STUDENT TO STUDENT: SCALE's National Youth Literacy Network

Online Resources to Enhance Lesson Planning

Click on the links below for creative ideas for your tutoring sessions.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Everyday English offers audio-enabled lessonettes. These lessonettes focus on all the many little tricky irregularities in the English language.
http://www.everydayenglish.com/

WORD SURFING

The vocabulary games below give you some language learning fun on the internet - and provide a great way of building vocabulary.
http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/158086/43682.html

FLOCABULARY

Flocabulary uses the educational power and social appeal of hip-hop music to foster literacy and promote academic success in the classroom and beyond. The section of this entertaining website for “Teachers” offers several lesson plans that can be used in tutoring sessions.
http://www.flocabulary.com/

VOCABULARY UNIVERSITY

VOCABULARY UNIVERSITY has resources to help build your learner’s vocabulary skills using engaging strategies. There is access to vocabulary puzzles, SAT and ACT word lists, recommended reading lists, and links to create your own vocabulary worksheets.
http://www.vocabulary.com/

SCHOOL TIME: ENGLISH

Several games listed on this site can be enjoyable ways to review and expand a learner’s vocabulary.
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/Vocabulary/

GRAMMAR BYTES

This site likes to describe itself as grammar instruction with attitude. There are handouts and exercises on the basics of grammar, punctuation most of which include interactive components.
http://www.chompchomp.com/

LITERACY ASSISTANCE CENTER

The Literacy Assistance Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the expansion of quality literacy services in New York. These web-based lesson plans and curricula were created by LAC staff members and by participants in LAC professional development workshops and institutes. They reflect a variety of beliefs about teaching and learning but all reflect the LAC’s belief that learning is best enhanced when technology is integrated into instruction by using participatory, project-based learning strategies.
http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/curricula/

LEARNING LEADERS

Learning Leaders helps New York City public school students succeed by training volunteers to provide tutoring and other school-based support, and by equipping parents to foster their own children's educational development. The organization’s website offers many ideas and materials for lessons for tutors.
www.learningleaders.org/resources/tips.php

READWRITETHINK

READWRITETHINK is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation that provides educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content. While the lesson plans offered on this site are most appropriate for classroom teachers, many have ideas that tutors may find very useful for their tutoring sessions.
http://www.readwritethink.org/

VOICES OF YOUTH

Voices of Youth is a UNICEF organization that offers all children and adolescents, including the hard-to-reach, a safe and supportive global cyberspace within which they can explore, discuss and partner on issues related to human rights and social change, as well as develop their awareness, leadership, community building, and critical thinking skills through active and substantive participation with their peers and with decision makers globally. Games, videos, audios, and other interactive media available.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Educators from around the country use the lyrics of music to motivate struggling readers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has compiled some of these ideas and lesson plans on its web-site for your reference and use. These are very innovative and inspiring!
Summer Teacher Institute Lesson Plans

F.I.L.M. - Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies

This literacy and film program encourages youth to complete three steps: youth see the featured films and read the books associated with the movies, they participate in activities from the free, downloadable activity guides, and complete service projects that relate to the central themes of the books and movies. There are many wonderful ideas to enliven tutoring sessions on this web-site?that you can explore with your learner!
http://www.youthfilmproject.org/programs.htm