EDUCATION: MATERIALS OF INTEREST TO SECONDARY LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS Compiled by Roz Van Auker

Periodicals of Special Interest Professional Associations Professional Standards/California State Frameworks Sample Curriculum/Personal Favorites

Background Information/Teacher Method Books Lists of Recommended Books Internet Starting Places Return to Library Homepage

Periodicals of Special Interest

Periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title on Floor 3 South.

California English California Reader Classroom Notes Plus English Journal (also available in JSTOR) Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (also available in Education Full Text) Reading and Writing Quarterly Reading Teacher (also available in Education Full Text) Voices from the Middle Articles on specific topics can be located searching the ERIC or the Education Full Text database.

Professional Associations

California Association of Teachers of English California Reading Association International Reading Association (IRA) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) http://www.cateweb.org http://www.californiareads.org http://www.reading.org http://www.ncte.org/homepage/

Professional Standards and California State Frameworks

California Reading and Literature Project (http://csmp.ucop.edu/crlp/) California Reading and Literature Project Sacramento http://www.csus.edu/crlp/sacramento/ California Writing Project (http://csmp.ucop.edu/cwp/) English Language Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve(1997)  http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/engmain.asp also at LB 3060.85 C3 R42 1998 English Language Development Standards  http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/englangart-stnd-pdf.asp also at Curric Guide Language Arts 0364 Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (2007) http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/ also at Curric Guide Language Arts 0456 Standards for the English Language Arts (NCTE)  http://www.ncte.org/store/books/standards/105977.htm Also at LB 1576 N274 1996 Standards in Practice, Grades 6-8 (NCTE)    LB 1576 .W48766 1996 Standards in Practice, Grades 9-12 (NCTE)   LB 1631 .S52 1996

Sample Curriculum/Personal favorites

Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers-Language Arts  A CSUS Guide http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/educ/LESSON.HTM#lan The Odyssey Theme: a Journey of Self-Discovery: Curriculum Guide Curric Guides Language Arts 9786 Strategic Teaching and Learning: Standards-Based Instruction to Promote Content Literacy in Grades Four Through Twelve (from the CA State Dept. of Ed.) Curric Guide Language Arts 0332 Peace Corps Voices From the Field: Reading and Writing About the World, Ourselves, and Others  (http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/guides/voices/index.html) World Literature: Sampling Four Continents, Thematic Approaches Curric Guides Language Arts 0169 Additional lesson plans and teaching strategies can be found by browsing in the curriculum guides on FLoor 2 South and in the language arts "method books" under call number LB 1631 on Floor 3 North. Use EUREKA (http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/) to locate additional curriculum materials, select ADVANCED SEARCH and limit to LOCATIONS "Curriculum Guides" or "Curriculum Nonprint" or "Curriculum Texts."

Background Information/Teacher Method Books

But Will it Work with Real Students?": Scenarios for Teaching Secondary English Language arts   LB 1361 A472 2003 California High School Exit Examination Program Resources http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/resources.asp Chases Calendar of Events. ref D11.5 C48 Crossing Over: Teaching Meaning-Centered Secondary English Language Arts LB 1631 F67 2002 The English Teacher's Companion: a Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession. PE 65 B87 2003 English Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Techniques and Materials for Grades 7-12  LB 1631 B672 1994 Great Films and How to Teach Them    PN 1993.7 C59 2004 I Read it But I Don't Get it: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers LB 1050.45 T68 2000 Ideas Plus: Practical Classroom Ideas by Teachers for Teachers (NCTE) LB 1631 .I34 Interdisciplinary Strategies for English and Social Studies Classrooms: Toward Collaborative Middle and Secondary Teaching  LB 1631 N69 1997 Middle School English Teacher's Guide to Active Learning  LB 1631 M53 2000 More Ways to Handle the Paper Load: on Paper and Online  LB 1631 M597 2005 The No-nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions LB 1576 .D2373 2003 Publishing with Students: a Comprehensive Guide  LB 3621 W39 2002 Teaching English Creatively   LB 1631 B797 1994 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who?  LB 1632 B54 1998 vol.1 The Tech-savvy English Classroom   LB 1631 .K23 2003 Secondary Teachers Guide to Free Curriculum Materials. ref LBZ 5817.2 E42 Writing Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques   LB 1631 .B774 2003

Lists of Recommended Books

Books for You: an Annotated Booklist for Senior High Students (NCTE). ref juv 028.5 .N27768c 2000 California Reading List Web Site Recommended books are arranged by reading level reading practice http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/readinglist.asp High/Low Handbook: Best Books and Web Sites for Reluctant Teen Readers. ref juv 028.5 .H 638 2002 Outstanding Books for the College Bound (American Library Association) http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/ also available at ref juv 028.5 O948 Reading Their World: the Young Adult Novel in the Classroom PS 42 .R4 2000 Recommended Literature (K-12) http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/ Your Reading: an Annotated Booklist for Middle School and Junior High (NCTE). ref juv 011.62 .N2776y 2003

Internet Starting Places

American Writing Gateway (http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/americanwritinggateway.htm) EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=4 Educator's Reference Desk/Language Arts http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts The English Teacher's Companion This supplements the book by the same name listed above. Lots of handy tools included http://www.englishcompanion.com Guide to Grammar and Writing (http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/) Indispensable Writing Resources (http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/) Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers/Language Arts This site provides K-12 teachers with connections to free lesson plans. Organized by subject. (/guides/rogenmoserd/educ/LESSON.HTM#lan) Outta Ray's Head http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/ ReadWriteThink Outstanding group of lesson plans and curriculum-oriented web resources for K-12 language arts http://www.readwritethink.org Schools of California On-line Resources for Education (SCORE) Language Arts (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cla.html) Web English Teacher (http://www.webenglishteacher.com/)

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Questions/comments to: vanaukerr@csus.edu; Roz Van Auker, Education/Social Science Reference Librarian, CSU, Sacramento rva/dr Last updated 6/07