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- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Public Speaking
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Lesson Plans
- -Literature - Standards-Based Lessons - Grades K - 12 (San Diego County Office of Education)
 Provides many lessons for each grade level, based on literature that is age appropriate. Each lesson is keyed to California's content standards.
- Alphabet Lessons (LessonPlanz.com)
Provides lessons to learn the alphabet. 3-01
- Creative Writing Using Internet (Wagner)
"Through the use of telecommunications, students explore and compare their town and themselves with students from other cities, countries and cultures."
- English Lessons in Vocabulary, Grammar, and Reading (ESLGo.com)
Provides 30 lessons for ESL students. 1-04
- English as a Second Language (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory)
Although this is designed for ESL students, it provides instructional exercises useful for all. 2-04
- Grade -K - 5 Elementary Level (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 44 mini-lessons for K - 5 from the Columbia Education Center. Grade level for each is marked.
- Grade -K - 5 Various Lessons (CEC)
Provides 4 or 5 dozen lessons.
- Grade 4 - 12 Middle Level (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 33 mini-lessons for grades 4 - 12, with a focus on grades 6 - 8 from the Columbia Education Center. Grade level for each is marked.
- Grade 6 - 8 Various Lessons (CEC)
Provides two dozen lessons.
- Grade 6 - Treasure Island (Bigelow)
Provides a lesson plan on Treasure Island, the book.
- Grade 9 - 12 High School Level (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 14 mini-lessons for grades 9 - 12 from the Columbia Education Center. Grade level for each is marked.
- Grade 9 - 12 Various Lessons (CEC)
- Grammar - (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory) 2-04
- Grammar - A Guide, Quizzes and Exercises (Darling)
The Guide to Grammar and Writing provides a guide with quizzes, exercises, and Ask a Grammarian. Well designed for navigation, including a searchable index and a directory.
- Grammar - Apostrophes (Language Live - Palmer)
Provides assistance with apostrophes. 2-04
- Grammar - Parts of Speech (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory) 2-04
- Grammar - Punctuation (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory) 2-04
- Invisible Man (PBS - Andersson)
Provides a lesson on the book, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, to better understand the personal feeling of invisibility. For grades 11-12. 2-02
- Language Arts (Michigan State University and Ameritech)
Provides more than four dozen lessons in language arts.
- Language Arts - Weekly (Digital Education Network)
- Language Arts Lesson Plans (Bunch)
- Language Arts Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides dozens of lessons by topic. Includes grade level. 1-04
- Language Arts Lessons (Scholastic)
Provides lessons by topic and includes dozens of topics. 12-99
- Language Arts Standards (McREL) 1-01
- Lesson Plans - Elementary Level (Louisiana Public Schools)
Provides lesson plans by teachers and includes the subject areas covered for each. Lessons are arranged alphabetically, by title. 1-00
- Literature - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (PBS - WGBH)
Provides a guide for teaching this controversial novel about life in the 1800's. 1-00
- Literature - Classical (Able Media)
Provides lessons related to ancient Greek mythology, history, and literature. Requires the use of the Adobe Reader, which is free.
- Literature - Crucible by Arthur Miller (Latour)
Provides objectives and an assessment rubric. 9-01
- Literature - Crucible, The (CurriculumUnits.com - Marquis, Mello, Pinto, and Dalton)
Provides lesson on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. 12-00
- Literature - Shakespeare (Donn)
Provides two dozen lessons, by work. Includes Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, MacBeth, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest. 1-00
- Literature By Book Title (Donn)
 Provides hundreds of lesson plans, listed alphbetically by book title. Also listed by general category. 1-00
- Literature Lesson Plans (Teachers.Net)
Provides over 150 individual lessons. Specifies a general grade level for each, such as elementary. The quality of lessons varies widely and some only announce the availability of lessons on a topic. 5-00
- Literature Lessons by Topic (Teachers.net)
Provides resources by topic. 3-00
- Phonetics and Whole Language Instruction Combined (Riggs Institute)
Provides the Orton Phonetics Comparison Chart and other materials related to teaching through a phonetic approach and discusses how to combine with a whole language approach.
- Poetry - Definition of Limericks (ThinkQuest.org - Edwards and Tiamson)
"A limerick is a very structured poem that can be catagorized as "short but sweet." They are usually humerous, and are composed of 5 lines, in an aacca rhyming pattern." 8-02
- Reading - Cinderella (Cinderella Project)
Examines a dozen versions of this classic tale.
- Reading - Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hood Project)
Examines 16 versions of this classic tale.
- Reading - Treasure Island
Provides "everything you could want to know" about the story, author, and characters in Treasure Island.
- Reading Lessons (TeachNet)
Provides 3 lessons and includes grade levels.
- Reading Plans (Teacher's Desk - Ackley)
Provides over two dozen suggestions to improve reading skills.
- Reading and Writing - Focus on Words (SSP and Robertson)
Provides activites that can be graded online by students. Involves Greek and Roman roots of words.
- Reading and Writing Exercises (Paradigm - Guilford)
Includes writing and improving different types of essays, such as informal essays, expository essays, argumentative essays, exploratory essays, and thesis essays. Also includes lessons on organizing, editing, and revising writing, as well as discovering what to write. These lessons are fully developed and include Internet links.
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plans (Teachers.Net)
Provides almost 300 individual lessons. Specifies a general grade level for each, such as elementary. The quality of lessons varies widely and some only announce the availability of lessons on a topic. 5-00
- Reading and Writing Lessons by Topic (Teachers.net)
Provides resources by topic. 3-00
- Reading, Writing, and Thinking Lessons (National Council of Teachers of English) 2-04
- Spelling - Phonics and Spelling (Language Live - Palmer)
Provides assistance with phonics and spelling. (Palmer is British, so some of her spelling is different from what is used in the United States.) 2-04
- Spelling Center (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory)
Includes spelling exercises and answers. 2-04
- Spelling and Vocabulary Plans (Teacher's Desk - Ackley)
Provides over two dozen suggestions to improve spelling and vocabulary.
- Vocabulary Exercises (WordWatch)
- Writing Lessons (TeachNet)
- Writing Lessons and Projects (ILoveThatTeachingIdea.com)
Provides over a dozen creative lessons and projects for K-6 grade. 2-02
- Writing Plans (Teacher's Desk - Ackley)
Provides over two dozen suggestions to imrove writing skills.
- Writing a Research Paper (Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory) 2-04
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