English
- ALAN
Review—Published
by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of
Teachers of English. Back issues of this scholarly journal, devoted to young
adult literature, are available on line. (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/)
- All about Adolescent Literacy Resources for Parents and Educators of Kids in Grades 4-12—Provides information and suggestions for helping struggling readers to improve reading and writing skills. Includes booklists, discussion guides, and author interviews, as well as ideas for improving reading and writing. (http://adlit.org)
- Bartleby.com
Great Books Online—Provides access to many reference books online,
including an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and much more.
(http://www.bartleby.com/index.html)
-
Biography Maker—Provides detailed steps to assist you in writing an exciting biography. (http://fno.org/bio/biomak2.htm)
- The
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books—Provides an
online version of one of the leading book review journals for children's and
young adult books. Includes starred reviews, lists of best books
published from 1990 to the present, award winners, and other features.
(http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/)
-
Café
Book—Middle school and High school teens
select their favorite books and provide book summaries and reviews.
Includes top teen picks for recent years. Includes information about
settin up a Café Book program in your school. (http://www.teenspoint.org/schools/cafe_book/index.asp)
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Censorship: An Educator’s Guide—Offers
practical suggestions to lead middle school student-college students through
an investigation of free speech and its application to their own reading.
Includes a lists of banned books and links to relevant organizations.
(http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/resources/guides3/censorship.html)
- CyberGuides:
Teacher Guides & Student Activities—CyberGuides are
supplementary units of instruction centered on core works of literature.
They are designed for classrooms with one online computer.
Teacher-selected web sites are built into each unit. Based on
California Language Arts Content Standards, guides are available for grades
K-12. (http://sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html)
- English Companion—A place for English teachers to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated tohelping you enjoy your work. (http://englishcompanion.ning.com)
- Folger
Shakespeare Library—Contains carefully designed and classroom
tested lesson plans developed by secondary teachers during institutes
sponsored by the Folger Shakespeare Library.(http://www.folger.edu/education/education.asp)
- Inter-Play:
An On-line Index to Plays in Collections, Anthologies and Periodicals—Provides
a searchable index by author or title to locations of printed plays in
collections, anthologies, and periodicals. Most of the cited plays are
not indexed in standard printed play indexes. (http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay)
- Merriam-Webster
Online: The Language Center—Includes a searchable dictionary and
thesaurus, as well as features that could be used in the English classroom,
such as word games, "Word of the Day," and scripts from
"Words for the Wise," a two-minute radio program on features of
the English language. (http://www.m-w.com/home.htm)
- National Council
of Teachers of English—Professional
organization whose members are devoted to improving the teaching and
learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
(http://www.ncte.org/)
- Phrase Finder—Includes
meanings and origins of phrases, sayings, cliches and quotes. Includes
quotations from the Bible and Shakespeare. (http://www.phrases.org.uk)
- Poem Finder—Largest,
most comprehensive and most current poetry database available. It is
international in scope, and covers poetry from antiquity to the present.
Indexes 600,000 poems with 50,000 poems in full text. (http://www.poemfinder.com/)
- Poetry 180: A
Poem a Day for American High Schools—Billy
Collins, Poet Laureate of the U.S. selected these 180 poems - one for each
day of the school year. Includes more inofrmation in the "poetry
and literature center." (http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/)
- Random House Teacher’s Resource Center—Includes extensive teacher’s guides for children’s and young adult novels, as well as biographical information on authors. (http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/index.html)
- Reading Online—Electronic journal for those at all levels who are interested in the field of literacy education. Sponsored by the International Reading Association. (http://www.readingonline.org/)