GENERAL LANGUAGE ARTS SITES

Alphabet Superhighway - On-line activities for secondary and upper elementary students to raise reading and writing achievement. Resources for teachers to find materials for teaching almost any part of the curriculum.

Merriam-Webster Online - Dictionary and thesaurus

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WRITING

6+1 Trait™ Writing - Writing framework, from NWREL

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CREATIVE WRITING

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - An interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook

Matthew Brady Bunch - Students use an online collection Matthew Brady's Civil War photos to inspire their writing.

KIDWORLD - Art work and stories by children under 16 years of age from all over the world. Contests, discussion areas and online activities.

Young Writer's Clubhouse - Opportunities to read, write, and publish online. Visits with authors.

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DRAMA

High School Theater - Postings of links to Web-sites of high school drama programs throughout the United States

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GRAMMAR

Lingua Center Grammar Safari -Instructions for conducting online grammar research.

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LITERATURE

General Literature Sites

Alex Catalogue - A collection of searchable digital documents including items from American literature, English literature, and Western philosophy

Blue Moon Review - Online literary review journal

Bartleby Library - Internet library of searchable and complete texts of reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction works

Children's Literature Web Guide - Collected and categorized list of web resources relating to children's literature

Internet Classics Archive - 441 works of classical literature

IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection - 3810 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period

On-line Books Page - An extensive directory of on-line books searchable by title, author, serial and other means


American Literature

Library of Southern Literature - One hundred electronic texts of literary works that document the diversity of the Southern experience

Mark Twain's Scrapbook - Interactive scrapbook tells Twain’s life story through a collection of texts, photos, illustrations, and clippings from his day, from PBS

Project - Collection of information about Walt Whitman including special classroom activities

English Literature

Jane Austen Info Page - Searchable texts of Austen's works, links to related information, biographical sketch and more

William Shakespeare - the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, from MIT

Folklore and Mythology

Animals, Myths, and Legends - A collection of over 30 animal stories with related activities for children 8-13

Encyclopedia Mythica - Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, legends, and more containing over 5700 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - Comprehensive listing of online texts

Myths and Legends - Comprehensive listing of resources searchable by region, nation or language


Poetry

Giggle Poetry - Read, rate, learn to write poetry and then enter a poetry contest

HTI American Verse Project - An archive of volumes of primarily 19th century poetry American poetry

Poet's Corner - Very large database of poetry searchable by title, author, or subject. Biographical information and pictures of poets


World Literature

Don Quixote Exhibit - Digital exhibit of translations and illustrations of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's novel Don Quixote de la Mancha

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READING

PBS Kids - Reading and writing activities related to popular PBS television characters and programs for children aged 4 to