HB's English Links--Classical Magnet School
UConn Methods of Teaching English Course
Course Information
EDCI 5085 Course Calendar
BLOG LINK (where to enter your responses!)
An Island Like You Lesson Information
TCPCG Lesson Plan Format
Blog Entry Mini-Rubric
Short Story Integrated Unit Checklist & Description
Short Story Integrated Rubric
Course Specific Texts
(Paideia) Seminar Links & Resources
Class PowerPoints
Session 1 PowerPoint
Session 2 PowerPoint
Session 3 PowerPoint
Session 4 PowerPoint
Writing
Read Write Think
Grammar Website
Kate HB's writing links
A Plagiarism Detector (don't worry if you get 2%!)
John Collins (Focus Correction Areas)
Paramedic Method of Editing SlideShare
Waterbury Cohort's Vocabulary Links
Assessments
GATSBY ASSIGNMENTS: CLASS ACTIVITY
Authentic Assessments (Ideas!)
Common Core Rubric Creator (EssayTagger)
Multiple Intelligences Resources
"Multiple Ways to Be Smart..." article (.pdf)
"MI: The Most Effective Platform for..." article (.pdf)
Background on Multiple Intelligences & Gardner
Multiple Intelligences Resource
A Multiple Intelligences Self-Test
Another MI Self-Test
Multiple Multiple Intelligences Inventories (har har)
UbD! (Understanding by Design)
"UbD in a Nutshell" (.pdf)
ASCD Understanding by Design
UbD Summary #2 (ASCD)
UbD Elementary Lesson Plan Template
UbD High School Lesson Plan Template
UbD Resources
Grading
Modern Mythology Course Overview & Grading (10th Grade)
American Literature Course Overview
How to Write Rubrics!
Standards
Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts (ELA)
Common Core State Standards in Excel Format
National Council of Teachers of English / International Reading Association Standards (1996) the SHORT version
NC CCSS ELA How-To!
CT Common Core of Teaching 2010: Foundational Skills (non-ELA Specific)
Connecticut Core Standards and Common Core State Standards "CROSSWALK"
Text Complexity Grade Bands (Lexiles)
NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (the LONG version!) (.pdf)
Standards for Teachers of English in NC (.pdf)
Standards for English Teachers: Israel
Reading & Literature
Lexile Home Site
Lexile Map (Representative Texts, and Grade Level equivalents)
How Lexiles are Measured
Schools of Literary Criticism
Fix Up Strategies
A Literature Circle Site
HB's Literature Circle Roles
Some More Literature Circle Roles
Reading Strategies
Poetry 180--a poem a day
Favorite Poem.org
(English) Teacher Tools
Social Contract Framework PPT
Jim Burke's English Companion Site
Common Core Rubric Creator (Essay Tagger)
CAPT 2010 Released Items
SRBI Information from State of CT
TEAM Website
The National Paideia Center
12 Things Great English Teachers Do
Lesson Planning
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy information
Closure Ideas
Rubric for a Lesson Plan
SABES Lesson Planning Guide (.pdf)
Writing Workshop Lesson Plan Template
"Blocky" Lesson Plan (*.doc)
Rhetorical Devices List
Critical Analysis
Fillers
"Meaningful" Time Fillers
More Time Fillers
Even More Time Fillers
GRAMMAR Time Fillers
Still More Time Fillers
Extension Activities/Time Fillers
Games to Fill Time
Pedagogy & Educational Theory
Methodology, Pedagogy, Organizationogy, Managementogy... and all that jazz!