Language Arts

 

Aesop's Fables
includes a total of 655+ fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed

American Literature
includes author biographies, articles, texts on-line

An American Literature Survey Site
an evolving resource of student work and interactive texts

Best Sellers List (Publisher's Weekly)
national best selling books - updated each week

The Biography Maker
online lessons explain what a biography is and walks writers through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
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

Children's Books Authors and Illustrators Index
index to author and illustrator Internet sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students

Children's Literature Web Guide
the definitive site for info on children's literature -- gathers together and categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults

Children's Storybooks On-line
delightful page offers original illustrated children's stories to read to young ones

Common Errors in English
aim of the site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak

Corwin's Author Web
Fully searchable database and alphabet imagemap of Author links. Also a new books database containing information and reviews about the individual books written by many of the authors.

CRAYON
A tool for managing news sources on the Internet and the World Wide Web. The result is a news page customized for you with the daily information that you are most interested in.

Cyber English Syllaweb
internet resources compiled and assignments completed by students enrolled in a Cyber English class

Digital Education Network: The Writing Den
Provides instruction at three levels of difficulty. Words is for students who need an introduction to key words and ideas -- visual information is presented in pictures, photos, diagrams, maps and time lines. Sentences is for students who are learning to work with English grammar rules and sentence construction -- expands on topics introduced in Words, providing additional words and information. Paragraphs is designed for more advanced students who are learning to write paragraphs and essays -- presented in essay format with accompanying notes that show the student how an essay can be organized. Other features include Teacher's Guide, Word of the Day, Tips-O-Matic, In Brief, and Speak Out. Some sections use Real Audio plug-in.

Education Place: Reading/Language Arts Center
search for activities by grade level, learn all about the featured authors, or create a Wacky Web Tale

Electronic Text Center - English Language Resources
Provides free access to any texts that can be legally made publicly available, from the Modern English Collection (AD 1500-present) to the African American Poetry Database. Thousands of full-text works...

The Elements of Style
the principal requirements of plain English style

The Encyclopedia Mythica
an encyclopedia of myths, folklore, and legends

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and course work to everyone interested in the language arts

First-Line Index of Poems
Can't remember the author or title? Alphabetical listing of first lines...

Good Grammar, Good Style
Looking for a rule or grammar advice? Search the archives to find all the answers.

Great Writers and Poets
includes Nobel Prize winners and individual authors with biographical and bibliographical information

A Guide for Writing Research Papers (MLA)
every aspect of writing a paper is covered

A Guide for Writing Research Papers (APA)
answers commonly asked questions about APA style

Guide to Grammar and Writing
explanations of key concepts, examples of proper and improper usage, on-line quizzes after every topic, and expert help from "Ask Grammar"

Haiku for People
how to write this unique style as well as works

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
Complete list of Andersen's 168 stories, in the chronological order of their original publication. Title variations and Danish equivalents may be found in the cross reference.

International Poetry Hall of Fame Museum
amateur works of international or universal appeal selected by the editors of the International and North American Poetry Competitions from the thousands of entries

Internet Classics Archive
an award-winning, searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in English translation) with user-provided commentary

Internet Poetry Poll
favorite poems of poetry readers around the world, over 600 poems included

KidLit
good selection of literature and art by kids of various ages, and a full length time travel novel

KidzPage
illustrated poetry and other fun stuff for kids of all ages

Literary Criticism Collection
contains 1180 critical and biographical web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period

Literature Resources
includes American Literature, English Literature, and Children's Literature from the Rivendell Educational Archives

Malaspina Great Books Matrix Page
provides links to resources on 150 authors, many from the reading list in "How to Read a Book"

Mark Twain Page
your own personal guide leads you to info about the famous author

Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
Common Greek and Latin roots, as well as a few words which derive from mythological names. Quizzes, too.

Mother Goose Society
founded in 1987 to encourage a love for the warm tradition of Mother Goose rhymes and Mother Goose's comforting embrace and to promote the annual celebration of Mother Goose Day (May 1st)

National Writing Project
universities and schools working together to improve writing

On-line Books Page
Index of thousands of on-line books, and for common repositories of on-line books and other documents. Search or browse by author or title...

Online English Grammar
scroll the Table of Contents or search for a particular rule

On-Line Writing Lab
primary goal is to help writers improve their writing skills by offering them a variety of online services and materials and an introduction to searching

An Outline of American Literature
hypertext presentation includes: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776; Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers; The Romantic Period, 1820-60: Essayists and Poets; The Romantic Period, 1820-60: Fiction; The Rise of Realism: 1960-1914; Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945; American Poetry Since 1945: The Anti-Tradition; The American Prose Since 1945: Realism and Experimentation

The Oxford Book of English Verse
online version of the popular reference book

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
interactive online writer's guide and handbook

The Poetry Resource
for poets and lovers of poetry -- links to practically every poet living or dead who has a site on the internet and many other links of use to poets

Read Better and Faster
tips on how to improve your reading skills

Rebus Rhymes
Designed for children who are learning how to read. Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes.

Researchpaper.com
the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects

S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides
Supplementary, web-based units of instruction centered on core works of literature designed for the classroom with one online computer. Each contains a student and teacher edition, objectives,a task and a process by which it may be completed, teach-selected web sites and a rubric. Guides for K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12.

Seussville
Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!

SpellWeb
An evolving experiment in "sidesifting" the Web for useful patterns of information. While it can be useful, it is also for fun and the results are not guaranteed. If you enter two misspellings of a word, it will show you which one is more popular, though neither one is right.

Spelling Activities
spelling lessons for grades 6,7,8 with both teacher and student pages

Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, and Readers Theater for Children
resource page with links to the topics listed

Shakespeare Web
an interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the increasingly popular understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays and other works

Study Web
resource page with links to numerous language arts sites

Theodore Tugboat
Help Theodore decide what to do next in one of the illustrated, interactive stories. You can also download a page from the online coloring book and listen to a Theodore story using Real Audio.

The Victorian Web
collection of materials on nineteenth-century British culture

Virtual Presentation Assistant
online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills

Vocabulary University
Free vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. Exercises are endorsed by teachers to enrich classroom curriculum and to help prepare for the SSAT, GED, SAT and ACT.

Voice of the Shuttle
scroll down to Linguistic, Literature (English), Literature (Other), or Literary Theory for extensive resource lists on those topics

Wacky Web Tales
choose one of the wacky tales or write your own

Word Play
links to fun word sites

Writing Black
literature and history written by and on African Americans

Yahoo Grammar, Usage, and Style Page
index and resource list

Yahoo Literature Page
index and resource list

Yahooligans Language Arts Page
index and resource list for kids

Young Writers Club
story suggestions, stories that you can finish, book reviews, and more