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Reference My First Reference Set (Kingfisher 2005, Ages 4Up) [The set includes three paperback books—The Kingfisher First Dictionary contains more than 1,500 words, giving readers a useful guide to help build their reading and writing abilities, The Kingfisher First Thesaurus is a fascinating word finder, with more than 100 main entry words with their similar words and opposites, perfect for enabling readers to build a bigger vocabulary, The Kingfisher First Encyclopedia, new in paperback and fully updated, is the ideal first encyclopedia for young readers, with 100 easy-to-understand entries on a range of favorite topics.
Dictionaries-Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
National Council of Teachers of English - NCTE - ALAN - ALAN Review
ANNENBERG LIBRARY - Extensive
Research-It! Language Tools - Collection of Search Engines
Library Resources by Libraries and Librarians - mainly for higher education
Semantic RHYMING Dictionary
Library Spot - Major site
Journalist's Guide - Finding statistics on the internet
The First Hypertext Edition of The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Online Publications (teacher)
BIBLIOMANIA: THE NETWORK LIBRARY -Leave Your Book at School ? 40 Downloadable Classics: Charles Dickens , Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde , Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, Louisa M. Alcott , Jane Austen, Rudyard Kipling , D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, The Brontë Sisters, Herman Melville, and many more.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - children's book review journals for school and public librarians.
The Otis Index - ONLINE BOOKS Search
NOBEL Prize in Literature Winners 1901 - 1998
Reading Rainbow - PBS - Lavar Burton
Authors Young Adult Literature : Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts - a Bonanza !
Young Adult Literature - Kay E. Vandergrift
Children's Author Directory - Inkspot
A Collection of Biographical Sketches
LSU Libraries Webliography- AUTHOR GUIDES
Internet Public Library
The BookWire Index
Author And Illustrator Pages - Kay E. Vandergrift
Project Bartleby - Poetry
Great Writers - Nobel Prize Winners - Authors
Children's Book Authors Who Visit Schools
The Read In! is a one-day-a-year Internet event that helps hundreds of thousands of children around the world talk to famous authors and with each other.
The Author's Pen - Children's Authors
Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators
Yahooligans - Children's Authors
Familiar Quotations - Need a quotation for your paper? Listed by Author with search capability.
ALA - Literature and Language Sites for Children. Links to book awards, authors, illustrators, classics and favorite children's stories.
Concordances of Great Books and Fully Searchable Word Indexes

AUTHORS - NYU - Extensive Resource
Men Authors
Women Authors

Annotated Works with On-Line Texts

African/African-American Authors
Asian/Asian-American Authors
Latina/Latino Authors
Native-American Authors
Literature and Art Through Our Eyes: The African American Children

Literature
American/English

A STUDENT'S HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE - Alphabetical Index

A STUDENT'S HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE:

Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700
The Eighteenth Century
The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century
Philosophy And Romance
The New England Poets
General Literary Development
Recent Years
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE -Story Collections , Folklore, Songs, Poetry, Children's Classics and more.

National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature - The NCCIL provides recognition of the artistic achievements of illustrators and gallery exhibition of their works. Additionally, the NCCIL designs educational and entertaining programming that relates to illustrations in children's literature in order to stimulate creativity, promote literacy and to increase appreciation for art.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Recommended books:

SHAKESPEARE FOR KIDS: HIS LIFE AND TIMES. Illustrated biography and activity book filled with photographs, documents, illustrations, art, and movie stills.

SHAKESPEARE: TO TEACH OR NOT TO TEACH, Teaching Shakespeare Made Fun - includes a discussion of the value of Shakespeare's legacy, what life was like in the Middle Ages, and warm-up activities

SHAKESPEARE: HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD ["In exceptionally fresh and vivid terms, the author plies readers with abundant, accurate information on the playwright, his theater, and the plays, looking closely at A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, MACBETH, KING LEAR, and THE TEMPEST. . . . This volume justly serves its spectacular subject." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)] Ages 12-15

SHAKESPEARE'S VERSE - A Selection by Gina Pollinger - Ages 9-12
Sparkling selection of verse from the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare's words of wit, wisdom, magic, and merriment dance across the pages of this unique anthology. The ideal introduction to the richness of Shakespeare's verse, this sumptuously illustated collection is sure to be revisited time and time again.

THE BEST-LOVED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE: Stories, Characters and Quotations From Shakespeare's Most Famous Plays [Presents a plot synopsis, character sketches, and quotations from each of ten plays, plus a brief biography of William Shakespeare]

English Literature on the Web - to include:
General
British Authors
E-text Archives
Medieval (& Anglo-Saxon)
17th Century (& Renaissance)
18th Century (& Restoration)
19th Century (Romantics & Victorian)
20th Century
19th Century British and Irish Authors
Greco/Roman

INTERNET CLASSICS ARCHIVE - Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

Electronic Texts ONLINE BOOKS PAGE - Links to over 20,000 literary works. Search Engine, List of Authors or Titles Alphabetically. Incredible Resource.

Electronic Literature Foundation - Advanced electronic texts:The Plays of Shakespeare,The Arabian Nights,The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the novels of Jane Austen. Excellent.

Online Literary Criticism Collection Collection (IPL)contains 1529 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.

ALEX: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories

A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN WRITERS by Author, Century, Country.

Contemporary Writing for Children and Young Adults - old and new

Malaspina University Great Books Home Page - A most extensive and valuable resource. Broken down into: Science, Art, Theatre, Books, Music, Film; and then by period.

PROJECT GUTENBERG - Online Texts - from downloading a dictionary to the Declaration of Independence; "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" to "A Princess of Mars." Excellent site.

Grammar Grammar Rock - Put it to music and they will learn. Tunes and poetic expression to reinforce the parts of speech: "Unpack Your Adjectives," "Busy Prepositions," "The Tale of Mr. Morton" (the subject) and what the Predicate does. Excellent.

Grammar Gorilla - Basic and Advanced Grammar Skills. Play games to find the correct part of speech...wrong answer corrected with an explanation. Excellent.

Grammar: A Review of the Eight Parts of Speech - Lesson Plan appropriate for Gr. 7.

What's an Adjective? -Gr. 5-12 This activity gives students the opportunity to think creatively and work in small groups. It provides constructive out of seat activity and builds student's knowledge of adjectives or descriptive words and their use in creative writing.

Grammar Poems - Using Poetry to Teach and identify the Subordinate Clause (can be applied to other parts of speech).

KABOOM! is a games designed to allow students practice with
identifying the four types of sentences: interrogative, declarative, imperative, and exclamatory.

High Rollers is an activity designed to give students practice with necessary English or grammar skills. The directions given are for practicing sentence types. High Rollers is a simple idea that can easily be adapted to meet the needs of any grade level or ability
level.

Grammar Worksheets (Online)
Check out all the worksheets at English-Zone

Rules for Comma Usage - Click on a comma in sample paragraph for each rule of useage.
Using Commas and Semi-Colons Correctly - College Level

Writing Handouts - Haven't got a clue how to use a comma? Need help with transitions? Want to learn how to use a semi-colon correctly? Don't know how to catch fragments and run-ons? Check out theses links.

Sentence Rummy makes a game out of writing complete sentences.

GRAMMAR AND STYLE NOTES

ONLINE English Grammar

ELEMENTS OF STYLE - Elementary Rules Of Usage, Elementary Principles Of Composition, etc.

Exploring English - parts of speech, sentences, style guidelines, usage, punctuation, spelling AND the Anatomy of English Sentences. Excellent.

Common Errors in English - Use and Abuse such as: Who/Whom, There/They're/Their. Additional tool: Split Infinitives, Between vs. Among and so much more.

Schoolwork UGH! - Grammar and ESL

Vocabulary Vocabulary University® - Exercises that help to prepare for SSAT®, PSAT®, GED®, SAT® and ACT® tests. They supplement personal vocabulary acquisition and are used in home-schooling and ESL programs. Levels vary. Lesson Plans for Teachers. This is a new slant on learning on learning vocabulary.

Colorful Parts of Speech - color coding parts of speech for recognition.

Counting on Character -A Word of the week (patience, discernment, courteous, kind, etc.) with children's book suggestions, definition, parent and classroom activities and appropriate quotes. The lesson plan is already there. Well done ! and lots more !

WORD OF THE DAY - Have a new word with defintion and use emailed to you each day.

Vocabulary University's Quick Lesson Plans

VOCABULARY BUILDING - Grades 1-3
VOCABULARY GAME -UNFOLDING MEANING - Grades 6-7
Einstein Club - Vocabulary Acitivty for Grade 6

Writing ELEMENTS OF STYLE - Elementary Rules Of Usage And Elementary Principles Of Composition.

HOW TO WRITE A REPORT - Basic guideline for students.

Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA Documentation

WAYS TO USE BOOKS IN CLASSROOMS - Ways to Tell About Books - Alternatives to Book Reports.

HOW TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW - with examples

AUTHOR'S TEA - Language Arts theme K-1, Remedial 8-12 - Unit to enable students to: Become authors and illustrators by writing and publishing a story on the Internet. Identify various genres and their characteristics through reading and responding to different stories. Write in clear and coherent sentences. Write a story that contains a beginning, middle and endin

Language English Second Language

Learn & Teach English As a Foreign Language

Language Arts, Lesson Plans, Ideas

Language Arts Lesson Plans (other curriculum as well)- Extensive and for all grade levels.

Newbery Medal Winners Translated into Spanish

Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents

America Reads Challenge

LEARN - a partnership of the following organizations: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), Southern Regional Council (SRC), Bank Street College of Education (BSC). We provide training and technical assistance to America Reads and other Corporation for National Service projects focused on literacy and education.

TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS - Language Arts - 10 Lesson Plans
Cyber Guides - Supplementary, web-based units of instruction centered on core works of literature, designed for classrooms with one online computers.

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