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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
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www.ncte.org
Sybil Finemel
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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
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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/
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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/
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Kathryn Frech
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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
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