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Terms, Guidelines,
Skills and Style
Merrian-Webster onLine...A
great place on the Internet to find authoritative information
about the English language! Includes a dictionary, thesaurus,
word of the day, and word for the wise. A
Word A Day...offers a new vocabulary word and its definition
every day.
The Elements
of Style by William Strunk, Jr."...this classic reference
book concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles
of composition most commonly violated"
Glossary
of Literary Criticism
The
Write Site Homepage ...specially designed for middle school;
makes process of telling a story fun...definitions of often used
terms
Purdue
University's Online Writing Center...handouts on parts of
speech, spelling, research papers, and resumes; Internet resources
for writers and teachers
MLA
Style...guidelines on MLA documentation style including documenting
sources from the World Wide Web
A
Guide to Writing Resources... links to the online versions
of general style guides
Guide to
Grammar and Writing...includes tutorials, computer-graded
quizzes, and even a section titled "Ask Grammar!" where
you can send in your question.
Text and Summaries
Bartleby Online...great
books online
Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts..."contains roughly
2,000 entries" of complete electronic texts found on the
Internet; includes a browsing feature and a search form
Spark Notes...like
Cliff Notes, but free
Books
in HyperText ...a collection of books you can read on-line
Project Gutenberg (online
books)... browse for complete text of on-line books by author
or title: "fine literature digitally re-published"
Teacher Reaources
and Lesson Plans
CyberGuides...reading/language
arts activities and lesson plans
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Language Arts Educators...list of literature
and language arts sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional
growth. Updated often. Great resources!
Instructor's
Guide to Internet Plagiarism...helps teachers determine if
a piece of academic work was obtained from the Internet
Web English Teacher..."the
best of online English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson
plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes,
puzzles, and classroom activities"
Internet
Reference Sources... links to a collection of English resources
Better
Book Report Ideas...includes 25 creative ideas for book report
projects
Children's
Lit Web Guide...internet resources related to books for children
and young adults
Internet
Public Library: Literature...imaginative or creative writing,
prose and poetry of generally recognized artistic value.
NCTE Homepage...resources
for students, teachers, parents and the community from the National
Council of Teachers of English
Newbery Awards...history,
criteria and list of winners of the medal
Quotations Page...a
large-scale Quotation site with many original resources
ERIC Clearinghouse
on Reading, English, and Communication..."Literacy Education
Resources"
Librarians' Index
to the Internet...mega-site of all kinds of literature resources
SCORE Language
Arts Resources...designed with the classroom teacher in mind,
this site allows teachers to quickly identify and access resources
that are classroom ready. Includes Cyberguides for both students
and teachers.
NovelGuide....educational
supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary
lterature profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analyses, and author
biographies
Author Information
and Criticism
Author
Pages on the Web
Learning
About Author and Illustrator Pages...links to author pages
accessed through an alphabetical index
Webliography...pointers
to individual author guides for classsic works of literature
Online
Literary Criticism Collection...critical and biographical
websites about authors and their works
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