Jennifer Clagett
SLM 521
Lesson Plans
Best Lesson Plan
Sites for English/Language Arts Educators
The following
sites are some of the best for English/Language Arts lesson plans. I’ve
compiled the list based on organization, lesson development, and amount of available
data. The sites are listed in the order that I think are most useful to
English/Language Arts educators.
This
is a great site for English/Language Arts educators. There are a number of
ideas for plans ranging from grammar, to vocabulary, to reading, to ESOL, to
many, many plans on individual authors, novels, and poetry. There is much information on literature for
children and teens, and the site covers multiple grade levels. The lessons are well developed and link to
additional resources such as literary criticism and author’s background information.
Visited 11/19/09.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
This
is another great site for English/Language Arts educators. It is sponsored and
maintained by the NCTE (The National Council of Teachers of English.) The
lessons are well-developed and thorough. Lessons suggest multiple texts for
usage, and give links to helpful graphic organizers and worksheets. In
addition, the site hosts many interactive worksheets and graphic organizers that
teachers can use with their students in the classrooms. Lessons on this site are well-developed and exemplary.
Site is organized well, and is easy to follow. Visited 11/19/09.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Teachnology:
Language Arts Lesson Plans
This
is a good source for teachers of all subject areas. The site contains a wide
variety of lesson plans from multiple subject areas. The English/Language Arts plans easily broke
down by grade level, and all plans were organized alphabetically. Subheadings
were located at the top of the screen, and lessons were listed beneath that.
The lessons themselves were reasonably developed, and were easy to follow. The
only things that could be improved are the aesthetics and organization of sub-sub
headings. The pages were a bit busy, and there was no option to break down lesson
plans by topic after selecting a grade level. But in all I thought that the information
the site provided a great planning resource. Visited 11/19/09.
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/
Education World:
Language Arts
I
really liked this site for the technology that was included in their lessons. There
are a number of Language Arts lessons that use Microsoft Word and other
resources to teach word choice. The lessons are well-developed and are
available for multiple subjects. The one thing that did make looking through
the lessons difficult is that they were lumped together under one collective
subject, without sub-headings, or grade designations. However, many of the
lessons could be adapted for grade levels, and were very interactive. Visited 11/19/09.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/lang.shtml
Hot Chalk Lesson Plans Page:
Language Arts
The
site houses a number of lesson plans ranging from drama, to poetry, reading
comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, etc.
The site allows you to choose your grade level and subject. While the
organization of the site could be improved (no subcategories), the content and
variety of the lessons were substantial. I found some good ideas for lessons
which could be developed further. Visited 11/19/09.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm