English Teachers need access to websites and resources to teach language arts effectively. The list below is the top 5 most common resources that are utilized by ELA teachers today that will help ELA teachers provide content and structure their lessons effectively.
Youtube has millions of education channels for whatever unit/novel you are teaching in class. All you have to do is type in your keyword and you will get thousands of videos. For my unit on Animal Farm, I typed in “George Orwell” and “George Orwell Biography” and found a 25 minute biography of George Orwell that covered his youth and the context for each of his novels up till 1984. The video became a centerpiece for my introductory lessons on Animal Farm before we started to read the novel. You should pick a video that is high quality and fits within the time you have for a lesson. Youtube has literally anything you would want for a lesson, just type in what you need and review.
2. Newsela
Newsela is a free website that teachers can use to assign electronic articles to students. Teachers can select articles by subject and the articles come with activities, questions, and vocabulary that students can review and answer. Newsela works with well with Google Classroom and can be integrated into any platform. It’s slowly becoming the website for ELA teachers to assign articles from.
3. NoRedInk
NoRedInk is a product that schools/school districts can purchase that provides assignments/exercises in which students have to edit paragraph. I have seen teachers use as an exercise at the beginning of class or assigned on a weekly basis that students have to complete to supplement their work in class. The application is great for helping students improve their editing skills and grammar skills.
3. GoFormatives
GoFormatives is a great website for teachers to create formatives and upload quizzes. Teachers can create a formative quiz on the application or upload a quiz from a google/word document. The website has a variety of analytics to track student progress and is easily synced with Google classroom.
5. PurdueOwl
PurdueOwl is a great resources for teachers to teach students style and formatting for assignments. The website is based out of Purdue University, and contains the definitive guide for formatting of papers, citing, and style. Teachers should direct students to this website as a source and style guide.
What are you some resources that you use as an English teacher? Leave a comment
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