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A+ Research and Writing
The Internet Public Library takes you through six clearly explained steps for writing a research paper. The Informational Search section guides you through learning library research, web research, and much more!
Basic Guide to Essay Writing
These simple steps will guide you through the essay writing process: 
Children's Writing Resource Center
This site is for both children and adults. It is a comprehensive site geared towards writing for children and writing done by children. It includes a "how-to" section and has a search engine to look for articles on user specified topics.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
This site offers assistance to both basic and complex grammar. Along with helpful hints and suggestions to sentence and paragraph construction.
YAWC: Young Authors Writing Club
Here, you can read writings by kids ages 5-18, submit your own writings, earn and spend points, go into the YAWC Hall of Fame, get rewards, get a job, become a writer for the YAWC Magazine, enter and win contests, join a mailing list, and lots more!
Young Writer On-line
Young Writer is an online magazine featuring the best in English language creative writing from children aged 6 to 16 from around the world. Fun, instructive and designed to build any child's confidence, Young Writer is a forum for young people's writing ­ fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry. Even better, Young Writer is completely Advertisement Free.
Young Writer's Clubhouse
Read about some real-life kid authors. Keys to success for young writers. Frequently Asked Questions about Writing, Writers and the Real Kids, Real Adventures series by Deborah Morris (the host of this site.) Also includes an online chat, contests, and critique group.
The Young Writers Club
This club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative past time by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities.
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third edition
The unabridged American HeritageŽ Dictionary, Third Edition, contains over 350,000 entries and meanings. Word definitions are further enhanced by over 34,000 examples of use, more than 500 usage notes and a newly revised appendix of Indo-European roots.
American Sign Language Browser
Welcome to Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site, an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.
Spelling
Candlelight Spelling Machine
The Candlelight Stories Spelling Machine is an illustrated spelling tutor for young children to enjoy with their parents. It works on the old flash card principle by showing a picture and waiting for someone to type in the word on a large on-screen keyboard or the computer keyboard. You can ask for the answer and erase wrong entries with one button click.
Dictionary.com
Search for the meaning and correct spelling of over 600,000 words, including computer and Internet terms, medical jargon, acronyms and abbreviations, chemical elements, Bible names and terminology, U.S. cities and Zip Codes, and countries of the world.
National Spelling Bee
Our purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. Each local sponsor organizes a spelling bee program in its community, usually with the cooperation of area school officials. The champion of the local sponsor's final spelling bee advances to the national finals.
Spell Check -
The computer will give twenty sets of four words. Place a check next to the word which is spelled wrong. Spell the word you checked correctly in the box. If you get all twenty problems correct, you can put your name on our leader board.
Spelling Songs
Shorts songs that reinforce: 1-1-1 Spelling Rule; Silent E Rule; Y Spelling Rule; Rules for Plurals.
A Spelling Test -
Test yourself with the 50 most misspelled words! After you're done, there are tips on improving your spelling.
Research Paper
Researchpaper.com
A large collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. The listed topics provide links to research source material (they don't link to canned research papers!) The whole site is searchable by keyword, if you don't find the right topic heading.

 

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