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American Literature and Authors
Language Arts and Literature
Shakespearean Sites
British Literature and Authors
Lesson Plan Databases
Teaching Language Arts
Children’s Literature and Authors
Mythology and Fairy Tale Sites
Vocabulary and Spelling Sites
Classroom Computers
Online Full-Text Resources
World Literature and Authors
Composition, Rhetoric, and Writing
Poetry Sites
Young Writers
English as a Second Language
Reference Sites
Miscellaneous Sites
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Miscellaneous Sites

http://www.field-trips.org/develop.htm
http://www.bluewebn.com/wired/bluewebn/
http://libraryspot.com/
http://www.landmark-project.com/


Lesson Plan Databases

English and Language Arts Lesson Plans (by Subject Area)

Teaching Language Arts
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html  Materials for Literature Courses
http://www.ncte.org/ 

Language Arts and Literature Sites – Extensive Sites that Categorize by Topicice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research

http://vos.ucsb.edu/e Student

A free “teach yourself” tutorial on Internet information skills for English. Tour key sites for English, discover tools and techniques to improve your Internet searching, review the critical thinking required when using the Internet, and reflect 


Online Resources and Libraries
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ 15,000+ complete books available online.line Texts Collection
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/at Books Online|
http://www.bartleby.com/Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
http://www.classicreader.com/
Read, search, and annotate great works of literature. The collection currently contains 634 books and 905 short stories by 194 authors. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis. The works are split into seven categories: 
 

Composition, Rhetoric, Grammer, and Writing Sites
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.htmlssays
http://www.writesite.org/ Writing, Speakingents in grades K-7. 


English as a second Language 
English as a Second Language Sitesd Espanol (in English, but for Hispanic education)
http://www.eslpartyland.com/e for Educators: World Languages
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/for ESL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html


Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
http://www.refdesk.com/educate.html
http://www.bartleby.com/99/index.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
http://www.thesaurus.com
http://www.onelook.com/ Picture Dictionary with Links
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html,853 illustrated dictionary entries. Each word is used in a meaningful English-French,   English-German,   English-Portuguese, aEnglish-Spanish version. Libraries’ Citation & Style 
http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/reference.html
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/book of Rhetorical Devices 
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.htmlWith Words
http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/ Books And Literature
http://www.refdesk.com/books.html
http://www.infoplease.com Library
http://www.ipl.org/Library: Museums
http://www.icom.org/vlmp/
http://www.si.edu/
http://www.loc.gov/
 

Children’s Literature (general) and Author Sites
Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html Literature
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html (SLMC) Children’s Literature and Language Arts
http://www.carolhurst.com/
http://www.thebabiesplanet.com/bbstory.shtml
http://pbskids.org/lions/


American Literature and Author Sites

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature – A Research and Reference Guide
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Lit/american.htmlmerican Art, Music, and Literature!
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/litandlife/re online study guides for teachers and RealVideo clips

 
British Literature and Author Sites
 
 

Shakespearean Sites

Shakespeare Web
http://www.shakespeare.com/search Database
http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/indexmain.html Sakespeare and the Internet
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/ Tragedy of Julius Caesar
http://www.onlinemastersdegree.com/resources/masters-of-renaissance-literature/


World Literature and Author Sites
 

Mythology and Fairy Tale sites

Myths and Legends
http://pubpages.unh.edu/%7Ecbsiren/myth.html Electronic Texts
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
http://www.mythweb.com/
http://hca.gilead.org.il/  Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/  MES: Mother Goose and others
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html


 Poetry Sites

About.com Guide to Poetry
http://poetry.about.com/ & English Poetry 1250 –1920
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/t
http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/
http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/index.html
http://www.poetrymagazine.org/
http://www.sonnets.org/


Classroom Computers

Managing Computers in the Classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/paulalee.htm
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/kerns1.htm Computer Classroom Learning
http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/klists, and then either select the choice for Writing or Oral Presentations.)


Young Writers

Young Writer’s Clubhouse
http://www.clickinks.com/Resources-for-Writers.htmlthers


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