UEN is great for students because it is a "safe" site that contains endless resources to help them succeed in school. Pioneer Library's resources are great for an English class; students can easily use them for research. Argumentative, persuasive, and research papers can be difficult to write, especially when students use a general Internet search engine to look for sources. By using The World Book Encyclopedia and EBSCO host, or The Desert News, or CultureGrams as sources for credible information, students can back up their claims or opinions with fact and write stronger papers as a result.
Learning in the English classroom can also be expanded and enhanced through Interactives. I came across the ComicCreator on readwritethink. It's pretty much what it states--an interactive that students can use to create comics. They can choose how many frames they want (1-6) and then use props, speech bubbles, and the caption box to tell a story. I think this would be a really cool/fun way for students to retell in their own words a story, play, or book that we are reading in class.
The Core Curriculum is essential for teachers. I have a hard copy in my school bag, but it's nice to know I can find it easily on UEN just in case I don't happen to have it with me.
I found several lesson plans for English and also discovered a lesson plan tool which is accessible from my personal UEN page. This tool is awesome as it takes you through the steps of creating a lesson plan. You can choose the time span, grade, curriculum tie--basically anything you need to create a lesson. It asks you to fill information in the blanks and then puts it all together. So cool! And what a time saver.
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