Test Preparation Materials from New Jersey
Specifications and sample questions NJASK(ESPA). GEPA, HSPA

Sample ESPA, GEPA tests and scoring guides published by DOE (needs Adobe Acrobat reader) 

HSPA Tutorial  great resource
Click on each of the 5 cluster areas for sample questions for HSPAand GEPA.  SRA practice also available

HSPA Student Preparation Booklet 

Picture Prompt Library and instructions for creating your own (Check item #6 for the library of picture prompts)  More picture/writing prompts, -- lower grade picture/writing prompts

Writing Prompts (Grades 1 -8)  Paragraph a Week (middle school writing prompts)

Writing handouts -  grammar and writing review and practice activities (Example: To Comma or Not to Comma)
Peer editing forms - Example Persuasive edit checklist
Hougton Mifflin language arts games (k-5)  example: Power Proofreading

 Sample Tests from other states. (most need Adobe)

Great literature (cyberguides) units. K-12 and bilingual

Story Units from Tennessee - super elementary site!

LessonPlanz.com - book activities 9-12, language arts activities,  Figurative language

Bantam Double Day teacher's guides to literature

Random House Guides to Literature

Language Arts Treasures from FreshPond

Language Arts Lessons and activities -ready to use or copy and paste the parts you want 

Read - Write - Think - resources for language arts and reading instruction   List of Interactive activities
Examples: Cartoon Creator,  Letter Generator,  Literary Concept Maker, Stapleless book with planning sheet,
Character analysis tool (with Lesson plan)

Children's Literature Authors -
Another set of links to Children's Authors Homepages ---   Jan Brett's Homepage

PBS Teacher Source - select level and topic


Sites that publish student work on the web
Poetry.com --Publish your poem and email it to others

TeenInk -

KidAuthors.com --publish stories and poetry

EdSitement: - language arts and literature

Web quests --(Click on "top", "middling" and "new" at the bottom of the menu on left)  
Even More Webquests - created by teachers from all over the country
Check these new webquests literature links
Florida State English Education Webquests

Biography Maker --

   Search MarcoPolo for lesson plans 
by grade and subject area.

Easy Test Maker - create and then print

Create your own online interactive tests

Language Arts Teacher Activity Bank
(Graphic organizers, Forms for reports and journals, Rubrics and more),   Graphic organizer makers  Example: Concept Map Generator, Create Venn Diagrams

Online Vocabulary Drill

Word Central - Dictionary and vocabulary activities

Interactive activities  Purdue Online Writing Lab


The English Room

ESL

ESL Listening Lab -   Dave's ESL Cafe (Resource for ESL teachers) 
Puzzles for ESL --  More Links for ESL --
eslGold.com organized list of hundreds of links in speaking,
pronunciation, reading, idioms, and much more for all levels of ESL

Stories from around the world

European festivals and traditions 

Folk and Fairy Tales - some with sound

On-line collection of Aesops and other Fables

Houghton Mifflin Education Place (Examples: English grades K-5,  Writing Rubrics
Scholastic Home PageScottForesman - reading
Random House for Kids - Dr. Seuss and lots more Random House Teacher's Guides -

Fourth and Fifth Grade Resource Page (not only for these grades!)

Printable worksheets (grades 3-5)  Very good activities for Reading Comprehension and English Basics-  

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Online - Gameaday -

Everyday Spelling - online activities

Literary Explorer - English Links & guides for literature

Spark Notes (Like Cliff notes but free- Written by Harvard students)

Novelguide.com - free source for literary analysis

Homework Spot - high school English, Middle School English, Elementary English

The 5 W's of Cyberspace - how to evaluate a web site

Citing Internet Sources (Rules for creating citations)

Online Citation Tool- select from menu on left - Fill in the information and the citation will be created ready to be copied and pasted into your document.  APA or MLA

Link to Learn - Interactive lessons for all grades and subject areas example: Trial of Hamlet

Resources for elementary teachers & worksheets

Theater History on the Web

American Writers

Shakespeare connection -- Shakespeare on the Internet

Interactive, talking books from Alfy  (needs relatively fast connection and flash/shockwave)

Simile Satellite interactive activity
Listen and write poetry

Holiday and  season activities and clip art  (Kids Domain - Excellent links keyed to holidays throughout the year)
Personalized Stories -Fill in the blanks and create your own story

PBS Kids Create a Story

FunBrain Online Word Games-

Nursery Rebus Rhymes,    

Spelling Practice rules and activities

Visual Thesaurus -

Interactive Stories and quizzes with sound from Digital Education Network