Secondary Language Arts Lesson Plans:

 General English lesson plans: 

  "Outta Ray's Head" - Huge Index of Literature lessons -- collection from English teachers around the world (short story unit plan, independent novel study, Lord of the Flies, Shakespeare, board game from a novel, Alanis Morissette, Literary mock trials, Harry Potter, etc.

     ORH:  Poetry lessons -- Overcoming resistance to poetry, poetry on the radio, rap, Shakespeare sonnets, imagist poetry, villanelles, haiku, etc.

    ORH:  Writing lessons -- biography, journal writing, parts of speech, urban legends, etc.

  TEACH-NOLOGY   Gr. 7-8     Gr. 9-10   Gr. 11-12  

  NEW YORK TIMES  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/subjects/languagearts_index.html

  PBS  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/readlanguage/

Teaching Literature:

Shakespeare:

    Complete works of Shakespeare -- all plays

    Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - info on Elizabethan times, the Renaissance, the question of "authorship" and many other links.        Educational pages - lessons for Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, etc.  How to make students love the Bard, tie in humor, etc.

    Online study guides for the plays -- Sparknotes -- excellent for review of the plays, critical aspects, creating questions for discussion, etc.

    Create your own Shakespeare insults!

Classic texts:

  Online books -- digital library at U Penn

   Project Gutenberg

   Perseus Digital Library

   Illuminarium - Anthology of English Literature

Canadian Literature:

     David Lucking's amazing website for CanLit     (Please also have a look at all the other resources on this website, such as Canadian studies, History, Arts, Literary criticism, Native Studies, Libraries, Museums, online newspapers -- all Canadian content.) 

All Literature:

  Sparknotes -- Literature Study Guides

Teaching the Mechanics of Writing:

  Writing Links:   includes  Grammar,   Punctuation,  Spelling,  Writing Methods  (many handouts and quizzes included on these pages.  Especially good for review and ESL students.)

Performances:

Important sites for new teachers: 

BCTF TOC and New Teacher Handbook

BCTF Teacher on Call page