TEACHING ENGLISH AND WRITING: WEB RESOURCES

                                                    Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke

English Teaching: Major Sites
   *Web English Teacher webenglishteacher.com
    Thematic units, lesson plans, links atozteacherstuff.com/
    Read, Write, Think:  teaching resources from NCTE & IRA   readwritethink.org/index.asp
    EDSITEment, National Endowment for Humanities: lessons, resources  http://edsitement.neh.gov/
    Learn NC: Teachers' Network: NC DPI, news, lesson plans, links learnnc.org/
    English Teaching Resources-Macmillan  onestopenglish.com/
    Totally Unorthodox English Teacher emse.fr/~yukna/ENG/lessons/english.htm
    The English Teacher  http://teacher2b.com/     
    Shmoop for Teachers: "cool," entertaining resources for literature/history shmoop.com/teachers/

Professional Organizations for English Teachers and Goals, Curricula, Resource
    National Council of Teachers of English ncte.org/  
    National Board of Teaching Standards (board certification) nbpts.org/    
    English Departments worldwide    nyu.edu/gsas/dept/english/links/engdpts.html   
    National Writing Project nwp.org   teaching resources:  nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/resources/topics.csp
    Council of Writing Program Adminstrators http://wpacouncil.org 

    California English/Language Arts   cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/engmain.asp
    NC English/Lang. Arts SCOS Curriculum (use links at left) ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/
    Learn NC: Teachers' Network learnnc.org/
    NC Wise Owl: Reference and History ncwiseowl.org/

Resources for Teaching: all subjects (K-12) and English [recommended by educators]
    *Read/Write/Think:  lessons and materials from IRA/NCTE http://www.readwritethink.org/
    AtoZ Teacherstuff: thematic units, lesson plans, links [Deanna Scott] atozteacherstuff.com/
    Marco Polo: free lessons and materials [Edutopia]  marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
    Teachers' Net: shared resources and lessons    http://teachers.net/
    Lessonplanet: Education Planet links (free) and model lessons (for a fee)  lessonplanet.com/
    Funbrain.com: lets teacher set up individual activities [Debbie Locklear] funbrain.com
    Eureka: U. Alabama high school/college http://eureka.mhsl.uab.edu/
    Public Televison: lessons for PBS programs; fair use guide [Jamie Burney] pbs.org/teachersource/
    Discovery Channel teaching resources  http://school.discovery.com/schoolhome.html    
    National Public Radio (reports by audio streaming)   npr.org
    New York Times Lesson Plans, archive   nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
    College Teaching: Penn State U Teaching and Learning Center  schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/
    College Teaching: U Texas El Paso Teaching and Learning Center utep.edu/cetal/
    English Online, planning resources, New Zealand http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resource     
    English curriculum units, from Yale Teachers' Institute  yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/

Teaching Literature and Humanities (see also Writing About Literature)
    Converse (British): literature activities, K-12  http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/about/sitemap.acds
    Interpreting Literature, Film, Arts; Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke  uncp.edu/home/monika/artslit.htm
    Literature, Arts, and Media resources links, Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke uncp.edu/home/monika/eng-web.htm
    Teaching Literature, college level, links:  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~njp/601-links.html
    Literary Classics: Study Guides by Dr. Brians, Washington SU  wsu.edu/~brians/guides_index.html
    Teaching Literature:  resources, activities, writing, Rick Beach  teachingliterature.org/teachingliterature/index.htm
    Teaching literature to adolescents-Cloudnet links to many sites  cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edadolescentlit.htm
    Shmoop-entertaining literary/poetry appreciation and study guides   shmoop.com/literature/
    British and American literature, web resources for students ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/litt2.htm
    Folger Shakespeare Library: teaching Shakespeare [Claudia Walker] folger.edu/
    Teaching Novels, activities and resources   http://english.byu.edu/novelinks/default.html
    Adolescent Literature http://reading.indiana.edu/www/indexwr.html
    Literature& Environment asle.umn.edu/archive/syllabi/syllabi.html
    Apple Seeds: stories&quotes appleseeds.org/
    Great Books lessons, Discovery Channel  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/lit.html
    NC Art Museum teaching resources   ncartmuseum.org/artnc/

Composition Theory and Resources for Teaching Writing
    Bedford Annot. Bibliography for Teachers of Writing    bedfordstmartins.com/bb/contents.html
    History of  rhetoric and composition    http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/bb/history.html
    Rhetoric: history and terms    http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm
    Composition: history and theories   english.ohiou.edu/cifer/cifer_theory5
    Writing Now, NCTE 2008 http://wwwdev.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/WrtgResearchBrief.pdf
    First-Year Composition Outcomes: Writing Program Adminstrators http://wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html
    Videos about Teaching Writing: answers to questions  http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/take20/

Teaching Writing in Schools, K-12
    Web English Teacher:  Teaching Writing  webenglishteacher.com/writing.html
    Read/Write/Think:  lessons and materials from IRA/NCTE readwritethink.org/
    NC Writing Tests, Grades 4,7,10       dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/writing/   
    National Writing Project    writingproject.org/
    Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Teaching Writing about Literature
    Writing about Literature: resources for teachers  webenglishteacher.com/litwriting.html
    Writing about Literature, Purdue OWL   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/
    Writing critical essays&research papers, Norton www.wwnorton.com/college/english/litweb05/writing/welcome.asp
    Writing about Literature: model student papers in many genres    thewritesource.com/models.htm
     short critical essays by students:  http://webster.commnet.edu/faculty/~archives/archive.htm

Online Resources for Writing and Research
    Writing and Research resources, links, Monika Brown, UNC Pembroke  uncp.edu/home/monika/writ-web.htm
    Resources for Teaching Writing, Dartmouth  dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/toc.shtml  
    Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
    Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: http://english.ttu.edu/Kairos/3.1/news/paradigm/
             and powa.org/, click on sitemap for writing process stages 
    Rutgers Resources for Writers http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html
    University of Virginia Writer's Guide  http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/MasterToc.html
    UNC Chapel Hill unc.edu/depts/english/comp/index.html
    U California Irvine http://eee.uci.edu/programs/comp/others.html
    West Virginia U as.wvu.edu/~lbrady/teaching.html
  
     last update September 2009