English Language Arts Academic Content Standards for Ohio

Ohio Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology, Arts, Foreign Language, Library

Comparison between Ohio Academic Content Standards and Proficiency Learning Outcomes

American Rhetoric offers a dynamic database of public and significant American political speeches, sermons, lectures, debates, interviews and media events, in print and, for some, in short audio clips. Over 50 Hollywood movie speeches are also available as MP3 files. Specific to the Underground Railroad, the site includes Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Frederick Douglass on "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery," and Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?".

Guide the Grammar and Writing has online help for any grammar issue, along with an opportunity for individuals to ask a question. The site goes beyond classroom grammar and punctuation, to include clarity in writing to avoid reader confusion; writer's block; building your vocabulary; an online dictionary; advice on creating PowerPoint presentations; grammar quizzes and much more.

Edsitement is presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities and brings online "humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom."

Aphorisms Galore! provides witty sayings for any writing task. Choose by category, author or use the search engine provided for the site.

Authors & Illustrators of Children's Books Living in Ohio was created by the Ohio Center for the Book to provide one source for contact information for authors and illustrators living in the state.

Chiasmus: Bringing Quotations into your Life is a website for "word, language and quotation lovers." Chiasmus is a figure of speech, defined by Webster as "a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases." The definition becomes clear as you peruse the website.

SpellWeb is an evolving experiment in 'sidesifting' the Web for useful patterns of information. While it can be useful, it is also for fun and the results are not guaranteed. If you enter two misspellings of a word, it will show you which one is more popular, though neither one is right.

American Verse Project (pre-1920 poetry) is an archive "made up of 19th century poetry, although a few 18th century and early 20th century texts are included. The full text of each volume is being converted into digital form." The site provides several different ways to access the poetry you seek.

National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement is a resource for educators who want information or study results on teaching English.

National Council of Teachers of English website features the latest information from NCTE.

QuoteLand is a comprehensive website providing quotations for papers, speeches and general interest.

New York Times Learning Network offers connections for teachers, students and parents in such areas as test prep question of the day, lesson of the day (along with a search option for something more specific), and conversation starters for parents with monosylabic children.

Newspapers in Education - Cincinnati keeps to its goal of providing students the opportunity to incorporate a newspaper in their daily lives with timely lesson plans and other resources for teachers.

The Write Site - ThinkTV is a language arts website designed for middle school students in which students take on the role of journalists in researching and writing.

Writing the Journey is an online journal writing workshop which provides journal writing exercises, concepts, features and resources.

PBS Kids Share a Story is "a national literacy campaign designed to inspire adults to help millions of children develop language and literacy skills through daily activities, including book reading, drawing, storytelling, rhyming and singing."

Children's Literature Web Guide is a one-stop resource that gathers together and categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.

Gutenberg Project is the Internet's "oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts)." Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded and read, and redistributed for non-commercial use.

The Biography Maker is an online service that helps you create interesting text from simple facts and pieces of information. Students and others who use the service won't be handed a completed project, but they will be inspired to write well by answering questions posed in each unit.

Federal Resources for Education Excellence - Language Arts Websites provides a dynamic, updated list of subject-specific websites with descriptions of what can be expected at each site.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication has closed, but public domain materials and lessons are still available at this website. You can search the thirty-seven years of information in the database, check out online education and web resources and a number of other language arts-related materials.

Read, Write, Think is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation designed to "provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content."

International Reading Association has information related to topics and issues in reading and a page of literacy links and education links for teachers to explore. Parents and Educators can go directly to IRA Teaching Tools or to a wider range of web resources.

The Gateway - Language Arts Lessons is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

International Children's Digital Library selects, collects, digitizes, and organizes children's materials in their original languages. Children ages three to thirteen have access to 324 books online.

Library In the Sky - Language Arts Links is a database of interesting and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education.

National Council of Teachers of English features information and resources for English teachers.

Mid-Continent Regional Education Laboratory offers educators field-based research, training, technical assistance, evaluation and information resources.

All America Reads is an ongoing nationwide project "designed to encourage reading and discussion. The project selects a novel and provides numerous lesson plans and resources for educators and students."

Columbia Education Center presents Language Arts lesson plans. Scroll down the page to get to those for grades six through eight.

Kids Newsroom provides students, parents and educators "a safe, interactive and educational internet learning environment."

New York Times Learning Network connects to students, teachers and parents through a variety of subjects, including language arts.

American Library Association and the Young Adult Library Services Association presents Teen Reading, containing resources, recommended reading and tips to encourage reading.

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 -- all great ways to encourage kids to read.

Middle Web has links to hundreds of articles and websites about curriculum, teaching strategies, teacher professional development, parent involvement, and classroom assessment.

Partnership for Reading offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. The site offers information on phonics, comprehension and vocabulary.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence offers links to a wide variety of resources on the web for teachers and students, including grammar, history, literature, phonics, reading writing, spelling and story telling.