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Language Arts 6-12 Resource Links

DPISD Language Arts Curriculum

Scope and Sequence and TEKS for the district's Language Arts classes.

**TEKS and Student Expectations

The framework developed by the state of Texas to provide guidelines and expectations for teaching.

**Information Booklets

This document provides a blueprint for the TAKS test, a list of the objectives that will be covered and sample questions at each level.

Harris County Department of Education

This website offers training opportunities and descriptions of courses available to teachers and administrators.

American Library Association

ALA offers professional services and publications to members and nonmembers, including online news stories from American libraries and analysis of crucial issues from the  Washington .

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Worldwide, educators must have access to quality research to understand how their methods affect student achievement. ASCD offers resources that synthesize research findings and provide specific strategies for applying those findings in the classroom.

Region IV EducationServiceCenter

Region 4 Education Service Center is the largest of 20 state service centers established by the Texas Legislature in 1967 to provide school districts with professional development training and technical assistance that support statewide goals for school improvement.

Texas Education Agency

The mission of the Texas Education Agency is to provide leadership, guidance, and resources to help schools meet the educational needs of all students.

Texas State Reading Association

For over 30 years, the primary purpose of TSRA has been to improve the level of literacy quality in the State of Texas .

 

Caldecott Medal and Newbery Award

This project deals with the award origins, criteria, medal descriptions, and award books for Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In addition, we give more information in WWW for those people who are interested in these award books and other kids information.

Eduscapes

This web page will help you explore some online resources related to literacy, themes, literature circles, technology, and learning.

Components of Effective Reading/Writing Instruction K-8

This web page will help you explore some online resources related to literacy, themes, literature circles, technology, and learning.

Literature Circles Research Center

Literature circles provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books.

NWREL Assessment guides

This website provides sample papers and scoring guides for 6 Traits writing.

**Jim Burke's English Companion Website

This website provides access to lesson plans, links, reading and writing graphic organizers and many other helpful classroom suggestions.

**Poetry 180

This website provides a poem a day that is suitable for use with high school students. The poems were collected by former poet laureate, Billy Collins.

**Marco Polo

Provides the highest quality standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students. You will find lesson plans, links and a wealth of materials for your classroom. The lessons, web resources and student materials are amazing!