1. Language Arts Grades K-12
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Writing Websites
K-12
Lesson Plans
Sequence Events
Sentence Structure
Parts of Speech,
Punctuation and
Capitalization
Grades 9 – 12 ideas
Reading Websites
Lesson Plans
Story Elements
Main Ideas and Details
Word Pattern, Structure
and Context Clues
Adapted from: Durant Public School District MCT Internet Resource/Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Guide (http://durant.k12.ms.us/Files/Durant%20Resource%20Directory.pdf)
This guide is provided to assist Rankin County School District teachers in quickly finding resources via the Internet
that can be used when planning lessons that address specific academic needs of students. Teachers must exercise
judgment in matching the materials to the curriculum framework for the grade level of their students. There are
many other resources available on the web for teacher access.

2. Writing K – 8
Lesson Plans
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/Hunter.html http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/Gardner.html
(Writing Lesson Plan - Seven Elements of a Lesson Plan - (Writing Lesson Plan-Multiple Intelligences “Seven Ways of
Hunter) Knowing” –Gardner )
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/Bruner.html http://reading.indiana.edu/www/lessons/examps/readmaex.shtml
Writing Lesson Plan- Instructional Scaffolding – Bruner; (Lesson Plan on Adding Variety through Short Writing
Langer, and Applebee) Assignments)
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/roles.html http://reading.indiana.edu/www/lessons/examps/teachnsa.shtml
Writing Lesson Plan- Teachers’ Roles) (Lesson Plan on Writing Assignments: Writing from
Literature)
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/seating.html
Writing Lesson Plan- Seating Arrangement) http://reading.indiana.edu/www/lessons/examps/ctr&wex.shtml
(Lesson Plan on “Writing to Learn: Journal-Writing Activities”)
http://www.huntington.edu/education/lessonplanning/sailing.html
Writing Lesson Plan- Sailing lessons) http://reading.indiana.edu/www/lessons/examps/writexex.shtml
(Lesson Plan on Writing Free-writing: Exploring Everybody’s
http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/259.shtml Favorite topic)
(All About You Lesson Plan for Grade K-1)
NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
http://www.lessontutor.com/eescw1.html NCTE Position statements
(Creative Writing Lessons for Grade 4-7)
http://brucehale.com/how2write.html
http://reading.indiana.edu/www/lessons/examps/wacsocex.shtml For Kids - how to write a story
(Lesson Plan on Writing Prompts: Political Cartoons)
http://ralphfletcher.com/seminars.htm
http://www.mysterynet.com/learn/lessonplans/writing.shtml (tips for young writers)
(Mystery Writing Lesson Plan)
www.writesite.org/default.htm
http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/285.shtml The Write Site
(Lesson Plan on Completing Sentences for Grade 1-2)
Student Activities, Games and Tools
http://www.thewritesource.com/topics.htm#GRADES%206-8
(Writing Topics for Grade 1-8) http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sinter.htm
(Interaction Outline Graphic Organizer)
http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/elementary/newspapercourse/f
orstudents/forstudents.ht m http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sfish.htm
(Let’s write a newspaper story project) (Fishbone Mapping Organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/projectrub.html http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/scomp.htm
(Research Report Rubric) (Compare and Contrast Organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tfirstbio.htm http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sprobsol.htm
(Firsthand Biography Rubric) (Problem/solution Organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tautoinc.htm http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/svenn.htm
(Autobiographical Incident Rubric) (Venn Diagram Organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/reportru.html http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sspider.htm
(Report Rubric) (Spider Map Organizer)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/schain.htm http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/tjourlact.htm
(Chain of Events Graphic Organizer) (Journal Writing Activities)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/scluster.htm http://www.writingfix.com/Traits.htm
(Clustering Graphic Organizer) (The 6+1 Traits of Writing)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sfamtree.htm http://createbetterwriters.com/Writing_Tricks_Ebook.html
(Family Tree Graphic Organizer) (Writing Tricks! for Grade 3)

3. Sequence Events
Lesson Plans
http://content.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson00 http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACircularStoriesK1.htm
4.shtml (Lesson Plan on Sequencing for Grade K-1)
(Lesson Plan on Sequencing Events for Grade K-2)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Ben/Lesson5.html
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/lp301-05.shtml (“Ben and Me” Lesson Plan on Sequencing for
(“May I Take Your Order, Please?” (A Sequencing Grade 5)
Events Lesson Plan for Grades 3-8)
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Inte
http://www.kwc.edu/academic/educ/studenthb/elemlessonplan.ht rdisciplinary/INT0202.html
m (Focus on Sequencing Skills for Grade
(Sample Lesson Plan on Sequencing Events for the K-8)
Elementary)
http://stu.westga.edu/~lwomack1/sequencing_agenda.html
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/111.html (Sequencing Lesson Plan for Kindergarten)
(The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing Lesson
Plan for Grade 1) http://stu.westga.edu/~lwomack1/sequencing2.html
(Sequencing Lesson Plan for Grade 1)
http://ww2.sjc.edu/iestanislau/LanguageArtsLessonPlans.htm#S
equencing
(Lesson Plan on Sequencing)
Student Activities, Games and Tools
http://www.literacymatters.org/content/text/sequence.htm
(Sequencing)
http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html
(Sequencing Games, Activities and Fun Page)
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/draggeneric.asp?filename=jillwildesequence1
(What’s the Order? Sequence Game)

4. Sentence Structure
Lesson Plans
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang01.txt
(Writing Successful Paragraphs
The students will each write a five-sentence paragraph with varied sentence beginnings,
correct spelling and punctuation, and appropriate margins. )
http://www.lessontutor.com/eescw4.html
(Lesson Plan for Grade 8)
Student Activities, Games and Tools
http://www.richlandclicks.org/Teacher/connections/grade4/sentence_twister.htm
(Edit for fragments and run-on sentences distinguishing between clearly written sentences and sentences that
contain errors in expression or construction.)
http://www.gamequarium.com/sentencestucture.html
(Sentence Structure Games)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html
(Review: Sentence Structure)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html
(The Structure of Sentence)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
(Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling)
http://www.acciinc.com/Laureate/SimpleSentence.htm
(Simple Sentence Structure Sterling Edition)
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/sentelmt.htm
(Elements of Sentence Construction)
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm
(Kinds of Sentence and Their Punctuation)
http://jade.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html
(Variety in Sentence Structure)
http://www.abacon.com/inkster/sentence.html
(Sentence Structure Exercise)

5. Parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization
Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPunctuationAndUseOfQuotati http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LANickyNounVictorVerb25.htm
ons4.htm (Lessons on Punctuation) (This lesson will teach nouns and verbs in an
interesting and memorable way. The class will
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPunctuationMarksAndOralRe label human cut-outs with nouns naming body
ading36.htm parts and verbs naming actions that can be made
(This lesson help students recognize the with those body parts.)
importance of punctuation marks and what they are
used for, so that their fluency and expression in oral http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAKineticPartsOfSpeechLearnin
reading will improve.) gActivity47.htm
(Lesson on parts of speech)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAHumanPunctuationMarksIde
a35.htm http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPrepositionalPhrases-Prepos
itionBoogie46.htm
(This lesson will help students to recognize the
importance of punctuation and the various uses of (Lesson on prepositional phrase)
punctuation marks within direct quotes.)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAHelpingVerbSongToHelpRe
memberIdea4.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACIPartsSpeechComputers45. (Song about helping verbs)
htm
(Lesson on parts of speech using the computers) http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPartsofSpeechQuizActivity41
0.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACommonProperNounsGameI (Review of Parts of Speech)
dea35.htm (Lesson on Common and Proper Nouns)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAReviewingPrepositionsIdea5
12.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAMusicMusicalLATerms24.htm
(Review of Prepositions)
(Lesson on Language Arts terms)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPartsOfSpeechTongueTwiste
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACharadesGamePartsOfSpee rs38.htm
chIdea24.htm (Parts of speech Charades) (Students not only have fun with this creative
writing activity, but they also review several parts of
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACharadesGameNounVerbIde speech!)
a24.htm
(Nouns and Pronoun Charades) http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAFortuneCookieVerbs58.htm
(Parts of speech review)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACompoundNounsFunActivityI
dea57.htm http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAAdjectives412MO.htm.htm
(This is a great activity to introduce your students to (Review of adjectives)
nouns, especially compound nouns.)
http://www.nancymatson.com/adjlp.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAMusicPrepositionSongBriefId (Adjective lesson plan)
ea46.htm (Song of preposition)

6. Parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization
Student Activities, Games and Tools
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AF http://pbskids.org/lions/games/lookout.html
UNCT=1&ALEVEL=0 (Vocabulary game)
(Interactive game using the parts of speech (grammar
gorilla) http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html
(Word recognition game for k-3)
http://www.quia.com/custom/1119gate.html
(Interactive game using the parts of speech, great for http://pbskids.org/lions/games/abcow.html
students) (Alphabet game for k-3)
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1652&t=s&w=504&h=3
(This site is great! Student are able to review parts of 04
speech by using this activity, Must Try!) (Hangman game for k-8)
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup.html http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=8915&category=60&lev
el=7
(Spelling game)
(word games)
Writing 9 – 12
http://www.noodletools.com/
Writing a research paper
www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
So you have to do a research project
English II Subject Area Test
MDE information site

7. Reading K-8
Lesson Plans
www.middleschool.net/less_tut/webquests/lawq.htm
Language Arts Webquests
http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/
Provides hundreds of ideas, plus ready-to-print templates, for teaching reading and writing in grades K-2. Also has
math connections.
http://go.hrw.com/
Holt, Rinehart and Winston Language Arts and Reading site: This site links students to a vast collection of
educational online materials directly related to chapter content.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/
The NCES Kids Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library;
engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to
learn many interesting facts about education.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Basic math and grammar skills review
http://www.starfall.com/
K-2 Learn to Read site; excellent for ELL students, too!
http://www.manythings.org
Interesting Things for ESL Students - excellent site for general information, language practice
www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/index.html
Houghton Mifflin language practice for grades 6 - 8
Story Elements Lesson Plans
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=236
Examining Story Elements Using Story Map Comic Strips
http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/Lesson3/MLAb2_L.HTM
Uses folklore to teach story elements with various activities
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang17.txt
Students can visualize a character or event from a story or book and then personalize it through drawings.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang39.txt
Students must be able to identify with the characters in a story to fully comprehend the story.
http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Reading/R DG0201.html
Students will use the elements of literature to complete a story wheel GRADES 2-3
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAReadingSetting23.htm
Identify the definition of a setting and its purpose in a story.
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1173.html
Define the elements of plot: setting, rising action, climax, denouement/falling action.
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1205.html
Analyze a character in a novel by identifying a least 3 character traits and providing proof of those traits in writing

8. http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/Lesson1/HLAc1_L.HTM
Identify the elements of fiction in a short story and to identify the speaker of each line using textual clues
http://www.mpsaz.org/resource/jrhigh/shtstoryelement_7-9english.html
This site contains a lesson plan using “The Tell Tale Heart” to teach story elements
Grades 7-9
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/01-1/lesson0036.shtml
Grades: 6-8, 912 Lesson includes reading a story, identifying elements of fiction, creating a project about survival,
and making a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate student comprehension
http://www.floridatechnet.org/GED/LessonPlans/LanguageArtsReading/ReadingLesson2 6.pdf
Use story maps to create story synopsis using the elements of the story
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAWildThingsStoryElementsK2.htm
Identify passages that indicate setting, characters, problem (events), and solution in a story.
http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=268&B=resources/reading.asp
Students use story cards to predict the outcome of a story
Main Idea, Details, and Work Place Data
http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=253&B=resources/reading.asp
Site provides worksheets for practice
Main Idea, Details
http://www.greene.k12.ga.us/LocalUser/laurie.meeks/tubbooks.htm
(booklist by themes)
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
hundreds of songs and poems categorized by topic
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
Songs and poems suitable for Shared Reading in K-2
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/
(book summaries)
http://www.kidsreads.com/index.asp
(book summaries)
http://www.cool-read.co.uk/
(book reviews for and by 10-15 year old readers)
http://clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/services/childrens_book_links.htm
(websites containing reviews, author info, book summaries)
http://library.flatirons.org/bestofbest.html
(100 best books for teens from the last half of the 20th century - chosen at an ALA conference)

9. Word Patterns, Structure and Context Clues Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAWordIDPatternsGoodnightMo http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/Literature_Activiti
onK1.htm es/
Identify word patterns and words from a Activities and lesson plans for 450+ book. Listed
selected list of content words in the text of alphabetically by book title has a search engine
Goodnight Moon.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson109.shtml
http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Lang New book report formats and activities
uage_Arts/Vocabular y/VOC0001.html
Site contains new vocabulary words and practice for http://www.wathena406.k12.ks.us/clarkson/Lesson%20Plans/ele
writing in a style different from any others they have mshrtstrynotes.htm
tried (dictionary style). Site list the elements of literature in outline form with
definitions
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/200.html
Fun way to practice meanings, context & oral reading http://www.youth.net/cec/ceclang/ceclang-elem.html
of vocabulary This site contains a variety of lesson and
activities for Language Arts and Reading for
http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10710_13476_1347 grades K-5
7-85319--,00.html
Use context clues in realistic fiction http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0&st
rand=0&engagement=0
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps3gleb Reading lesson plan index
4plan1.pdf
This site provides a unique context clue lesson plan http://www.tooter4kids.com/Classroom/FairyTaleUnit.htm
with graphics worksheets Contains a unit on fairy tales that uses the
story elements and other language arts
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay. activities
asp?LPID=13431
Introductory lesson for context clues GRADE 1 http://www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/classroom/lplan_vi
ew.asp?articleID=54
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=170 Lesson on favorite authors allows students to
Lesson uses direct instruction and research and create presentations using
cooperative learning to foster new PowerPoint
vocabulary acquisition
http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=251&B=resources/rea
http://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/strategies/vocab/conte ding.asp
xt.htm Students determine word meanings through context
Site provides a lesson on using context clues to with this worksheet
define idiomatic expressions
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html
http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit38/lesson6.html Activities and online worksheets for grammar, parts of
Use picture clues and context to aid comprehension speech and vocabulary
http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=265&B=resources/rea http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/LanguageArts.html
ding.asp
Writing activities including biographies and
This lesson teaches students to use context clues in autobiographies
reading
Student Activities, Games and Tools
http://www.gamequarium.com/languagearts.htm
Games for language arts including primary grade level
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/5831.html#
Contains links to game sites for all subjects