On this page you will find links and resources pertaining to Literature There are also several subcategories that you will find resources on integrating Literature into different subjects areas, as well as integrating technology and Literature.

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Tip: Look in your own community and country to find wonderful authors and illustrators.

One thing teachers often use for planning their lessons is their curriculum. A curriculum can be a great resource and a great guide. It is important to remember that a curriculum is only a guide, so use your imagination (and the lessons on this site!). Here is the link to the Saskatchewan Evergreen Curriculum for English Language Arts.

See below in the attachments section fora lesson plan used for grade 4 or 5 on Acrostic Poems with Agribition as it's theme.

Storybook Dances is a creative way to increase your student’s awareness of books and appreciation for literature. This unique idea enhances children’s favorite stories by integrating them with related dance and movement activities. The world is a stage for your young dance enthusiast. Let your students discover the fun role of dressing in costumes and dancing. Children are introduced to basic dance movements that aid in coordination, balance, flexibility, and perception. Through the use of music and dance interpretation, our little dancers bring their favorite stories to life. Look under attachments for story book dance lessons Links to literature related resources

Bantam Doubleday Dell Teacher's Resource Centre There are biographies of authors, and teaching ideas for several novels (recent ones, like Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen, and old standbys like The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton). Novels are indexed by grade, theme, and curriculum subject. The BookRead Project and BR_Match (WCU MicroNet) The BookRead project links students and teachers with partner classrooms, and with the authors of books they are reading in the classroom. BR_Match is an Internet mailing list that was formed to help teachers and students find partner classes with which they can discuss the books they are currently reading. Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site One of the best sites yet for teaching ideas using children's books. Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters Information and activities that teachers may find helpful after a disaster. Includes a bibliography of Children's Literature on Floods and Natural Disasters. Children's Literature Association of Utah Includes teaching ideas for all the 1995-96 nominated titles, and annotations for the 1996-97 titles. Children living in Utah can vote for the winners. Cinderella Lesson Plans Teaching ideas by Jean Rusting for the Cinderella variants Tattercoats, Cap o'Rushes, The Twelve Months, and The Princess and the Golden Shoes. Also don't miss the list of Cinderella Stories and Resources Collaborative Lesson Archive A place for teachers to share thematic teaching units and lesson plans at any school level. This is a good idea. Contribute your units! The Doucette Index to K-12 Teaching Ideas for Literature If you are looking for teaching suggestions related to a specific book or author, this index should help you find out what is available. Please note that this index will lead you primarily to teaching ideas found in books (you remember books, don't you?), but we have also indexed some of the websites listed on this page. Lesson Plans from AskERIC A variety of lesson plans on a wide variety of topics. Check the Language Arts and School Library folders, or use the Search feature to find literature-based lessons. Lesson Plans from Big Sky Telegraph Check the Language Arts and Social Studies folders for lessons based on children's stories. North Carolina English Language Arts Curriculum From The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The curriculum is being enhanced with the addition of links to lesson ideas. Penguin Books: Teacher's Guides Guides are available for titles such as The Odyssey, Much Ado about Nothing, James Joyce's The Dubliners, and the selected short stories of Stephen King. Other Readers' Guides, intended primarily for Reading Groups, are available through another link. Reader's Theater Don't forget to check out the excellent teaching resources on the Reader's Theatre section of the Children's Literature Web Guide. Reed Educational Publishing (Australia) In Australia. A website for educators that includes information on hot topics and school subjects, and a bookshop where one can read the first chapter of selected titles for adults and teenagers. Sample Book Ideas from the Young Readers Choice Awards Handbooks Suggestions for teachers and librarians about introducing eight recent novels. Scholastic Central Unfortunately, in recent months, this has become mostly a promotion for the company's fee-based online service. Time will tell if anything useful will remain available for free! Syndicate.com Word games, vocabulary puzzles, and contests. Teachers & Writers Collaborative A nonprofit organization that sends writers into schools to teach writing, and publishes some excellent materials on teaching writing. A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms (1994) An annotated bibliography of materials prepared for classroom teachers interested in using folk literature, folk arts, and folk music in the classroom. (Publications of the American Folklife Centre, no.19) Timber Wolf Unit Study Guide (from the Science Museum of Minn.) A unit that includes an activity on "The Wolf in Children's Literature". Writers in Electronic Residence Writers In Electronic Residence (WIER) links Canada's writers with Canada's schools. WIER offers 12 week programs at all grade levels each fall, winter and spring. Visit this site for program information, writer biographies, resources for educators and more.