Language+Arts

 Please click on the links below for resources, lessons, and more. Enjoy! Harper Lee video
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Hobbit trailer pre-reading activity

Paolini reads and discusses Eragon ||  || with Technology || Reading aloud to students || Establishing writing groups/ criticism partners || The Daily Cafe by The Two Sisters-- courtesy of Kari McGann || How to use Inanimate Alice || How reading affects the brain  ||
 * **Literacy Resources** || **Assorted Reading Lessons** || **Assorted Writing Lessons** || **Favorite LA Blogs & Websites** ||
 * [|Text Graffiti] || Hunger Games "What Ifs" || Autobiographical narrative essay || [|Literate Lives] ||
 * [|Author Skype Visits] || Teaching idioms || Visual writing prompts || [|The Book Whisperer] ||
 * Visual thesaurus || Introduction to Proverbs || Sparking creative writing || Nerdy Book Club ||
 * Vocabulary building || Teaching allusion in literature || 6th grade writing partners  || Two Writing Teachers  ||
 * Teaching English
 * Compare/contrast map || Building vocab and donating rice || Elapsed fairy tale project || The Rogue Librarian  ||
 * Website reading levels || Word Hippo-courtesy of Currie || Storytelling and Cowbird || 8th Grade ELA Pinterest Board ||
 * Coaching podcast || Vocabulary building with character study  || Writing prompt generator  ||   ||
 * Lesson Writer || Idioms activity-CCSS aligned  || Publishing your own ebooks  ||   ||
 * 101 LA and ESL resources || Instagram and literature themes  || Teaching persuasive writing and quoting sources ||   ||
 * Halloween puns || Graphic novels for comprehension  || Writing pamphlets  ||   ||
 * Lexile analyzer || Question-answer relationship  || Picture writing prompts  ||   ||
 * De-constructing non-fiction for Common Core || Another idioms activity  || Ethos, pathos & logos handout ||   ||
 * Comparing fiction and non-fiction ||   || Screenwriting in the classroom ||   ||
 * Flipped classrom example on discerning theme ||   || Writing transitions and phrases ||   ||
 * Literacy rights and responsibilities ||  || Fabulous collection of images and videos to inspire writing ||   ||
 * 6 creative ways to build vocabulary ||   || Teaching dialogue in writing  ||   ||
 * Making sure word walls work ||   || New Year's creative writing activity  ||   ||
 * Building your classrooom library ||  || Argument with picture books  ||   ||
 * Cube Creator ||   || Online tools for thesis writing  ||   ||
 * ||  || Persuasive essay rubric/outline  ||   ||
 * ||  || Research essay on influential Americans  ||   ||
 * Picture Books || **Reading Fun** || **Where are the books?** || **Articles** ||
 * || NPR Back Seat Book Club || Lit2Go-per Currie || Dickens camp  ||
 * Build visual literacy slideshow || Podcast on "The Art of Slow Reading" || Open library online || Transmedia  ||
 * Community gardens || Kid book reviews Scholastic || Free ebooks at The University of Adelaide || Authors' notes ||
 * || SMITHTeens || Inanimate Alice
 * **Poetic goodness** || Jerry Spinelli & football || Biblioboard App || Down with the five paragraph essay! ||
 * Video on poetry visualization || Getting ready for summer reading  ||   || Jumping into nonfiction  ||
 * Audio Poetry Files || 50 great book and reading quotes  ||   || Teaching writing...it's important!  ||
 * Poem in your Pocket Day || "What should I read next"  ||   || Would you hire one w/ poor grammar?  ||
 * Hunger Games and poetry || 13 examples of literature in rock  ||   || Reading on-screen vs print  ||
 * Teaching haikus || Free classic ebooks for teachers ||   || Comics & love of reading  ||
 * Poetry lessons by poets || Small demons-fun literary details ||   || Neil Gaiman on importance of reading and daydreaming ||
 * Using robotics to learn poetry? || Selecting the "right fit"  ||   ||   ||