RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Library of Congress resources
This webpage includes teacher lesson plans, primary source sets with available printable pdfs, historical presentations, classroom activities, blog posts discussing ways to incorporate poetry into the classroom, and access to other valuable resources.
According to former Poet Laureate of the United States, Billy Collins, Poetry 180 is a project designed to give students the opportunity to hear or read a poem each day of the school year.
Read over 80 blog posts about poetry and other forms of literature.
See also: Teaching Strategies
According to former Poet Laureate of the United States, Billy Collins, Poetry 180 is a project designed to give students the opportunity to hear or read a poem each day of the school year.
The National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) Resources
Find resources, communities, and groups that are beneficial to teachers at any grade level. NCTE features articles and books on topics of interest to english teachers, poetry resources, and position statements.
NCTE and International Literacy Association (ILA) have created the website ReadWriteThink.org that has a variety of classroom resources for teachers. Teachers have access to writing lesson plans that can be refined by type, grade level, learning objective, and theme.
Other Online Resources
Varsity Tutors provides a wide variety of exercises for teaching writing to students at all grade levels.
This webpage provides lesson plans based on thought-provoking YES! magazine articles with writing prompts, writing guidelines and rubrics for teachers, and student essay examples.
WeAreTeachers.com offers english language arts lesson plans for all grade levels.
Click here for 10 Fresh Writing Prompts for High School English
Kelly Gallagher is a teacher, author, speaker, and coach dedicated to helping students become better readers and writers. He provides a wide variety of instructional resources for teachers.