Biography
Maker "Students will appreciate this site when it's writing time. These
online lessons explain what a biography should be and walks writers through
questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling. Includes embedded links
to relevant Internet resources and tips for effective writing." -Blue
Web’n
Meriam-Webster Online -"An excellent
place to find authoritative information about the English language. Look up
a definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling or usage point."
Classroom Connectzz
University Writing Resources:
Purdue On-line Writing
Lab -At Purdue, students come to the Writing Lab to talk with tutors
about planning and writing their papers. On-line, the Writing Lab offers
other services as well,including some of our materials on topics such as
commas, resumes, formats (such as MLA or APA) for citing sources,
non-sexist language, and other information. You can also find useful links
to sources of information for your research papers and other writing.
Electronic Texts at
U. VA. -"The University of Virginia Electronic Text Library is an
academic treasure trove of medieval and modern literature, including prose,
poetry, and religious resources." -Classroom Connect Infolist
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations -A VERY handy resource for literature hunters. You
can search (by keyword) through mountains of literature, and have quotes and
sources returned to you within seconds!
Other Areas: Virtual
Presentation Assistant "The Virtual Presentation Assistant (from the
Communications Dept. at the Univ. of Kansas) is an online tutorial for
improving your public speaking skills. Includes selecting and researching
your topic, analyzing your audience, supporting your points, using visual
aids, public speaking Web links, and much more." -Blue Web’n
The
Poets "Hear poets read their works, check out a few of Robert Frost's
earliest published writings and read reminiscences of Walt Whitman." -USA
Today
For Teachers:
Writing:
Purdue's
Writing Handouts -"As a young English teacher, did you ever look with
envy at your elder colleagues file cabinets? The wonderful handouts that
must exist in there! Well, Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) has
posted a hugely comprehensive set of handouts online that can support
writers (and teachers of writing!). From the ubiquitous and boring
(Sound-Alike Words: Their/There/They're; It's/ Its, etc.) to the more subtle
and specialized (Business Letters: Subordinating Negatives in Good News and
Neutral Messages), this Web site has it all. Such a wealth of handouts
online will allow you to individualize how you work with your students."
-Blue Web’n
Resources
for Teaching American Literature -Maintained at Georgetown University.
The Electronic Archives contain essays, syllabi, bibliographies, and other
resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
Carol Hurst Children's Literature
Site -This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of
ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities
about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
This site is bursting with ideas for teachers, librarians, home schoolers
and parents about integrating various areas of the curriculum, such as US
history and math, with the language arts. We've taken many of Carol Hurst's
back articles and sections from her professional books for teachers and
librarians and reformatted and interlinked them to create an interactive
collection of information.
General
Prentice Hall Regents
- English Language Teaching materials and additional online teaching
resources