Web Links

Links to a variety of websites worth visiting

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Authors
Learn about authors and illustrators, read their interviews and visit their personal web sites.

Comprehensive Sites
These are very large sites covering many areas of English Language Arts. Many offer information, texts, resources and tools often of value to both teachers and students.

Debating
Classroom debates are powerful and engaging to help students develop skills in research, analysis, organization, cooperation and presentation. These resources target the secondary sector.

Drama
Find general theatre resources, collections, ideas for the classroom, and an extensive directory of links.  

For Kids
These sites are designed and selected specifically for students to use. They encourage involvement in activities that promote interest and growth in English Language Arts competencies.
Note: Teacher selection and supervision is important.

Literature
A multitude of literature resources - book lists, online texts, special collections, reviews, classroom resources dealing with specific subjects, curriculum areas, and themes.

• Picture Books : An excellent set of resources about the historical context, development and use of picture books in the classroom as well as details about their structures and special features.

• Young Adult Literature (YAL):
  Resources that include information about and the use of Young Adult Fiction in the secondary classroom. Find book lists, special collections, reviews, articles and suggestions.

Literacy
A few key sites with information, resources and suggestions to assist in the promotion of overall literacy

Media
These sites place media literacy at the centre of education. They include information for teachers and resources that can be used to help students learn in our evolving media culture.  

Poetry
Poetry resources and ideas for teachers and students. Suggestions to inspire and develop creativity.  

Reading
A few select sites that focus specifically on reading. Access research and practical approaches for the teaching and learning of reading in the classroom.

References
A plethora of useful resources ranging from online dictionaries and newspapers, to glossaries, to copyright information.

Specialties
A few special sites that don't fall into the general English Language Arts categories but would be useful to teachers of ELA.

Storytelling
Interesting references to the art of storytelling. Ideas and suggestions for working with students to develop their storytelling abilities.

• Digital Story Telling

Writing
Resources that are key for encouraging and developing students' writing in the classroom.