8.   English Resources on the Web
http://www.umsl.edu/services/gwp/index.html
. . . everything for the English teacher, including lesson plans, other links, discussion groups, reading and writing resources for students and teachers, library collections and anthologies, ideas for integrating technology, and online writing lab resources for students.

9. NCTE's Notes Plus
http://www.ncte.org/notesplus/
. . . a newsletter well known for its practical ideas for teaching in the secondary classroom is published online by the National Council of the Teachers of English.

10. The English Server
http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/~RETTBESR/links.html
. . . humanities texts on topics ranging from poetry to rhetoric to Marxism . . .

11. DoubleTake Magazine
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/teachersguide/
. . . DoubleTake magazine has launced a Web site that can help teachers create lesson plans and students do research. This archive of poetry, photopgrohy, fiction and essays that have been published in the magazine explores subjects scuh as race, identity, and politics.

12. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute -- 1997, Vol. II, American Children's Literature
http://130.132.143.21/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/2/
. . . 12 curriculum units developed by teachers about a wide range of children's literature topics -- from read-alouds to bibliotherapy and many related to multicultural literature.

13. Database of Award-winning Children's Literature
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/childlit.html
. . . Lisa Bartle took a children's literature course and guess what she did for her project!  A search form enables you to search by keyword, and limit by a number of criteria including age of reader, format, setting, genre, ethnicity of protagonist, historical period, publication date, and award. Big on multicultural literature. This site is on The Children's Literature Ring, a number of sites designed for people who want to learn about children's books. Begin with this one and work your way around!

 

 

But Do We Have to Wear Sandals? Paideia Comes to YA Literature!

http://www.writinglife.org/cris/archive3C.htm
Paideia Seminar on Web

Enough. I like the paedeia thing, but I keep seeing the sandaled, white robed Jesuses and Platos and Moseses discoursing under the elms (in the grove). Can we find something else to call it?

Also, that Greek root has the same pejorative connotations the word Pedagogy has taken on for me (bureaucratically required credits on a transcript which often mean nothing). DM

National Paideia Center Website: http://www.paideia.org/

http://www.paideia.org/html/philosophy3.html
The Three Columns of Instruction:  Didactic Instruction, Intellectual Coaching, Paideia Seminar

Paideia Principles: http://www.paideia.org/html/philosophy3.html

Seminars through the Grade Levels:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/Paideia/paideia.html goto Teacher Resources and then down to "The Seminar through the Ages."

http://www.paideia.org/html/philosophy2.html
The Twelve Principles

 

Sites for Literature Circles

 

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/circle/litcir.html
Clear, comprehensive treatment of literature circles

 

School in Australia's Application of Literature Circles (& WebQuests)
http://www.trinity.intime-online.net/school/mapitlit.htm

Sample circles
http://www.trinity.intime-online.net/school/mapitlit_grid.htm

Timeslip Literature Circle http://www.trinity.intime-online.net/school/lit_circles/timeslip.htm

Grit Lit   http://www.trinity.intime-online.net/school/lit_circles/grit_lit.htm

Units
http://www.trinity.intime-online.net/school/mapit_grid.htm

Book Lists  http://www.ibaccalte.schools.net.au/home/lboon/year8.htm 

 

Literaturecircles.com
http://literaturecircles.com/
New website devoted only to literature circles

Daniels's Book on Literature Circles
http://www.merlynspen.com/circles.html

Literature Study Circles in a Multicultural Classroom http://users.bentonrea.com/~krimsten/literature_circles.htm
Helpful suggestions/descriptions of roles and responsibilities

 

 

Lee's Contributions:

 

Building a Reading Resource for Teen Readers in Upper High School

As part of her research, Lee Baldwin (YAL Spring 1999) annotated this guide to lists and sources of lists for selecting relevant reading materials for Young Adults.

  The American Library Association’s YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Website
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
An excellent resource for teachers who are trying to guide their teen readers in their book selections. In addition to publishing reviews of the current Alex Awards winners ("the top 10 adult books for teenagers published during a calendar year"), YALSA provides a list of "Outstanding Books for the College Bound" with annotations. YALSA also offers"Quick Picks forReluctant Young Adult Readers 1999"http://www.ala.org/yalso/booklists/quickpicks99.html.   This site focuses on books published within the past 18 months. It offers author, title, publishing and purchasing information, and a one-sentence review. Because it is aimed at "the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read" and because the list does not go further in describing its criteria for selection, this is a fair starting point. However, it does not offer the perspective of the young adult reader herself in the selection.

  Teen Ink
http://teenink.com
A magazine "written by teens for teens". The 56-page print publication is distributed monthly and has published the works of over 20,000 students. Online you can find a wide variety of topics addressed, including reviews of books, colleges, movies, and music, that are of genuine interest to young adults. A teacher who wants to find books for her students that they will truly enjoy would be wise to explore these authentic reports, written in the language and appealing to the interests of young readers. Students who are eager to see their own reviews published should also be encouraged to submit them here.

  The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
"An educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information." Through this site, you can access "youth" and "teen" sites that provide further links to a wide variety of resources for reading, entertainment, and research. A related site, The Book Bag, http://www.teenreads.com, offers book reviews for young adult readers, reading lists by grade level, and collections of titles , such as "100 Must Read Teen Books". The books that are featured are usually current and of high interest to young adults. For example, a recent review of A Night Without Armor, Jewel's recent collection of poetry, is targeted directly at her large music audience. Unlike TeenInk, though, these reviews are written by adults, and so, though they may be thorough, they may not have the ring of authenticity that characterizes the "by teens for teens" magazine.

  Pioneer Picks – Contemporary Adolescent Literature http://www.ced.appstate.edu/whs/picks.htm
A successful page that is accomplishing one of the major goals of this project. Mr. Rinka’s 9^th grade Honors English class has read and composed reviews of over 50 popular young adult books. The students award each reviewed work up to five stars, design a book cover, and write a review that addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the book, its appeal, and its messages. Their work is an inspiration for those of us who are just beginning this process.

  ADOL, the Adolescent Directory Online of the University of Indiana Center for Adolescent Studies, has a collection of electronic resources exclusively for teens, called Teens Only!, http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/teen.html. This page offers access to a wide variety of interest areas for teens, but it is particularly valuable in listing Teen ‘Zines, including Teen Writers, a zine for teens who want to see their work published.

  Reading Rants
http://www.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/info.htm, by Jennifer Hubert, and Favorite Teenage Angst Books, http://www.grouchy.com/angstbooks.html, by Cathy Young, are a pair of sites that present young adult books selected by older adult readers just because they are "favorites". The good news is that the reviews are short-enough and long-enough and appealing-enough for teen readers who are seeking young adult books on "difficult" subjects. Favorite Teenage Angst Books is an affiliate of Powells.com, an online bookstore that offers new and used books and a competitor for B&N and Amazon. This site is particularly useful because the books are listed by category, which makes reader selection easier. The sense is that these are "crossover" lists that will introduce younger readers to books that they will enjoy as adults (and that adults will enjoy, too).

  SmartGirl Book Reviews
http://www.smartgirl.com/pages/books/youngadult.html. "SmartGirl believes that every issue is a women's issue, and it would be impossible to make a list of sites that addressed all the information that girls and women need." This site provides a terrific collection of short reviews by teens of favorite titles. SmartGirl is a wonderful site, with a female bias but with an acknowledgment of the interests of young adults of both genders. As their home page asserts, "SmartGirl is devoted to promoting media either designed for or made by girls and women. We don't promote much co-ed media--we can't do everything! PLEASE don't think this means we don't want girls going out and doing whatever they want to in life! Women can do anything, and boys are welcome to visit SmartGirl as well." Highly recommended for its authenticity.

Plus . . . .
  Free Youth Internet – Links Page
www.oblivion.net/~fyi/links.html
This is just an interesting site. It provides links to an astonishing variety of "free youth" sites that provide a voice for defiant teens. I included this just to pique your curiosity.

Check back for an update with info on the website of student-authored reviews that Lee's classes will publish.

Author:  Lee Baldwin