Language/Arts

Please remember that the content of Web sites change. Teachers and parents must remain vigilant as to the content of material on the Internet. If you find material that is not suitable for students on any of these sites please notify Maurice River Township School. Thank you

1. Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Notes — Problems with grammar? Check it out

2. Big Dog's Grammar — A "bare bones" guide to grammar

3. Purdue On-line Writing Lab — Need to know what punctuation to use where? Great site!

4. Elements of Style by William Strunk — Great grammar site

5. Darling's Guide to Grammar and Good Writing — Excellent grammar site

6. On-line English Grammar

7. Bluebook of Grammar and Punctuation — Worth reviewing

8. Common Proofreading Symbols — Now you will know what your English teacher means when she corrects your papers

9. The UVic Writers Guide — A wonderful guide for writers from the University of Victoria — Try it!

10. Rensselaer Writing Center — Info on writing memos, cover letters, resumes, lab reports…GREAT

11. Principles of Composition — How to be an expert writer

12. A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students — If you need to do a term paper or research paper, this is the place to be…Great!

13. A Basic Guide to Writing an Essay — Good information on essay writing

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General English

14. My Virtual Desk Reference - Books and Literature on the Net — Great Site by Bob Drudge

15. Spark Notes — An on-line study guide like Cliff Notes

16. NovelGuide — Literary analysis of popular novels…really good

17. PinkMonkey.com — Another cool site with summaries of novels

18. BookWolf.com — Another nice study guide site for novels

19. GradeSaver — Summaries of classic novels

20. Online Literary Criticism Collection — Critical reviews of many literary works

21. Glossary of Literary Terms — All kinds of literary terms are defined here

22. Debate Central — Everything you ever wanted to know about debating

23. English-Zone.com — A fun site for both teacher and students…try it out

24. Critical Thinking Web Page — A very interesting site…worth checking out

25. Learn2 Write a Speech — Need to write a speech?…try this site

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Books On-line

26. Shakespeare On-line — A really cool Shakespeare resource

27. Shakespeare Bookshelf — Another one of Bill's sites…all of his works

28. Shakespeare Resource Center — Nicely done

29. Absolute Shakespeare — Very comprehensive Shakespeare site

30. The On-line Books Page — Over 1,500 books on-line

31. Gutenberg Literature — Many excellent books on-line

32. The Great Books Homepage — Shame on you if you don't try this one (Malaspina University)

33. The Internet Public Library — Yup, even more books on-line

34. Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet

35. The English Server — Terrific site to find books

36. Classics on Line — Works by Homer, Aristotle, Plato and others

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Children's Literature

37. Helping Your Child Learn to Read — Great resource for parents.

38. On-line Children's Stories — Wonderful site

39. Children's Books and Folktales — A very nice collection of downloadable stories and tales

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Poetry

40. Poet's Corner — Tons and tons of poems here…let me count the ways

41. Columbia University Bartleby Library — Many poems and quotations from famous authors

42. The Literary Web — A wonderful collection of literature geared towards readers of poetry and fiction

43. The Poetry Archives — Find poems written by all kinds of poets

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Vocabulary

44. WordCentral.Com — An incredibly fun grammar and word site for elementary and middle school students

45. Readers's Digest Word Power — Test your vocabulary skills

46. Word Jumbles — Enter a scrambled word…this site will unscramble it…really cool

47. World Wide Words — Meaning of words and phrases...quite interesting

48. The Puzzle Depot — A nice crossword puzzle site with links to other nice sites

49. Puzzlemaker — Make your own word puzzles…an incredibly fun site by Discoveryschool.com

50. Word Play — Great site with many word site links

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Quotations

51. Bartlett Familiar Quotations — Just type in a key word and you'll find a ton of quotes

52. The Quotations Page — Looking for famous quotes? … give this a try

53. Quotations Home Page

54. Quotations Center — Find a quote for special occasions

55. Famous Quotations Network — Quotes, quotes and more quotes

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Other sites

59. Education Place: Resources for elementary-school teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, Intervention, Professional Development, searchable activity database, educational games, and textbook support