Research and Articles on Grouping Practices and Gifted Readers
Reading Lists from the American Library Association
Self-selected Reading Lists (search for books specific to a time period, ethnicity, genre, gender of protagonist, age of reader, etc.)
Touchstones Discussion Project
Teaching Models for Use in Language Arts Curriculum:
Literature Web
Hamburger Model for Persuasive
Writing
Vocabulary Web
Paul's Elements of Reasoning
Analyzing Primary Sources
Research Model
Bookmarks with high level questions for fiction and non-fiction
International Reading Association: Includes lists of children's, teachers', and young adults' favorite books.
Word Within A Word Program and other Language Arts resources by Michael C. Thompson
Google free + educational resources
Google open courseware
Writing Resources: NaNoWriMo for KIDS and adults! Site provides an 86 page pre-writing/outlining guide for elementary, middle, and high school writers (FREE) and inexpensive extras for teachers, like progress charts, buttons, stickers, etc.
Online
(free) and for-purchase William & Mary "Navigators"
(novel units) for High Ability Readers in Grades 1 - 12
(At the site you will need to scroll down to find
the Navigators & A Teacher's Guide to Using Navigators)
Novel Sets (Available for Check-out from AEA) That Include "Navigators" for High Ability Readers:
Number the Stars
Sarah Bishop
Tuck Everlasting
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Call of the Wild
William & Mary Language Arts Units for High Ability Learners (preview
resources available for check-out from AEA):
Beyond Words - Grades 1 & 2
Journeys & Destinations - Grades 2 &
3
Literary Reflections - Grades 4 & 5
Autobiographies - Grades 5 & 6
Patterns of Change - Grades 4-6
other William
& Mary, Grades 1-11, Language Arts Curriculum Units available for purchase
AEA William & Mary Social Studies Units for High Ability Learners (for preview):
Ancient Egypt: Gift of the Nile -
Grades 2 & 3
The World Turned Upside Down:
American Revolution - Grades 4 & 5
The Road to the White House - Grades
6 - 8
other
William & Mary, Grades 2-10, Social Studies Curriculum Units available for
purchase
Schoolwide Enrichment Model - Reading - an enrichment-based reading program that seeks to increase reading achievement for all students while also addressing the pressing needs of talented readers.
Assistance with speech making and more assistance with speech making
A Different Place offers teachers and students a place on the web to find differentiated activities in all content areas. A good place to start might be http://www.adifferentplace.org/giftedwebquest.htm, a webquest that allows gifted students to learn more about themselves and their giftedness.
AEA Professional Library Gifted Education Resources Available for Check-Out
Free Online Libraries
Elementary eBook Libraries:
Aesop's Fables
Book Pals - stories read by
members of the Screen Actors' Guild and others
Children's Classics
The Rosetta Project - children's
books published in the 19th & early 20th centuries
International Children's Digital Library
- international collection from 27 cultures in 23 languages
Readers' Theater Editions -
free scripts for reader's theater, adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard and
others
RIF
Reading Planet - collection of read-aloud books that change monthly
Stories to Read Online - links to 100 stories for early childhood and
elementary children
StoryPlace Libraries - 20+ stories and
suggested readings and activities
General & Secondary eBook Libraries
Baen Free Library - 75+ new
science fiction books
Classic Book Library - 125+ books in seven
genres
Electronic Text Center at University of
Virginia Library - thousands of texts
Making of America - created by
Cornell University Library, primary sources in American social history
(antebellum through Reconstruction periods), journal site of 22 magazines from
1830's to 1900s
Manybooks - 600+ titles in a variety of
formats
Page-by-Page Books - 400 books to
be read online
USGS Books and Other Publications
- online books, reports, and pamphlets published by the U.S. Geological Survey's
Geology Discipline
Wired for Books - audio books &
interviews, including full versions of A Christmas Carol, Alice in
Wonderland, and Beatrix Potter stories along with short stories and excerpts
from other books
Zora Neale Hurston
Plays - manuscripts of 10 plays, unpublished until they were rediscovered in
1997,reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, research, & study of folklore
in the African-American South. (Library of Congress)
Free Government Resources - Statistics,
planets, children's literature, foreign languages, Mesopotamia, the Donner
party, William Turner, the history of photography, and alcohol abuse
Books Suggested for Gifted Readers
- Project Gutenberg online library - go to the e-library Web page and then
search for either the title or the author - available in plain text format.
Each book is also available from other online libraries, such as
University of Virginia's and
Read Print in a number of other
formats
Elementary:
Little
Women
Tarzan of the
Apes
Hans Brinker
The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Three
Musketeers
Wind in the
Willows
Captains
Courageous
Rumpelstiltskin
The Call of
the Wild
White Fang
Kidnapped
Treasure
Island
Journey to
the Center of the Earth
Swiss Family
Robinson
Secondary:
Jane
Eyre
My Antonia
Lord Jim
Tale of Two
Cities
The House of
Seven Gables
Green
Mansions
Babbitt
Of Human
Bondage
Plunkitt of
Tammany Hall
The Tempest
Frankenstein
The Strange
Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Walden
Anna Karenina
Life on the
Mississippi
The Time
Machine
Iowa Learning Online - high school & college distance courses available from Iowa school districts & Iowa colleges and universities - some for a fee, some at no cost
Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy - a grant-supported initiative to offer AP online and AP ICN classes throughout Iowa. Grant $$ is available to pay for online courses, AP exams, ICN courses, mentors for students, teacher training in AP classes (no Masters degree required), and more. A school simply registers to be eligible for the services.
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