Showing posts with label high school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high school. Show all posts

38 Sites for High School Lesson Plans

5:04 PM discovery

Hopefully these web sites offer every high school teacher some great lesson plans
for their subject area. The links should bring you directly to the "high school" 
section. I tried to label those sites which did not offer browsing by grade level. 
Even though it's not even August yet, it's never too early to start gathering some 
great ideas. You will also notice that I just added the "high school" tab at the top
of the blog.



Cybersmart! Student Curriculum- covers cyberbullying,
Internet safety, digital citizenship


Free ESL Lessons to Download- nice listing includes Word
documents, PDFs, MP3 files







Lesson Planet- over 200,000 reviewed; can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Central- can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Megasearch- search (3) directories. including TeAchnology, LessonPlanz
and Virginia's site for educators

Lesson Plan Search-can't browse by grade level



Lesson Plans by Veteran Teachers- browse by subject only



McRel Lesson Plans- can't browse by grade level



NY Times Daily Lesson Plan- browse by category only



Spanish Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology



TeacherPlanet- short list

Teachers.net Lesson Plans- long list of all high school lesson plans

Teachers Network- high school ESL lessons





These Kids Mean Busine$$- for business teachers


Why I Order Graphic Novels for the Library

9:30 AM discovery
I know that there are many teacher-librarians and media specialists who do not feel that graphic novels have a place in the school library. I've heard comments such as "They're the same as comic books!" and "High school students shouldn't be reading picture books". Today's digital learners are constantly preoccupied with visual stimuli, including video games, computers, TV, movies and cell phones that it's no wonder that our book circulation statistics have shown a decline in the last few years.

Problem #1- Dealing with kids who say they hate reading
That always hurts to hear, but I'd rather they were reading a magazine or a graphic novel, because then they would at least be reading, right?

Problem #2- Special education students who have various problems
I have students who not only have ADD, they dislike reading. (see problem #1) Cool pictures in a graphic novel can possibly keep their interest, especially if the artwork is awesome. The books I have purchased include a few Twilight Zone stories, classic novels (Beowolf, Frankenstein) and Anime.

Here are a few articles about graphic novels in the school library:
How Graphic Novels Thrive in High School Libraries: A Discussion 
2011 Great Graphic Novels for Kids- from ALA
Graphic Novels, Seriously- from SLJ
Must Have Graphic Novels Secondary





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