Concerning my target request from early December (web sites for High Scho=
ol
English teachers to use with class instruction) I received a few entries.=
Below is the final list that I gave out at my presentation.
Many thanks to those who helped me out.
Writing/Grammar sites
Guide to grammar and Writing http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/ =
Instruction on writing specifics with handouts, quizzes and some powerpoi=
nt
presentations.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ =
Includes handouts and activities on mechanics of writing and specific
topics such as adjectives. Also has powerpoint presentations.
Paragigm online writing assistant http://www.powa.org/ ocus is on type of=
writing and advice about types of writing.
Nuts & Bolts of College Writing http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/ =
Resource site for information on the =93Nuts and Bolts=94 of writing.
Word Play
Virtual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html Upper=
left hand corner, type in work and click on =93look it up=94. Once screen=
shows, click on some of the other terms.
YourDictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/ All kinds of
dictionaries
AskOxford.com http://www.askoxford.com/?view=3Duk Click on Education, th=
en
schools for a list of word challenges. =
Vocabulary University http://www.vocabulary.com/ All kinds of activities=
for Vocabulary development.
Homophone zone http://www.cooper.com/homophonezone/ =
Heteronyms http://www.csar.cfs.ac.uk/staff/pickles/heteronyms.html =
Anagram Server http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/ =
Reading
WebEnglish Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ Resources on all
areas of Language Arts Instruction.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html One of the top sites for
information about authors and literature study.
Doucette Index" http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/ Search by author o=
r
title to find lesson plans, web pages and activities about books.
Young Adult Literature : Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts =
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm =
Resources on all areas of Language Arts Instruction.
Author Guides http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html Resources on
specific authors.
Reviews and Lists
NancyKeane Book Talks http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/ Resource for book=
talks, also good for title summaries.
Favorite TeenAge Angst books http://www.grouchy.com/angst/ =
Dear Reader http://www.dearreader.com/ =
Join one of our free book clubs and every day I'll email you part of a
chapter from a book. The emails will take about 5 minutes to read. After
you=92ve read two or three chapters from a book, I'll start a new one. Be=
fore
you know it, you'll be back in the reading groove.
Teen Reads http://www.teenreads.com/ =
Reading Rants http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html =
Teen Reading
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/YALSA/Teen_Reading/Teen_Reading=
.h
tm
Poetry
Poets.org http://www.poets.org/ (biographies of 450 poets as well as 140=
0
of their poems. For several hundred poems you can hear a reading ot the
poem, most by the poet themselves) =
Poetry: Poems to Make, Watch & Hear http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/ =
Poetry Express http://www.poetryexpress.org/ Resource to help student
write poetry.
Research Process
The Big6 =96 Information Problem Solving http://www.big6.com/ Select
resources and/or lessons tabs for some online presentations. =
Flip-It http://www.aliceinfo.org/FLIPit.html =
Internet Public Library A+ Research and Writing
http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/ =
Secondary How To http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary =
Rubrics
Rubric generator http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ =
Rubrics http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ =
Rubric generator
http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php =
Rubrics http://www.quadro.net/~ecoxon/Reporting/rubrics.htm =
Project Based Learning Checklist
http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml =
Tools
Study Guides and Strategies http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/ =
Kathy Schrock=92s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Look on the right hand side in
the column teacher helpers, for slide shows. =
ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/ Tools for critical thinkin=
g.
The Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org/ =
US Dept of Education http://www.ed.gov/ =
Academy Curriculum Exchange http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/ =
The WebQuest Page http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ =
Blue Webn http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ =
4Teachers.org http://4teachers.org/ =
PBS Teacher Source, Language Arts
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm =
Citations
Duke University =93Assembling a list of works cited=94
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm =
Slate Citation Machine http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.ph=
p =
EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/ =
Deborah J. Stafford
Gen. H.H. Arnold High School
Wiesbaden Germany
now proudly on the web at http://www.wies-hs.eu.odedodea.edu
Deborah_Stafford@compuserve.com
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