In
The Middle School English Classroom
with Least Tern
Fiction | Shakespeare
| Poetry | Grammar
| Reading & Writing | Literary
Terms | eTexts | Workshops
ESL Resources | General
Internet Resources for English
E.L.Easton's English Online complements this
site as does Dan Kurland's Critical
Reading site
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Our Classroom contains lesson plans, teaching guides, study guides, online and print resources, quizzes, tests and templates that should serve as materials and examples for the Middle School (5-8) teacher wishing to integrate technologies into the study of prose, poetry, drama, grammar, vocabulary and reading. The rapid advancement of technologies available to the classroom teacher over the last seven years has made additional tools available to the teacher. A creative teacher can easily "update" any presentation activity to include iMovie or take advantage of school and state-wide networking to create shared experiences and discoveries. General resources for the integration of technology into the curriculum can be found on our Resources for Teachers.
To supplement the lessons and resources you will find here, Least Tern offers workshops specifically designed for the English classroom:
- Blog Talk - learn about and experience blogs and WIKIs
- Beyond the Book: Choosing and Using e-Texts
- Beyond Word Processing - using Word and PowerPoint in the English Classroom
- Correcting and Peer Editing with Microsoft Word
- Hyperstories with Button Talk
- Laptops in the English Classroom
We invite you to use our resources as is and also to consider them as models and "jumping off points" for materials you would like to create and use. We intend for our links to be current. Please report dead links to us. Additionally, please expand this resource by contributing links and lessons. We ask that you not upload our materials to your website. We would be delighted to develop webpages and activities for your classroom. Please contact us.
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