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Grade Level Grade 6 Novels and Plays - Related Links Units of Study - Related Links Grade 7 Novels and Plays - Related Links Units of Study - Related Links Grade 8 Novels and Plays - Related Links Units of Study - Related Links General Information for Middle School English Language Arts 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 CyberGuides...reading/language arts activities Internet Public Library: Literature...imaginative or creative writing, prose and poetry of generally recognized artistic value. Online Literary Criticism Collection...critical and biographical websites about authors and their works NCTE Homepage...resources for students, teachers, parents and the community from the National Council of Teachers of English Web English Teacher...online resources for improving English Language Arts instruction Newbery Awards...history, criteria and list of winners of the medal Project Gutenberg..."fine literature digitally re-published" Quotations Page...a large-scale Quotation site with many original resources The Write Site Homepage ...specially designed for middle school; makes process of telling a story fun Authors and Illustrators Ask the Author...biographies, photos and links to question forms. Knowing Poe ... the literature, life and times of Edgar Allan Poe .. in Baltimore and beyond from MPT Learning About Author and Illustrator Pages...links to author pages accessed through an alphabetical index Children's Authors and Illustrators Directory...directory of children's authors and illustrators on the web Lois Lowry...biography, photo and FAQ about the author Matt Christopher...biography, photo and FAQ about the author Natalie Babbitt..biography, photo and FAQ about the author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor...biography, photo and FAQ about the author Authors and Illustrators on the Web (from Children's Literature Web Guide)...alphabetically arranged list of author links Webliography...pointers to individual author guides for classsic works of literature

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