Helpful Links for Teaching English

Web English Teacher - A great site with lots of tools and ideas about teaching English. Best features are its organization and variety of topics you can find information on about any subject here.

Cyberguides- This is a place where you can get lessons that are divided by grade level, they meet standards and are creative and flexable to adapt your own strengths.

Literature Lesson Plans- Although these plans must be purchased they are well worth the money, they include all worksheets, quizes, vocabulary activites, and supplies to play games with in unit. There is also room to include your own ideas or revise the ideas given to you. This is great if you need something to get you started or do not have a lot of time to write your own cirriculum, there are plans for many of the books currently taught in schools.

English Grammar the Easy Way- This a great tool for grammar, it is fast and easy to use and can answer many of the simple grammar questions we may forget over the years.

MLA Citation- This site, the citation machine will make all of your citing issues disappear. It is designed to make citation more assesable. All you have to do is plug in your information and out comes your citation.

National Council of Teachers of English- This the website for the national teaching council for English, a great place to see what is new and exciting in the English Eucation world.

 

Helpful Links for Theatre and Forensics

The National Forensics League- This is the website for the National Forensics League it has all the information for tournements and activities throughout the United States.

Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association- All you ever wanted to know about the speech events in Michigan.

Portage Northern Drama Department- My highschool's Theatre department site. Has lots of information about past, present, and future shows as well as a guide on common theatre lingo.

Portage Northern Forensics Team- This is the website for my forensics team it has lots of team information but also a forum for all forensicers to participate in and some great links to other sources.

The Metropolitain Opera- America's finest opera house, a guide to some of the greatest music and theatre in our countries history.

Musical Heavan- A guide to just about every musical ever written. It is an amazing data base.