Instructional Tools for the 21st Century English Teacher
Developing knowledgeable, thinking, and active citizens.
Resources
- English Companion - where English teachers go to help each other
- Kelly Gallagher - Building Deeper Readers & Writers
- Catlin Tucker - Blended Learning & Technology in the English Classroom
- Teachers College, Columbia University - Reading and Writing Project Resources
- Balanced Literacy Overview & Guide, (grades K-6), BCS
- Balanced Literacy Approach (grades 7-12), SCUSD
- EngageNY / Great Minds CCSS Curriculum
- ReadersWorkshop.org - How to set up Readers Workshop in your classroom
- Literacy Design Collaborative - free standards-based resources for grades 6-12
- Laura Candler - Teaching resources for Readers Workshop strategies
- Stanford's Performance Assessment Resources Bank - free Common Core aligned performance tasks (must create a Login to access tasks)
- From Common Core Standards to Curriculum Design - Five Big Ideas, Jay McTigue & Grant Wiggins
- What are Essential Questions? (The principle component to designing an inquiry-based, collaborative learning)
- Qualities of an Essential Question
- Best Resources for Close Reading (Ferlazzo)
- Achieve the Core: Basal Assignment Project - Hundreds of teacher developed, CCSS-aligned lessons
- Achieve the Core: Text Complexity
- Achieve the Core: Text-Dependent Questions
- Literacy Implementation Guidance for the ELA Common Core State Standards - Guidance on seven issues that have proven challenging in implementing the CCSS for ELA: use of challenging text, the foundational skills in the standards, comprehension, vocabulary, writing, disciplinary literacy, and diverse learners.
- Resources for Student-Centered Instruction in a Time of CCSS (NCTE)
- High-Interest Books for Ninth Graders
- High-Interest Books for Tenth Graders
- Essential Books for the Classroom Library
- High-Interest Non-Fiction Titles for Eighth Graders
- Poetry for Middle and High School Students
- 101 Sports Books for the Junior High School/Senior High School Classroom Library
- SCTE - Southland Council of Teachers of English
- CATE - California Association of Teachers of English
- NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English
Common Core Standards, Framework, Progressions, and Assessments
- Anchor Standards for Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening
- CCSS ELA Essential Skills, Concepts, Question Stems and Prompts (6th grade), (7th grade), (8th grade), (9-10 grade), (11-12 grade)
- ELA CCSS K-8 Continuum
- SBAC ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint
- K-12 Sample Performance Tasks
- California CCSS for ELA & Literacy (2010)
- California ELA/ELD Frameworks (2014)
- Executive Summary of ELA Frameworks (2015)
- Key Shifts in CCSS ELA
- K-12 ELA CCSS Resources (North Carolina)
- K-5 ELA Standards (printable, 1 page per grade)
15 Websites with Level Reading
Balanced Literacy / Workshop / F&P Resources
Writing Workshop Resources
Writing Check-Lists
F&P Resources