Language Arts

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	Nonfiction

DR. GOODWORD'S WORD WIZARD -- A resource for vocabulary building for grades 4-7. It includes games, puzzles, teacher resources and more.

WEB ENGLISH TEACHER -- Directory of Language Arts resources, including lesson plans, videos, and classroom activities.

FREE-READING -- Methods and plans for teaching K-1 reading.

STARTING OUT RIGHT -- A guide to promoting children's reading success.

POETRY ARCHIVE -- Recordings of famous poets reading their own works.

HOW TO PUNCTUATE -- Nifty printable sheet with easy rules for all punctuation.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DIGITAL LIBRARY – Texts of more than 250 children’s books from around the world.

ESL GOLD -- Material for teaching English as a second language.

PROJECT GUTTENBERG – Online text library that provides access to over 10,000 e-books.

STAR FALL -- Site has wonderful stories and animations that teach letters and sounds for emergent readers. Also has free printable materials for teachers.

GRAMMAR GYM -- Cool short course in grammar set up like a gym workout. Very entertaining and easy to use.

POETRY LESSON PLANS -- The lessons presented here focus on appreciating poetry - reading, discussing, and enjoying poems - rather than on the writing of original poetry.

TYPES OF POETRY -- These are just a very few example of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions has at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding.

FLASHLIGHT READERS -- A virtual reading club for grades 3-5.

EMILY DICKINSON -- Electronic archived dedicated the the study of Emily Dickinson.

LITERACY CENTER - The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children.

BOOK PALS – Online literacy site where members of the Screen Actors guild read popular children’s books.

WIRED FOR BOOKS -- Audio and visual presentations of books, poetry, and children's stories.

TEEN READS -- Where to find the latest new books for teens.

BOOK BROWSE -- Read book jackets, excerpts, reviews, and a reading guide for thousands of books.

RESEARCH PAPER GUIDE -- Step-by-step guide for writing a research paper. Tip sheets, too.

BOOK DISCUSSION GUIDES -- Large collection for all grade levels.

ALEX CATALOG OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS -- Search for American and English literature by title, author, and even content.

NOODLE TOOLS -- A set of interactive online tools to help teachers and students with research and writing.

SPELLING HUB -- 2,800 words organized into 140 units.

JEFF'S POEMS FOR KIDS -- Delightful poems and nifty graphics.

READ, WRITE, THINK -- Highest quality practices in reading and language arts.

KIDSCRIBE -- Bilingual site gives kids a chance to share their stories with others.

CLASSIC READER -- Online collection books, short stories, drama, and poetry. Print out copies and even include your notations within the text.

READING ROCKETS -- Information on helping young children to read.

PARADIGM ONLINE WRITING ASSISTANT -- Everything needed to organize, write, revise, edit, and document.

POETRY EXPRESS -- Online guide for creating poetry. Includes an automatic poem generator and 15 poems you can write right now.

CLICHE FINDER -- Over 3,300 cliches.

BRAINY QUOTE - 35,000 quotes from 8,000 authors searchable by topic.

MID-MICHIGAN LIBRARY LEAGUE -- Find out what library in Mid-Michigan has the book you need.

EDSITEment -- Humanities resources for K-12 Teachers.

MISUSED WORDS AND PHRASES -- Helps correct common errors in English.

POETRY 180 -- One poem per day for all 180 school days. Meant for high school students.

KIDS CASTLE -- Online magazine for kids from the Smithsonian.

CHARLES DICKENS PAGE -- Everything needed to teach about this classic author.

AMERICAN FOLKLORE -- Collection of folktales indexed by topic and U.S. state.

DOSITEY -- Online activities and printable worksheets for K-8.

GIGGLE POETRY -- Fun and games with language.

CHILDHOOD READING -- Fairy tales, poetry, and fables online.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER WEBSITE -- Harvard students present information about Chaucer and the Middle Ages.

PENGUIN CLASSICS GUIDES -- Free reader's and teacher's guides to classic literature.

PIZZAZ! -- An online resource for Language Arts teachers from the University of Oregon. Tremendous array of writing activities.

EASY BIB -- Slick site that helps students create bibliography entries.

TEACH WITH MOVIES -- Helps you select movies that fit into your lesson plan goals.

ABIKA -- Access to e-books, journals, newspapers, and magazines.

ONLINE RHYMING DICTIONARY -- Find the right rhyme for a poem.

CREATIVE QUOTATIONS -- Quotations cataloged by famous people or by topic.

BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY -- The age of fable comes to the electronic age.

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR YOUTH -- Online library for kids.

ONLINE POETRY CLASSROOM -- Online teaching community for high school poetry teachers.

PUZZLE MAKER -- Automatically makes up crosswords and other puzzles for vocabulary words.

WISDOM -- Living Literature Online. Categories include not only literature, but also everything from lyrics to technical books.

THE ENGLISH SERVER -- A resource of over 18,000 documents for English and Humanities, all in searchable categories.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH -- The national organization presents information of value to all grade levels.

DATABASE OF AWARD WINNING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- Fill in menus for such things as the age of the reader, historical period and genre and a search engine does the rest. Compiled by a librarian.

THE GRAMMAR LADY -- Everything you need to know about grammar. Rules galore! There's even a "Grammar Hotline" where you can post questions.

POETRY DAILY -- Features a new poem every day, plus an archive.

HYPERIZONS -- Devoted exclusively to hypertext fiction (fiction containing multiple possible beginnings, endings, characters, and plotlines). This is a new fiction art form exclusive to the Web.

THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE -- Collection of lesson plans and ideas for enriching the K-6 language Arts curriculum.

KID PUB -- 36,000 stories written by children.

DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES ON THE WEB -- Index of Web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the U.S. and other countries. Great links to other resources.

RESEARCH PAPER WRITING -- Great help page for high school research paper writing.

MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY ONLINE -- Brand new and one of the slickest dictionaries on the Web.

BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS -- Quotes for any occasion.

ROGET'S THESAURUS -- Find synonyms for any word.

CYBER STORY -- Inspirational, heartwarming, and honest human stories taken from real-life experiences.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

SHAKESPEARE FOR KIDS -- Lessons and activities for kids, teachers, and families.