Purchase Area Writing Project
National Writing Project at Murray State University
Teacher Resources
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Agencies & Organizations
ED.gov
U.S. Department of Education
KDE
Kentucky Department of Education
KEA
Kentucky Education Association
Kentucky Council of Teachers of English
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts is a non-profit,
service organization for Kentucky English and Language Arts teachers of all
levels (Kindergarten-Graduate School). Publishes a newsletter and a journal.
Kentucky Writing Project
The Kentucky Writing Project is a state-sponsored network of National Writing Project sites.
Its primary goal is to foster teacher leadership in Kentucky schools that will improve the teaching of writing.
Modern Language Association (MLA)
The international professional organization for teachers of literature,
composition, and foreign languages. Includes a variety of resources, including
a pedagogical book list and links to the MLA style guide.
National Council of Teachers of English(NCTE)
The national organization for English and writing teachers at the primary,
secondary, and postsecondary levels.
National Writing Project
The host organization for the Purchase Area Writing Project.
NEA
National Education Association
Lesson Planning
Educational Resources
Language Arts Lesson Plans and Resources
HS Lesson Plans
A web archive of High School lesson plans
KET EncycloMedia
Internet-based learning service offered free to Kentucky public schools
LessonPlanz
A searchable directory of free lesson plans and lesson plan resources.
The OWL at Purdue
The OWL at Purdue offers online handouts covering writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA style.
Scholastic
Lesson Plans and Ideas from Scholastic
Teaching Tools
Kentucky Department of Education Teaching Tools
Writing Fix
Writing assignments and prompts from the Northern Nevada Writing Project.
Libraries & Museums
Awesome Library
Online Library with over 19,000 resources.
KYVL
The Kentucky Virtual Library
Murray State University Libraries
Matching Books With Students
News
Reference
About.Com
A site with information on just about everything.
Eduref
The Educator's Reference Desk
Language Arts Links
A large collection of links for Language Arts
Wikipedia
The largest user-edited, free-content encyclopedia on the internet.
Unit Plans
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