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English
- 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)
- 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)
- Kay
E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page—Collection
of information about children’s and young adult literature. Includes on
line lectures for Dr. Vandergrift’s classes at Rutgers. (http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/index.html)
- 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/)
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Word Power—Designed
for students of all ages. Offers grammar resources, famous speeches,
quotations, vocabulary words, songs, idioms and much more. (http://www.wordpower.ws)
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