ideas for lesson plans in the future.
This page offers validation for students' partaking in AP level courses in high school for fiscal reasons. What I find interesting is the process that some schools have for putting kids into AP classes-is this fair? It's definitely something to think about, especially since it glosses over other merits to AP level classes, such as critical thinking.
This is totally true! It's an entry in a blog that's actually really interesting, too. It's called The Literary Pursuit and it's about anything book/literature related. Check it out, too!
When working with different plays in high school, I think it can be very beneficial for students to recreate scenes from the play. In high school, I had to do this several times and it was a creative outlet to further understand the play while having fun. This is a nice model for students to create their own video.
Sorry I am a little obsessed with young adult novel popularity, but this provides the novels that are popular at this moment for the high school and middle school age, so that as teachers we can get a grasp on what are students are reading and interested in.
This site is pretty much exactly what the title implies. It is an atlas of resources for teachers, parents, and high school students. It has everything from homework help to teaching ethics.
In high school, I read the book The Great Gatsby and loved it. I also enjoyed when teachers offered different alternatives to interpreting the text, and I think this is an interesting way to compare and contrast the novel and the ballet. Students have the chance to think outside the typical mode of interpreting the text. Here they can link the text to the dance.
This is a website that offers resources, lesson plans, and ideas for teaching reading and writing up to a middle school classroom. This is important in teaching the basics of these skills
This website will particularly be beneficial to my own lesson plan creation and professional development. The website offers a multitude of activities and strategies for teachers to use. In addition, it offers online professional growth training.
This blog is a high school English teacher that likes to post about novels usually in the chick novel, romantic, youth categories that she feels high school students would appreciate. Its a good site to look at if you are wanting to teach your kids to free read outside of class a book that is worth while
The home page of the Norton Anthology, a popular educational resource for high school English classrooms. It offers illustrations, links to related websites, potential essay questions/paper topics as well as questions to promote students' critical thinking.
This clip from the Simpsons is a great resource to use when reading Poe's The Raven. It reads to poem out loud and acts it out in an entertaining way that i think high school students would get a kick out of! It would also help students understand the poem better and lead into a discussion about it.
This site is a resource for teachers, students, and parents. It points the viewer in the right direction when looking for any piece of literature. It is helpful because sometimes more obscure pieces have very limited information and this site has a variety of ways to access more.
This is a YouTube video that was a project for a high school public speaking class. It's a good example of how we can use technology to allow our students to use a little creativity and have a little fun with their assignments. Also, many of us may be asked to teach a speech class at the school where we are hired!
This quick and easy comic shows us how easy we can incorporate comics into the classroom as a fun and inventive way for students to express themselves.
I like this example because it makes comic strips seem easy, something I always thought would be a challenge. This could be a great activity for high school or middle school students.
This magazine, assembled by and for teenagers, features short literary prose and poetry covering all kinds of topics relevant to high school adolescents. It is a great opportunity for students to vocalize their opinions while exploring their peers' opinions.
This is a site which sets high goals for a future educational system that is collaborative on a global scale, up-to-date in current technology, and focused on the holistic growth of all children.