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English & Literature

• Action Factor: Tired of lesson plans for teaching phonics thru boring drill? Activities in Sing Your Way Through Phonics CDs and Mini-Charts use the power of rhythm and song to help kids learn the basics of reading. 
  
• The BookWire Reading Room: Nice selection of fiction, non-fiction and childrens books
  
  
• Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
  
  
• Citing Electronic Resources: Bibliography format when citing from the internet
  
  
• Children's Books and Folktales: A very nice collection of downloadable stories and tales
  
  
• Columbia University Bartleby Library: Many poems and quotations from famous authors
  
  
• Darling's Guide to Grammar and Good Writing: Excellent grammar site
  
  
• Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
  
  
• Elements of Style by William Strunk: Great grammar site
  
  
• ESL quizzes: For self-study English as a second language students.
  
  
• Five Paragraph Essay: At this site, you will find the information you need to learn how to write the essay as well as some writing prompts to help you develop skill.
  
  
• Focusing on Words: A program that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills!
  
  
• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts: Lots of texts.

• Fonetics: An online language laboratory : phonologically complete pronunciation guides to many languages, including seven varieties of English.  - you simply mouse over the sounds to hear them spoken, so even young children can access this resource.  There is also a 'suggestions for teachers' page with outline lesson plans.  NB: Macintoshes seem to have difficulty with this technology. 

• Garden Of Praise - Spelling:  Kids enjoy learning to spell with songs about the 1-1-1 Spelling Rule, the Silent E Rule, the Y Rule  and rules for forming plurals.  Free sheet music and
  spelling exercises with instant feedback.

• Garden of Praise - Reading:    Reading lessons with phonics worksheets and comprehension sheets  for elementary students.  The series includes Boxcar Children, Stone  Fox and Little House in the Big Woods.
  
• Grammar Help Page: Another nice site
  
  
• Guide to Grammar and writing
   
• Hyper Grammar: Another great place for practice quizzes.

• Yet Another Grammar Site
  
  
• The Great Books Homepage: From Malaspina University.
  
  
• Great Writers and Poets: Wonderful links to biographies and works of writers and poets
  
  
• Gutenberg Literature: Many excellent books on-line
  
  
• The Internet Public Library: Yup, even more books on-line
  
  
• Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Notes: Problems with grammar? Check it out
  
• Labyrinth Library: Middle English
  
  
• Literary Resources on the net: Good search engine with categories.
  
  
• Merriam Webster Word of the Day: A nice vocabulary builder site
  
  
• My Virtual Desk Reference: Books and Literature on the Net: Great Site
  
  
• The On-Line Books Page: Over 1,500 books on-line
  
  
• On-Line Children's Stories: Wonderful site
  

• Orton Gillingham:Sensational Strategies for Teaching Beginning Readers. Outstanding phonics based reading program.

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
   
• Parts Of Speech: This was my favorite practice test link for grammar because it explained "why" the answers were the way they were done. It's hard sometimes for a parent to always explain everything if they've been out of school awhile themselves, lol.

• Purdue-Owl Writing Resources: Incredible site! Well worth the visit, lots to learn!
  
  
• Spelling it Right comprises seventy pages of advice and free worksheets on spelling and is used by many parents, students and teachers in the UK and North America.
  
  
• The Puzzle Depot: A nice crossword puzzle site with links to other nice sites
  
  
• Renaissance Texts
  
  
• Rensselaer Writing Center: Info on writing memos, cover letters, resumes, lab reports...GREAT
  
  
• Shakespeare Bookshelf: Another of Bill's sites...all of his works
  
  
• Shakespeare Life and Times
  
  
• Study.com: Online english course complete with audio lectures.

• Teachers Guide:  The novels of Susan Rowan Masters are used as a basis to prompt discussion of such themes as family, friendship, separation/loss, and self-confidence. This guide for parents and teachers offers various activities to integrate the curriculum.
   
• The Tongue Untied: Great grammar explanation and practice quizzes too!

• A World Wide Guide to Little House on the Prairie:  The Web's most comprehensive guide to resources relating to the life and writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Developed and maintained by home schoolers.
  

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