• Saskatchewan Education's ELA Curriculum Page for Middle Level (Grades 6-9)
• WWW Objects Elementary - from Sask. Learning comes this bank of links suitable for elementary school teachers and their students. These links support the Saskatchewan curriculum and are organized by subject, grade, and unit/strand. There is a short description of what you will find when you link to the object, as well as the site name and address
  • Grade 6 English Language Arts
  • Grade 7 English Language Arts
  • Grade 8 English Language Arts
• WWW Objects High School - Created by teachers for teachers, World Wide Web Objects High School is a fabulous collection links to www resources relevant to the Saskatchewan Evergreen High School Curriculum. The links on this site are organized by subject and grade or unit/strand. You will find a short description of the www object as well as the site name and address.
• ELA Recommended and Curriculum Specific Web Sites - Saskatchewan Education's forum through its homepage on the World Wide Web for teachers to share interesting internet sites.
• English Online Resource Centre - from New Zealand comes this extensive online learning centre for teachers and students. The site includes lesson plans, unit plans and web quests in English.
• Language and Literacy – A Canadian Educational E-Journal – An online Journal for Educators interested in a broad range of literacy issues encompassing research and teaching in multimedia, print, and oracy.
• The National Council of Teachers of English - is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
• Reading Language Arts - This is the Montomery County Public Schools Web Site in Maryland, U.S.A. Its Instructional Program in Reading/Language Arts and English is based on current research about language, language learning, and effective instruction, and addresses both content and process.
• League of Canadian Poets - the Web Site of the national association of professional publishing and performing poets in Canada. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and nurture a professional poetic community to facilitate the teaching of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the audience for poetry by encouraging publication, performance and recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally.
• Kathy Schrock"s Guide for Educators - Literature and Language Arts - This is the ELA section of a great site providing many resources, reference materials, and links to other lesson plan sites.
• Reading and Language Arts Resources - This is an annotated directory of reading and language arts sites found on the World Wide Web.
• Read-Write-Think - from the International Reading Association (IRA) comes this excellent site dedicated to providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. The site contains detailed lesson plans k-12, web resources, and student materials.
• Web English Teacher - Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.
• Schoolnet Resource Page - A collection of links to resources for English language arts teachers.
• The Teacher's Desk - a resource designed for teachers of grades five and six. There are lots of lesson plan ideas and classroom activities. Most are original ideas from the webmaster, while others have been shared with The Desk via e-mail.
• Writing-Plagiarism Advice for Teachers - Ever wonder if a students' writing is original? Here is some advice and suggestions that may help students avoid plagiarism.
• A Language Arts Website For Middle School Students - Grades 5-8 - A comprehensive list of Web Sites to visit dealing with many aspects of Language Arts Teaching at the Middle Years Level.
• Elementary Themes - Literature Circles - a series of links outlining all aspects of using Literature Circles as a Strategy in your classroom
• Elementary Themes - Newspapers in the Classroom - a series of links outlining all aspects of using the Newspaper as a Strategy in your classroom
• Reading Suggestions for High School Boys - This is not a comprehensive reading list but does give some ideas as to what books may entice boys to read more.
• Teachervision.com - a searchable database of lesson plans where you can specify middle years students and the subject area. Requires registration
• Teachers.net - another searchable database of lesson plans where you can specify middle years students and the subject area.
• Childdrama.com - This is the homepage of Matt Buchanan, playwright and drama teacher. The link chosen contains lesson plans for children of all ages, categorized by Age Level, Lesson Type, and Content. An excellent site for drama ideas.
• Booktalks - Quick and Simple - A database that contains approximately 600 short booktalks that can be used by school library media specialists and teachers. The database is indexed by author, title, subject, and interest level. Also includes bibliographical information for the books.
• Carol Hursts - Children's Literature Site - This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
• English Grammar and Style Theme Page - This "Theme Page" has links to information about English Grammar and Style. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) and reference materials (e.g., style books) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.
• Theme Book Lists - from CanTeach comes this list of books organized by theme and arranged alphabetically by title. Each title has a suggested grade level.
• eThemes - eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms. Scroll the list either by subject or grade to find links to ELA Resources. You may also use the Search feature to find specific titles or materials.
• Teaching Tips - Reading Comprehension Strategies - These sites offer various strategies to improve reading comprehension for students at all grade levels. Includes many online stories and questions to test reading comprehension. There is a reading comprehension inventory and research articles on this topic. Many pages can be printed out and used in the classroom. Some of the tips include KWL charts, story maps, word maps, and story pyramids. There are also links to eThemes Resources on graphic organizers, guided reading, and literature circles.
• Teaching Tips: Literature Circles - These sites explain the benefits of using literature circles to have students discuss books. Includes tips and handouts on how to organize the groups, how to lead discussions, and how to assess student participation. Learn about the different student roles and their discussion duties. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on guided reading.
• Teaching Tips: Guided Reading - These sites offer information about guided reading for primary and upper elementary grade levels. Read a case study, plus see how teaching strategies and tips have been implemented in different classrooms. Topics include the Four Blocks teaching method with emphasis on the guided reading and self-selected reading blocks. Also learn how to assign levels to books.
• Readers Theatre - These sites are about Readers Theatre. Learn how to use readers theater in the classroom to promote an interest in literature. There are tips on how to adapt stories to scripts. Includes many sample scripts. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on online stories that can be adapted into scripts, plus a link to drama for students.
• Newspapers: Classroom Activities - These sites offer numerous ideas for using newspapers in the classroom. The suggested activities include using newspapers to teach concepts in subject areas such as language arts, social studies, and math. Includes information about media literacy skills. There are links to eThemes Resources on news sites for kids and news production.
• Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms - These sites include tips on creating a newspaper for elementary classrooms. There's information on interviewing, writing and photography. Includes sites on advertising and circulation. There are also activity ideas for using newspapers as a teaching tool.
• Literature: Award Winners - These sites are about children's and young adult's literature awards. Includes information about several awards such as the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpre, Michael L. Printz, Best Books for Young Adults, and more. Learn about the history of the awards and see the winners from the current and previous years. eThemes on the Show Me and Mark Twain award winners are included.
• Links to ideas for Book Week activities can be found at Book Week Celebrations.
• Education Place - from Houghton Mifflin comes this searchable database of lesson plans by Topic and Theme
• Teacher Links - from studyguide.org comes a set of links for teachers outlining many areas applicable to the teaching of English Language Arts

• Evergreen Curriculum's English Language Arts 6-9: A Bibliography for the Middle Level - This bibliography is a multi-resource listing of materials that have been evaluated by Saskatchewan educators and are considered appropriate for support of the English Language Arts Curriculum for the Middle Level. The purpose of this listing is to provide teachers with suggested starting points toward building a wide range of suitable instructional materials.
• Time Allocation - Saskatchewan Education has set out guidelines for the amount of time that must be allocated to Language Arts at each grade level.
• English Language Arts K-9: Learning Resource Materials Update - A Bibliography and Distributor Directory of materials recently evaluated by Saskatchewan Educators for support of K-9 English Language Arts. Note this is a 55 page PDF file and contains some blank pages.
• English Language Arts for the Middle Level - An Information Bulletin for Administrators - The effective implementation of Middle Level English Language Arts (ELA) will require the ongoing support and commitment of school administrators. This document is designed to provide administrators with information and assistance in order that they can be active participants in the implementation process.
• STF - Teaching Materials Centre - Online access to approximately 450 lesson plans, unit plans, games, and activities that have been prepared by teachers are available for borrowing from the Teaching Materials Centre. This link takes you to the Middle Years English Resources.
• Kindergarten to Grade 9 English Language Arts Resources - An Annotated Bibliography (June 2001) This annotated Bibliography by the governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories. It is a list of resources and book collections selected to date through the Western Canadian Protocol (WCP) review process.

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