Resources For Teachers:
English, Language Arts, and Humanities


Sites
|| Organizations & Standards || Journals || Books || Online Reference || Directories of Educational Websites

Sites

Alex: a Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet

Beyond Nancy Drew: Girls' Literature

BIBLIOMANIA: Online Literature and Reference


Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication


Diary Project


Education Index: Literature Resources

Favorite Poem Project

Internet and the Humanities: The Human Side of Networking


On-line Books Page


Perseus Digital Library

Project Bartleby: Great Books Online


Project Gutenberg


Yahoo Directory: Authors - Young Adult

Organizations & Standards

International Reading Association

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

National Council of Teachers of English

   includes Standards


Journals

BU has digital access to approximately 35,000 current journals. Additionally, BU has
print subscriptions to about 10,000 journals.

To determine if we have a journal available electronically, search the
eJournal Locator. To find out if we have a print copy of a journal, search the Library's
Catalog
. Both of these search tools may be found on the top page of the Library's
Website
.

The best way to find journal articles on a particular topic or by a
particular author is to search appropriate databases. The primary
databases in Education are listed on, and accessible from, the Education
eResources Guide
.

 

Books

Library Catalog Subject Headings:

English Language -- Study and Teaching
English Language -- Study and Teaching (Elementary)
Language Arts (Elementary)
Language Arts (Middle School)
Language Arts (Secondary)
Literature -- Study and Teaching (Elementary)

Selected List of Titles

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
Education LB1576 .B486 2007

Claim of Language: a Case for the Humanities
Mugar B29 .F96 2004

Classroom Literacy Assessment : Making Sense of What Students Know and Do
Education LB1576 .C5636 2007

Comprehensive Literacy Instruction in Today's Classrooms : The Whole, the Parts, and the Heart
Education LB1576 .N38 2006

Creating Literacy-Rich Preschools and Kindergartens
Education LB1140.5.L3 S63 2008

Early Childhood Language Arts
Education LB1140.5.L3 J35 2007

ERS Focus on Supporting English Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms
Education PE1128.A2 .E72 2007

A Handbook for Literacy Instructional and Assessment Strategies, K-8
Education LB1576 .A627 2006

Helping Young Children Learn Language and Literacy : Birth through Kindergarten
Education LB1140.5.L3 V85 2008

Instructional Assessment of English Language Learners in the K-8 Classroom
Education LB1576 .B585 2007

An Integrated Language Perspective in the Elementary School; An Action Approach
Education LB1576 .P257 2006

Integrating Language Arts through Literature and Thematic Units
Education LB1576 .R634 2006

Language Minority Students in American Schools: an Education in English
Mugar LC3731 .A576 2005

Literacy for Life
Education LB1576 .N8445 2007

Literature-Based Reading Activities
Education LB1573 .Y67 2006

Once Upon a Fact : Helping Children Write Nonfiction
Education LB1576 .J39 2006

Reading/Writing Connections in the K-2 Classroom : Find the Clarity and then Blur the Lines
Education LB1528 .M47 2006

Storytime : Young Children's Literary Understanding in the Classroom
Mugar LB1576 .S457 2008

Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle with Reading : Practical Strategies
Education LB1632 .M62 2006

Teaching Word Recognition : Effective Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties
Education LB1050.45 .O26 2007

What Every Teacher Should Know about English Language Learners
Education Reference LC3731 .H33 2004

Word Sorts and More : Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K-3
Education LB1181.2 .G36 2006

Writing in Rhythm : Spoken Word Poetry in Urban Classrooms
Mugar LB1631 .F57 2007

Online Reference Sources

Reference Shelf

Tim Lewontin's outstanding collection of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.

Desktop Reference

Ruth Thomas' excellent guide to ready reference on the Internet. In addition to resources of interest to academic researchers, this site includes quick links to almanacs, careers information, sports information, telephone directories, timelines, weather, zip code directories, etc.

Bartleby's

Search a wide variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works including:

American Heritage Book of English Usage

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Columbia Encyclopedia

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

 

Directories of Educational Websites

ALA's Great Sites for Kids

Blue Web'n Applications Library

Busy Teacher's Web Site

Education World

Images, Illustrations, Reproductions

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kidlink

Scout Report

Yahoo: K-12 Education

Linda Plunket (plunket@bu.edu)
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