BCTELA

Lesson Planning

Grant Wiggins, co-author of Understanding by Design (UbD), is involved in Authentic Education.  They provide examples of UbD units here.

Literature Studies

LitTunes addresses the effectiveness of teaching a whole-class novel and provides lesson plans that link canonical works of literature with popular music.  The site is an educational outreach directed by Dr. Christian Z. Goering, assistant Professor of Secondary English/Literacy Education at the University of Arkansas. 

http://www.corndancer.com/tunes/tunes_main.html

Graphic Novels

We're building a page of graphic novel and comics resources. 

There is also a starter list of G.N. professional reference on our "Book Lists" page under the "Resources" tab.

Blogs

Blogs are one great way to keep up on topics of professional interest.  They can also be used as a teaching tool. 

Here are some blogs that our colleagues are using with their students.

Graduate Programs

SFU's Master of Arts for Teachers of English (MATE) Program provides the opportunity for English teachers in the elementary, secondary or college system to pursue advanced studies in English literature. http://students.surrey.sfu.ca/arts/mate  

We will be adding more interesting links as they come in.  If you have one you'd like to add (or, heaven forbid, if you find a dead link), please let us know by sending a message via the "Contact Us" page.