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The
Internet Public Library: seeks to challenge and redefine
the roles and significance of libraries in an increasingly distributed
and digital world. |
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The
OWL at Purdue: offers online writing, research, and
MLA and APA style help to the world. Now celebrating its tenth year
of operation, the OWL at Purdue receives over 50,000,000 visits
per year. |
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Bartleby:
publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free
of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet
participant. |
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Rapidcite:
is a FREE MLA, APA, Chicago style citation generator. Students
simply enter information into formatted style guides. |
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Web
English Teacher: takes advantage of online technology
to share ideas and to benefit from the work of others. Beginning teachers
can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration.
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Do
You Speak American? is the companion website for a film
that takes us cross-country to examine the dynamic state of American
English. Topics include 100 common mispronunciations, how language
is changing, local color in American literature, and regional writers.
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The
Word Detective: the online version of The Word Detective,
a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. |
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ABCtales:
A site where students can explore their creative writing skills, get
support from the site's editors, publish their short stories and poems
online, get feedback and writing tips and meet fellow writers, all
for free! |
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Create-a-Paper
Template: This template is designed to guide you through
the first stages of creating the rough draft of a standard five-paragraph
paper. |
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The
Moonlit Road: A very engaging site! Ghost stories and
strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most
celebrated storytellers. |
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Author
Yellow Pages: is
a searchable directory of author websites. |
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Blast
- Writing:
This is a student-centered website (UK) that has a rich set of resources
for students to examine, reflect, and improve writing skills. |
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A+
Research & Writing: is an exemplary guide for students
that are engaged in researching or writing assignments. |
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Presentation
Skills: Being a good presenter involves four main areas
of skill and preparation according to this author. These areas are
content, structure, packaging and the human element. |
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Project
Gutenberg: is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE
electronic books (eBooks or eTexts). |
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NCTE:
an excellent collection of high-quality resources for teachers to
use in a "English" classroom. There are units of work, links
to associated web sites as well as support material and discussion
on English teaching methodology and pedagogy. |
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Talking
to George Orwell: the headings of his novels, non-fiction
and journalism, his working life, his private life and the world of
George Orwell. |
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Paradigm:
The Online Writing Assistant is an excellent online tutorial which
assists students in revising and editing their writing as well as
providing insights and how to write explorative essays, argumentative
essays formal and informal essays. |
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Paragraph
Punch: This site takes users through the actual steps
of writing a basic paragraph. The focus of the site is to encourage
students to build structure into each of the paragraphs that they
compose. |
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Questia:
The world's largest online library. With over 47,000 books and 375,000
journal, magazine and newspaper articles, this virtual online library
is an excellent education resource. |
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Read*Write*Think:
a fantastic collection of free, high-quality resources for teachers
of English. |
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RefDesk:
This portal site contains almanacs, books, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
news, maps, and more. |
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CyberGuides:
are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction
centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student
and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may
be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric. |
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English
Literature Resources:
This site was designed for courses in the UK, but it has a nice listing
of English Literature resources that can be accessed through the site. |
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Guide
to Grammar & Writing: A nice site for student composition. |
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Teaching
English Composition:
A teacher resource fat with ideas and information. |
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High
School Journalism:
A must for Journalism teachers. This site holds a vast assortment
of great resources. |
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High
School Journalism Guide:
designed to
help today's scholastic journalists improve their skills. This guide
offers information and tips from some of the top working professionals
and media experts in the industry.
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World
Literature Today:
interviews and original poetry and fiction from around the globe,
lively essays on writers and regional trends, authors on books that
changed their lives. |
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Anthology
of World Literature:
Designed as a springboard to help students extend their exploration
of world literature and identify and frame topics for writing and
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