 Acronym Finder
 - Offers acronyms and abbreviations.- Burns National Heritage Park
- Museum and park in Alloway, Scotland, the birthplace of famous 18th century poet Robert Burns. Includes a guide to the park, a biography of Burns, and activity sheets for teachers and educators.
- Caring Kids
- Series of stories by Irma Ghosn, addressing issues such as environment, ecology, human rights, tolerance, peace, and social responsibility.
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
- Reviews of great books for kids. Plus activities to teach particular subjects, curriculum areas, and themes.
- Celebrating Cultural Diversity Through Children's Literature
- Annotated bibliography of multicultural children's books for elementary school teachers. Also offers links to related web sites.
- Children's Poems and Teaching Resources
- Poems, competitions, interviews, ideas, and resources.
- Dreampad
- Presents titles from the Fund for Global Awakening, including an anthology, Children's Inspirational Poetry, and the Language of the Awakened Heart Classroom Poetry Guide.
- Edward Ardizzone Teacher Resource File
- Links to biographical information, lesson plans, and analysis.
- English Resources
- Offers free teaching and revision resources.
- English Teaching in the United Kingdom
- Offers a forum for teachers as well as gathering and publishing ideas and resources about teaching this subject.
- Falcon Education Link
- Offers a guide to Macbeth and links to valuable education sites for students and teachers.
- Film Education
- Supports primary and secondary teachers and students using film and new media across the National Curriculum.
- FRET's English Teaching Resources, Lesson Plans & Schemes of Work
- Provides teaching resources, lesson plans, and schemes of work for teachers of English language and literature at secondary level.
- High School Teachers at Random House
- Provides teacher's guides, book recommendations, author profiles, and professional resources.
- J. K. Rowling Teacher Resource File
- J.K. Rowling resources include links to biographical information, criticism, lesson plans, and more.
- J.M. Barrie Teacher Resource File
- Offers links to biographies, lesson plans, and e-texts.
- Janet and Allan Ahlberg Teacher Resource File
- Biographies, bibliography, and lesson plans for the works of Janet and Allan Ahlberg, including Funnybones, The Jolly Postman, and Each Peach Pear Plum.
- Judith Gunn
- Offers resources for teachers of media studies at AS and A2. Includes lesson plans, schemes of work, entertainment information, lectures, and an ebook, Angelmaker.
- Kids on the Net
- A place for kids to publish their writing online.
- Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America
- Library of Congress exhibit which traces American authors and their description of place. Organised by region.
- Lear, Limericks, & Literature
- Creative writing lesson plans introducing the student to Lear's limericks and zany rhymes.
- Literacy Matters
- Provides literacy training and resources for school and home. Includes lesson plans, advice, news, and more.
- Literacy Teaching Ideas
- Writing, reading, speaking, and listening ideas for primary schoo teachers.
- Literature Circles Resource Center
- Provides in-depth information and resources on literature circles for elementary and middle school teachers. Includes overview, structure, discussion formats, and extension projects.
- MyBookPal
- Create your own personal online book diary. Track the books you've read, rate your recently read books, and find reviews on books by genre.
- NovelGuide.com
- Provides an introduction to literary analysis.
- Online Poetry Classroom
- From The Academy of American Poets. Encourages the development of new poetry curricula and teaching strategies by high school language arts teachers.
- PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature
- Includes lesson plans, online activities, classroom resources, and professional development projects for Art, Language Arts, and English teachers.
- Poetry 180
- Library of Congress collection featuring a poem a day for American high school students.
- Poetry Teachers
- Resources for teaching poetry, including lesson plans, performance tips, and activities. Learn how to inspire a love of poetry in your students and teach kids how to write different types of poems.
- Poetryclass
- Offers training for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom.
- Poets.org: Great Poems to Teach
- Teachers submit poems they recommend for teaching to high school students.
- Poets.org: Songs My Teacher Taught Me
- From the Academy of American Poets. Offers three lesson plans intended to guide students through approximately one month of poetry study.
- QuotationReference.com
- Offers an online dictionary of quotations.
- Roald Dahl Fans
- Resources for students, teachers, and fans including biographical information, book and movie details, lesson plans, and homework help.
- Scholastic.com: Write a Book Review
- Online workshop outlining the steps to writing a book review, with advice from author Rodman Philbrick. Find writing tips and guidelines for revising your paper.
- Shakespeare and the Globe
- Provides background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions.
- Shakespearean Homework Helper
- Teaching & Learning Celebrations
- Compilation of literary resources, teaching methods, and other useful information.
- Teachit.co.uk - English Teaching Online
- Provides resources for Primary, Secondary and F.E. English, Drama, and Media Studies teachers.
- thewordzone
- Leicestershire County Council's literacy web pages for teachers, pupils and parents.
- Web English Teacher
- Offers a directory of online lesson plans, web quests, texts, study guides, and more.
- Writing a Book Report
- Find step-by-step advice on how to write a book report. Includes information on typical book report formats, advice on developing, drafting, and writing your paper, and links.
- Writing With Writers: Poetry Writing
- Activities and lesson plans for teaching poetry writing to children, including suggestions from Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo. From Scholastic.com.
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