Language Arts Resources

Perhaps no other subject area has the abundance of Web resources than English/Language Arts. Listed on this page are some good "jumping off" points, and also some good "tools" (dictionaries, etc.). Because there are so many websites from which to choose in this subject area, we've also included an automatic link to Google at the bottom of the page so you can launch searches right from here.

For comprehensive literary reference tools click on these:


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	Fiction


	Nonfiction

ALEX CATALOG OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS -- Search American and English literature by title, author, and even content.

STARTING OUT RIGHT -- A guide to promoting children's reading success.

FREE READING -- Methods and plans for teaching K-1 reading.

POETRY ARCHIVE -- Listen to famous poets read their own works.

ESL GOLD -- Materials for teaching English as a second language.

HOW TO PUNCTUATE -- Nifty printable sheet with punctuation rules in an easy to follow form.

POETRY LESSON PLANS -- The lessons presented here focus on appreciating poetry - reading, discussing, and enjoying poems - rather than on the writing of original poetry.

TYPES OF POETRY -- Most of the definitions has at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding.

FLASHLIGHT READERS -- Online reading club for grades 3-5.

EMILY DICKENSON ARCHIVES -- Everything for the study of Dickenson's poetry.

WEB ENGLISH TEACHER -- Directory of Language Arts resources, including lesson plans, videos, and classroom activities.

BOOK DISCUSSION GUIDES -- Large collection for all grade levels.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DIGITAL LIBRARY – Texts of more than 250 children’s books from around the world.

PROJECT GUTTENBERG – Online text library that provides access to over 10,000 e-books.

STAR FALL -- Site has wonderful stories and animations that teach letters and sounds for emergent readers. Also has free printable materials for teachers.

GRAMMAR GYM -- Cool short course in grammar set up like a gym workout. Very entertaining and easy to use.

LITERACY CENTER - The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children.

BOOK PALS – Online literacy site where members of the Screen Actors guild read popular children’s books.

WIRED FOR BOOKS -- Audio and visual for books, poetry and children's stories.

BOOK BROWSE -- Read excerpts, jackets, reviews, reading guides for thousands of books.

TEEN READS -- Newest books for teen readers.

RESEARCH PAPER GUIDE -- Steps and tip sheets for writing a research paper.

SPELLING HUB -- 2,800 words organized into 140 units.

NOODLE TOOLS -- Interactive tools for research and writing.

CLASSIC READER -- Collection of books, short stories, poetry and drama. Print out and even include your notations within the text.

KIDSCRIBE -- Bilingual site gives children an opportunity to share their stories.

READ, WRITE, THINK -- Highest quality practices in reading and language arts.

POETRY 180 -- Offers one poem per day for all 180 school days. Intended for high school students.

READING ROCKETS -- Information on helping young children to read.

PARADIGM ONLINE WRITING ASSISTANT -- Helps students organize, write, revise, edit and document.

POETRY EXPRESS -- Online guide for creating poetry. Includes a poetry generator and 15 poems you can write right now.

JEFF'S POEMS FOR KIDS -- Delightful poems and nifty graphics.

KIDS CASTLE -- Online magazine for kids from the Smithsonian.

DOSITEY -- Online activities and printable worksheets for K-8.

CHARLES DICKENS PAGE -- Everything needed to teach about this classic author.

AMERICAN FOLKLORE -- Tales from each of the 50 states and other categories.

PENGUIN CLASSICS GUIDES -- Free reader's and teacher's guides to classic literature.

GIGGLE POETRY -- Poetry games and fun. Teachers kids to have fun with language.

MEDIA LITERACY CLEARINGHOUSE -- Collection of links to resources about media literacy.

PIZZAZ! -- Online resource for Language Arts teachers produced by the University of Oregon. Awesome collection of writing activities.

TEACH WITH MOVIES -- This site helps you select movies that fit into your lesson plans.

EASY BIB -- This site focuses on helping students create bibliographies. Good tool.

EDSITEment -- Humanities resources for K-12 teachers.

CHILDHOOD READING -- Online collection of fairy tales, poetry and fables.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER WEBSITE -- Everything about Chaucer from the students at Harvard.

ABIKA -- Provides access to e-books, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

CLICHE FINDER -- Over 3,300 cliches.

BRAINY QUOTE -- 35,000 quotes from 8,000 authors searchable by topic.

ONLINE RHYMING DICTIONARY -- Find the right rhyme for that poem.

CREATIVE QUOTATIONS -- Quotations cataloged by famous people or by topic.

BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY -- The age of fable comes to the electronic age.

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR YOUTH -- Online library for kids.

ONLINE POETRY CLASSROOM -- Online teaching community for high school poetry teachers.

PUZZLE MAKER -- Automatically makes up crosswords and other puzzles for vocabulary words.

WISDOM -- Living Literature Online. Categories include not only literature, but also everything from lyrics to technical books.

THE ENGLISH SERVER -- A resource of over 18,000 documents for English and Humanities, all in searchable categories.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH -- The national organization presents information of value to all grade levels.

DATABASE OF AWARD WINNING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- Fill in menus for such things as the age of the reader, historical period and genre and a search engine does the rest. Compiled by a librarian.

THE GRAMMAR LADY -- Everything you need to know about grammar. Rules galore! There's even a "Grammar Hotline" where you can post questions.

POETRY DAILY -- Features a new poem every day, plus an archive.

HYPERIZONS -- Devoted exclusively to hypertext fiction (fiction containing multiple possible beginnings, endings, characters, and plotlines). This is a new fiction art form exclusive to the Web.

THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE -- Collection of lesson plans and ideas for enriching the K-6 language Arts curriculum.

DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES ON THE WEB -- Index of Web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the U.S. and other countries. Great links to other resources.

RESEARCH PAPER WRITING -- Great help page for high school research paper writing.

MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY ONLINE -- Brand new and one of the slickest dictionaries on the Web.

BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS -- Quotes for any occasion.

ROGET'S THESAURUS -- Find synonyms for any word.

CYBER STORY -- Inspirational, heartwarming, and honest human stories taken from real-life experiences.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

SHAKESPEARE FOR KIDS -- Lessons and activities for teachers, kids, and families.