Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Sq3 R Reading Method
For students, the SQ3R Reading Method provides a method for how to read and comprehend a reading assignment.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
Other
Nancy Polette: "Missing May" Literature Guide
This site features a literature guide for the book "Missing May," by Cynthia Rylant.
Other
Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: "Walk Two Moons" Study Guide
Download the 40 page study guide for "Walk Two Moons" at this site. Share with your class this intricately plotted and wryly narrated novel with its subtle and moving portrayal of grief. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Peer Review: Narrative
Excellent lesson that teaches a new and more relevant way of conducting a peer review. Through the PQP (Praise-Question-Polish) process middle schoolers gain a greater understanding of how to review others' work as well as improve their...
Able Media
Classics Technology Center: Online Latin Drills
Designed to coordinate with the Oxford Latin Course, these comprehensive drills will help any student practice a variety of skills. Each chapter has at least 2 exercises. However, the drills for volume 3 don't appear to work all the time.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Sq3 R Plus
This site gives a description of the steps in the SQ3R method. It also gives details and examples of each step.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Walk Two Moons
Discussion question, a lesson plan, and links to related resources for teaching students reading "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech.
Other
Civil War Book Reviews
This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.
Virginia Tech
The Alan Review:signs in Speare's the Sign of the Beaver
What are the signs found in the novel "The Sign of the Beaver," by Elizabeth George Speare? Use informative site to learn more about this exciting novel.
Other
New York Review of Books Archive
At this site, you can conduct a search for critical reviews that have been published in the New York Review of Books. Currently (July, 2000), only reviews published since 1996 are available, but that is supposed to change. This is a good...
University of Victoria (Canada)
School and Office Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items from school or office. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Kitchen Utensils Vocabulary
This vocabulary development tool for students features a matching exercise that shows pictures of common items of common kitchen utensils. Students match correct word with picture from a drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score can be...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Food (La Comida)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Food vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: People (La Gente)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: opposites, colors, words for describing people. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: The Future: Vocabulary
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This lesson focuses on miscellaneous vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce the material presented. Audio...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Weather: Vocabulary (El Tiempo)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: weather vocabulary, seasons. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on animals. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio available....
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Vocabulary
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Buildings found in a city. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Health (La Salud)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Body parts and health problems. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Transportation: Vocabulary
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Transportation. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Shopping Vocabulary
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on numbers, prices, and shopping phrases. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material...