If you have any feedback on how we can make our new website better please do contact us. We would like to hear from you.		LANGUAGE ARTS Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.acalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html This site has lists of award winning books, teaching ideas for books, and links to author pages. KidsReads http://www.kidsreads.com This online book club for kids features book reviews, author profiles, polls, and lots of other resources. Glossary of Linguistic Terms http://www.sil.org/Linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm English Grammar http://members.cox.net/teachro This site has help for digramming plus grammar and writing help. Focus on Words http:///www.wordfocus.com A rich resource of vocabulary information that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills! Online Writing Lab Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. In this section of our site, we offer you handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation. We also have PowerPoint presentations related to grammar, and we have an entire section of handouts and resources for English as a Second Language learners that might also prove useful. Current Events Writing Prompts MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING PROMPTS NoodleBib MLA Starter NoodleBib MLA Starter is designed for students in grades 1-5, introducing our youngest scholars to the basics of citing a source. A rework of our Quick Cite tool used by hundreds of schools since 1999, MLA Starter gives the student clear, color-coded examples of how to cite the sources they are most likely to encounter (printed and online books, reference sources, magazines, newspapers, etc.). Literature CyberGuides http;//www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric. Famous Poets & Poems http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoetdate.html Favorite American Poets Bookwink Young Adult Literature http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm Resources to support the curriculum in English and Language Arts for K-12 educators. Literature Resources http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/cyalr_index.html Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's & Young Adult Literature Resources Link English Zone http://www.english-zone.com Very comprehensive site!! MUST SEE Bookhive http://www.bookhive.org Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page http://www.scils/rutgers.edu/~kvander Hosted by Professor Kay Vandergrift at Rutgers University, this site includes sections covering: Materials for children, Gender and Culture inPicture Books, Young Adult Literature, History of Children's Literature, Linking Literature with Learning. Guide to Grammar and Writing Students can learn more about the parts of speech under the section Word & Sentence Level. Write Express This website offers a free online dictionary. Giggle Poetry Big6 http://www.big6.com/files/Big6Handouts.pdf The Big6 is a process model of how people solve an informational problem. Word Central Merriam-Webster's Word Central now reprogrammed for superior word power and language fun.

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