ENGLISH CURRICULUM, Grades 6-12

ENGLISH - WEBSITES
This section lists FREE English language arts websites. See also "Supplemental" online materials. The "Supplemental" online materials are not free and all have a vendor purchase price.

GRADE
WEBSITE

PUBLISHER
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COPYRIGHT
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WEBSITES - LANGUAGE ARTS

K - 5 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/
     
K - 6 Houghton Mifflin Language Arts
FREE online activities to coordinate with this 2001 California edition textbook integrated Reading series. Go to Houghton Mifflin Language Arts for Students. .
http://www.eduplace.com/
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers
   
K - 12 Internet4Classrooms
Web portal for free interactive websites for core subjects and electives.
Links for K-12 teachers - Language Arts
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm
Grade level links to help students study their grade level language arts concepts for grades K-8, http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm
     
K - 12 McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects)
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx

     

WEBSITES - SPELLING

1 - 8 Everyday Spelling (Scott Foresman)
Free access to spelling word lists for grades K-8.
http://www.everydayspelling.com/lists/listindex.html
     
  Cando's Helper Page!
http://candohelperpage.com/
Fry's Spelling and Sight word lists, with coordinating flash cards.

http://candohelperpage.com/sightvocab_1.html#anchor_376
     

WEBSITES - VOCABULARY

K - 12

Oswego Vocabulary Web
Create your own printable vocabulary flash cards with the word on the front and the definition on the back.
http://resources.oswego.org/cur/vocabulary/wordcards.cfm

     

WEBSITES - POETRY

2 - 12 PoetryTeachers.com
How to teach poetry, poetry theater, poetry activities.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
In the Poetry Class section, students are provided with easy to follow instructions that teach how to write funny poems.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/poetclass.html
     
6 - Adult Poetry Magic
An extensive resource website for the theory and craft of writing poetry.
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/
     
6 - Adult Poetry Archive
The world's premier collection of online collection of recordings of poets reading their work.
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
     

WEBSITES - GRAMMAR

K - 6 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/
     
6 - 12 Strunk's Elements of Style
Classic reference and must-have book on the principals of composition and the rules of usage.
http://www.bartleby.com/
     

WEBSITES - WRITING

K - 6 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/
     
3 - 12 F.I.L.M. Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies
http://www.trulymovingpictures.org/FILM/Pages/Curricula.aspx
     
6 - 12 Penn State University's - Palimpsest onLine!
Most excellent list of links to writing and research resources.
http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/r&wlinks.htm
     

WEBSITES - LITERATURE

6 - 12 Penn State University's Electronic Classics Site
Read the classics online! Scroll to the bottom of the page for the links to this vast list of online classics.
http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/jimspdf.htm  
     
WEBSITES - FREE AUDIO BOOKS
The charter school does not endorse all the contents on these FREE websites. Use at your own discretion.
K - Adult Kiddie Records Weekly
Kiddie Records Weekly celebrates the golden age of children's records.  This period roughly spanned from the mid forties through the early fifties and produced a wealth of all-time classics.  Many of these recordings were extravagant Hollywood productions and featured big time celebrities and composers.
http://www.kiddierecords.com/
     
K - Adult Lit2Go
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. Search by author, title, key words and reading level.
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
     
4 - Adult Talking History
University at Albany, State University of New York's mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere.
http://www.talkinghistory.org/
     
6 - Adult NewFixtion.com
http://www.newfiction.com/
     
6 - Adult Thought Audio.com
One of the most fundamental aspects of humanity is to enjoy its thoughts and its great works. This website's journey has always been one of making classic literature available to anyone willing to listen.
http://www.thoughtAudio.com/
     
6 - Adult

FreeClassicAudioBooks.com
Digital narration for the 21st century.
http://www.FreeClassicAudioBooks.com/

     
6 - Adult LibriVox
Free audiobooks from the public domain.
http://www.LibriVox.org/
     
6 - Adult

LearnOutLoud
One-stop destination for educational audio and video learning.
http://www.learnoutloud.com/

     
6 - Adult AudioBooksForFree.com
Free MP3, iPOD and DVD audiobooks (adventures, detectives, horrors, classics, children, non-fictions, philosophy, etc.) to download and enjoy.
http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/
     
6 - Adult

Books Should Be Free
Free audio books from the public domain.
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/

     
6 - Adult AudioBookTreasury
http://www.audiobooktreasury.com/
     
6 - Adult FreeAudio.org
http://www.FreeAudio.org/
     
6 - Adult AudioBooks.net
http://www.audiobooks.net/
     
6 - Adult PodioBooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/
     
6 - Adult LoudLit.org
http://www.loudlit.org/
     

WEBSITES - AUTO PAPER PROOFREADERS

K - 12 Grammarly
Automatic online paper proofreader and grammar coach that does an advanced grammar check to include: dangling modifiers, subject-verb agreement, run-on sentence and sentence splices; faulty parallelism; grammar style; contextual spelling check; plagiarism check; and vocabulary enhancement. Used by UC, Davis students and many others.
http://www.grammarly.com/
To take a quick tour, http://www.grammarly.com/tour.php?q=writing
     
K - 12 Paper Rater
Automatic online paper grader website that does editing, a grammar check, a spell check and a plagiarism check. Simply go to the website, enter the title of the writing sample, the works cited, the grade level of the student-author, the genre of the paper, and agree to the terms of service. The report will cover Originality/Plagerism Detection, Spelling Suggestions, Grammar Suggestions, Word Choice Suggestions, Style Suggestions, Vocabulary Suggestions, and Writing Tips.
http://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader#

     

www.poetryarchive.org/