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Again, I got immediate and valuable response to my request for help. This time seeking web sites for English teachers. Thanks for making me look good! Several people asked me to post a hit so here it is! Eileen ************************************************** www.ncte.org Sybil Finemel ************************************************** Here are my links The Basic Skills On-Line Dictionaries http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html Type your word in the blank to access definitions on-line in English. Scroll down further to access foreign language dictionaries. Guide to Grammar and Writing http://cctc.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/original.htm This source will link you to basic information about writing and grammar. Starting with everything you need to know to write a good sentence, it takes you to paragraphs and then essays. It has lots of links to other grammar sites. Style Manuals (Bibilography, Imbedded Footnotes and Citations) APA Style http://www2.gasou.edu/library/broch_ref/apa_bib.html MLA Style http://www.mla.org/set_stl.htm Chicago Style (Turabian) http://www.niagara.edu/library/turabian.html American University Library Citation and Style Guides http://www.library.american.edu/pathfind/citation.html This site has several links for each style =97 MLA, APA and Chicago - that can help answer all your questions on citations and bibliographic format. Includes examples for print and electronic sources. Literature Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/ You can locate information about a poet, poetry exhibits and events, awards, or join a group poetry discussion at this site. Learn to enjoy poetry by looking at "How to Read a Poem". American Literature on the Web http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/index.htm Links to information about American Literature on the web, especially its social and cultural context. Lists over 300 American authors, with links to homepages, documents, and samples of their work. Internet Classics Archive http://classics.mit.edu/ Access 441 works of classic literature (Greco-Roman, Chinese, Persian) in English. Literature Resources for the High School and College Student http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/ A very useful compilation of links to a variety of resources, including lists of literature arranged by date, indices, books, style manuals, magazines and other items of interest. Online Literary Crtiticism Collection http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/ Search this site for literary criticism on American and British authors and their work. Poets=92 Corner http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/ An on-line anthology of 4,700 full text poems by 560 poets. All poetry is past the 75 year copyright protection term. You can browse the list of poets or poem titles. There is also a subject index. Mythology Greek Mythology Link http://hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/index.html Hosted by Brown University, this link can help you find biographical information of individuals (like Athena) or groups (the Argonauts), places and peoples (cultures) and even pictures of them all. You can also search in Spanish! Thomas Bulfinch Page http://www.bulfinch.org/ Bulfinch has long been the standard for print information about mythology. Now located on this award-winning site, you can easily search Fable (mythology), Age of Chivalry (legends of King Arthur), and Legends of Charlemagne (the Middle Ages). Quotations Bartlett=92s Familiar Quotations http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/ You can search this online version of this book of quotations two different ways: by inserting words from the quote, or by clicking on the name of an author to see what s/he said that was quotable. Click on the alphabetical list of authors to make that search easier. The College Board site will have info on the AP Comp course The College Board Online http://www.collegeboard.com/ This site will help answer any questions you may have about the process of planning for college and financial aid. It has links to help with college searches, career research, SAT and other testing, as well as a Parent planning Guide and extensive information on the Advanced Placement (AP) program. Hope this helps! Mrs. Carolyn Gierke ************************************************** Here's a few; some specifically for English, some just general or teacher's sites that can be useful starting points for any teacher. Hope they help! African American Women Writers the 19th Century http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/ Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/original.htm Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb/ IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/ Literary Calendar: An Almanac of Literary Information http://litcal.yasuda-u.ac.jp/ Literary Movements http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/litfram.html PROJECT GUTENBERG http://www.thalasson.com/gtn/ Pulitzer Prizes http://www.pulitzer.org/navigation/index.html Shakespeare - complete works http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html Shakespeare Resources http://falcon.jmu.edu/schoollibrary/shakes.htm The English Pages! http://longman.awl.com/englishpages/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Chico High School Library Helpful Bookmarks http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/ Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ The Mining Company http://home.miningco.com/ Pitsco's Resources for Teachers http://www.pitsco.com/p/resource.html T.H.E. Journal's Educator's Roadmap to the Internet http://www.thejournal.com/features/rdmap/ -- Kathryn Frech ************************************************** Try this one for British literature: it is out of Japan, but it is both exhaustive as well as highly useful for its links (at the bottom of a seemingly endless list of links to dozens and dozens of British author sites is yet another set of links, one of which ties into American authors!) <A HREF=3D"http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html">British & Irish Authors URL address http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html Kathy Bowman Eileen Culkin, Media Generalist Inter-Lakes Jr. Sr. High School 1Laker Lane Meredith, NH 03253 ecullkin@inter-lakes.k12.nh.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. 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