K-12 Language
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FROM:LIMONY-SNICKET -http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

General Language Arts Sites

AAASpell - http://aaaspell.com
Learn to spell with these great games -- by grade level.

ABSOLUTE WHOOTIE: STORIES TO GROW BY -  http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
FREE PLAY SCRIPTS TO PRINT AND PERFORM after you close all the pop=up windows.  A selection of fairy tales and folk tales from around the world, including a story of the month,  that introduce themes of courage, justice, kindness and  other positive behavior. Stories are fun, upbeat, kid-tested, copyright-available, and nondenominational, with illustrations by kids artwork. Question sets follow each story. Kids can click to see what other kids had to say about the story, too. Grade Level:  Elementary

ACRONYM FINDER - http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
Lots of advertisements, but if you need a searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military; 61,000 acronyms & their meanings, this is the site.

AMERICAN SLANGUAGES - http://www.slanguage.com/
Asks you to "choose a city and talk like the locals" - foreign cities too. You'll need to be careful with this one, but the rich uses of language here outweigh the inherent dangers!

AWESOMESTORIES.COM - http://www.awesomestories.com
AwesomeStories.com takes relevant source material from archives, libraries, museums and institutions and presents it within the context of clear, concise, entertaining stories. Coverage includes Flicks, Famous Trials, History, Biography, Religion, Disasters, LawBuzz (skip Inspiration-doesn't seem to fit). Short chapters and lots of links to external sources will help keep students interested. Flash-based and non-Flash versions available.

BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS - http://www.bartleby.com/100/
This is 10th edition from 1919. Has a keyword search tool, index of authors and more. If you get stuck on the site - use your go to button to return to this page.

BEHIND THE NAME - ETYMOLOGY OF NAMES - http://www.behindthename.com/
Introduction to etymology and first names, languages, elements in first names, and most popular names - interesting.

BIBME - http://www.bibme.org/
Search for a book, article, website, or film, or enter the information yourself. Add it to your bibliography and continue citing to build your works cited list. Then download your bibliography in either the MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian formats. It's that easy!  WHAT A WONDERFUL RESOURCE!!!

BOOKS FOR RESULTS - http://www.books4results.com/
This website was designed for elementary teachers searching for language arts resources or workshops on reading and story writing. Check out the student written book evaluations and original stories.

CATCH THE SPELLING - http://www.manythings.org/cts/
Has a huge collection of spelling games. Game have falling letters, you catch with a paddle, much like the popular arcade game Breakout. Select from word categories (birds, kitchen, body parts), difficulty, level of hints provided, or grade level. (Dolch site words for kindergarten through third grade.)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS - https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/childrens-books/
Summer reading? Another great page from Barbara J. Feldman.

COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
An intensive listing of words which are commonly misused. Sometimes the easiest way to learn proper grammar, is to learn what NOT to say. The alphabetical listing makes it easy to find a word. Go to the link of non-errors and justify your idiom!

CREATE A LESSON PLAN - http://formswift.com/english-lesson-plan
Fillable, Common Core-aligned lesson plan templates, completely free.The form loads in PDF. Neat.

CREATE A WORD FIND - http://www.edhelper.com/wordfind.htm
EdHelper generates a variety of puzzles, but not all are free, so navigating the choices can be confusing.  To make a custom word search, enter your  words, and click  "Create Word Search Now!"  The next page displays dozens of formatting options, but only the first three are free, the balance are for paid subscribers only.  Your selection includes upper case, lower case, or  no backward and diagonal words  (for an easier puzzle.)  Custom crossword puzzles are also free.  You find the link on the horizontal "Also Try" menu. (Reviewed by Barbara J. Feldman)

<>ENGLISH WORKSHEETS LAND - http://www.englishworksheetsland.com/
Free! Some struggling elementary teachers have put this together for teachers to share. Aligned to the Common Core, you will find them arranged by grade level and subject matter. Neat.

<> ESL CAFE - http://www.eslcafe.com/
Dave Sperling's site dedicated to learning English as a second language; designed to be fun for teachers with lots of opportunity for interaction and loads of shared ideas.

ESL CYBER LISTENING LAB  - http://www.esl-lab.com
This website provides a multimedia experience for those seeking to learn the English language. The focus on the site is most definitely on developing listening skills, and it provides dozens of helpful audio features that quizzes students on topics such as renting an apartment, understanding credit cards, and making doctor's appointments. Another section of quizzes deals with subjects that students might encounter in other situations.

ESL GOLD - http://www.eslgold.com
Over twenty languages are included. This site's primary materials are thematically organized into categories such as "Speaking," "Reading," "Listening," and "Writing." Within each of these sections, visitors can take a look through topical resources that compartmentalize different themes, such as "Topics for Writing" or "Organizing and Composing." There are also materials for beginning, intermediate, or advanced level students.

HOMOPHONES - http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/homophones/
Links by Barbara Feldman include worksheets for Special Ed, lists, games, and other things. Great.

IDIOM OF THE WEEK - http://www.schandlbooks.com/AmericanSlangIdiom.html
American slang.

INTERNET PICTURE DICTIONARY - http://www.pdictionary.com/
The Internet Picture Dictionary is a free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages.  Activities for students allow them to correct the stinky spelling (misspelled words with the picture right above) and unscramble letters to form the correct word.

INTERNET RESOURCES ON CITING: THE TRADEMARK OF A GOOD WRITER - http://www.marcaria.com/internet-resources-on-citing-the-trademark-of-a-good-writer.asp
This is an interesting site recommended by students from Daly City who used my site as a starting point to learn research paper construction and citation. This site explains why citing is important, when citing is needed, and tools to help with citation among other things. Thanks "teach" for your letter.

JAN BRETT DOLCH WORD LIST - http://www.janbrett.com/games/jan_brett_dolch_word_list_main.htm
The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words.  Students who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading.  Many of these words cannot be sounded out because they do not follow decoding rules.  These words must be learned as sight words.

JUSTIN'S DRAMA AND THEATRE LINKS

LANGUAGE ARTS PAGE - http://members.tripod.com/teachstuff/languagearts.htm
Interesting stuff on this site, including lesson ideas, sources and links to other subjects.

LANGUAGE TOOLS - http://www.itools.com/lang/
Look up words, terms or just unscramble words for puzzles and crosswords: a great site.  There is also a translator

LAURA CANDLER'S FILE CABINET - http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/index.php
In the file drawers, you will find all sorts of activity sheets and blackline masters created for the classroom. All of them are in PDF format, so you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view and print the files.

LEARNING VOCABULARY CAN BE FUN - http://www.vocabulary.co.il
Four online, interactive games with multi-level and multi-subject choices to help students learn vocabulary words. Over 100 topics with 4,500+ words. Flash games include: Hangman, Word Search, Language Match Game, Vocabulary Quiz. A "homegrown site" created and maintained by Jacob Richman. Requires Flash.

LEXICAL FREE NET - http://www.lexfn.com/
THIS IS COOL! Type in any two words and look for synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, anagrams and more. There's even an option to find words in the database with similar spellings..

ONLINE ENGLISH GRAMMAR - http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
Pages of information about everything you wanted to know about  English grammar.   Searchable.

OUTTA RAY'S HEAD - http://www.rayser.ca/lessons3.htm/
 A collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many contributors; all of the lessons have been used and refined in the classroom.  Contents contain literature, writing and poetry.

QUIZLET - http://quizlet.com/
Started by Andrew Sutherland when he was 15, you can play this great site without an account. But you'll want to sign up for a free account to build your own interactive flashcard sets to study in five different modes: Familiarize, Learn, Test, Scatter Game, and Space Race Game. Sets are organized by tags, and can be coded private or public, or exported in a variety of formats to use elsewhere.

RANDOM HOUSE FOR TEACHERS - http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers
A website for K-12 teachers and librarians with guides for teachers, thematic and interdisciplinary indexes, readers' companions, author and illustrator biographies, and more.

READER'S THEATER PAGE - http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theater page with scripts and a guide for writing your own scripts, how to use them and why they work. 

READERS THEATER SITES - http://www.jbonzer.com/readerstheatersites.html
From first grade teacher J. Bonzer, there are lists of places to find readers theater sites and other sources.

SHEPPARD SOFTWARE: WEB GAMES VOCABULARY - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
Really cool.Click on what you want to do. There are even games for ipads and phones.

SMITHSONIAN LESSON PLANS - http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html
This is the Smithsonian site for teachers.  Great classroom ready lessons and activities for arts, language arts, science and social studies.

>STORYLINE ONLINE - http://www.storylineonline.net/
GREAT site to hear books read by "stars".

THEATRE HISTORY ON THE WEB  - http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html
The University of Washington, School of Drama created this site to  aid in online research of theatre throughout the ages. Links under Cultural Sites/Theatre Resources are very extensive; links are also grouped by historical period.  Online journals and books are also linked.

TWENTY-FIVE ACTIVITIES FOR READING & WRITING FUN - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/25-activities-reading-and-writing-fun
From the U .S.Department of Education, these activities have been developed for use with children, ages birth to Grade 6. the goal is to develop an enthusiasm for reading and writing. (Suggested by EducatorLabs.)

VOCABULARY.COM - http://www.vocabulary.com/index.html
Home of "Vocabulary University", a great place for games and puzzles that promote word power including thematic word puzzles on a range of topics; everything you need is right online. I love "root word lessons."

WEB ENGLISH TEACHER  - http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
After clicking the pop up windows closed...This is a very comprehensive Hotlist for English teachers, with links to prose, drama, poetry, and vocabulary sites, as well as Shakespeare, Olympics, Journalism, and Critical thinking.

WORD TURTLE - http://www.funbrain.com/detect/
This is a custom seek and find word search game. You give FunBrain a list of words which it then hides in the puzzle. Select a level and if you want to play against FunBrain or want the puzzle to be printed out on paper.  Also you can do a puzzle creaed by FunBrain on books you've read like Harry Potter or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, etc. You can even choose from easy, medium, hard, and superbrain.

WORD WISE - http://www.factmonster.com/funfacts.html
All about books, mythology, language, and more.  Check the grammar and spelling selections like frequently misspelled words.  From Fact Monster.

WRITINGDEN - http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/
This site, designed for students in grades 6 to 12, provides tips on writing, help with reading comprehension and even tools to improve vocabulary skills.
 

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Last Updated October, 2022