Dr. Alice Christie's Using the Internet to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Language Arts

Kid-Safe Search Engines and Subject Directories

KidsClick Ask Jeeves for Kids Yahooligans Dr. Christie's Search Engine Page (For High School Students)

Style Manuals and Electronic Citations

APA Citation Style MLA Citation Style Guide Strunk and White's The Elements of Style The classic reference on style in writing, indexed for easy reference. Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Notes "These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes," states Mr. Lynch. The English Institute's Elementary Grammar This is a good tour through the elements of English grammar with examples. Jane Austen They/Their Page A discussion on the use of the singular construction using "they" and "their"; Jane Austen's novels are used as primary examples. Great stuff from the Rensselaer Writing Center: Preparing a Resume Cover Letters Suggestions for Revising Prose Thesis Development in Analytical Writing Writing with Gender-Fair Language ESL: Use of Articles "A," "An" and "The" English as a Second Language Great ESL resources! Grammar and Style Guides for Writers A fairly complete list of grammar and writing style web sites. The University of Victoria Writer's Guide A comprehensive college level guide to writing, from grammar to documenting sources. "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell Still the best essay on writing plainly and with clarity. Job Star Central Cover Letters

Quick Reference Tools

Information Please Almanac US Government Sites Ben's Guide United States Government guide for kids-organized by grade level with appropriate reading levels Biographies from A & E Perpetual Calendar Sunrise/Sunset Calculation College and Scholarship Guide Online Dictionary Currency Converter Unit Conversions and Calculators Maps and Geography AJR Online Newspapers Dr. Christie Online Newspaper Page Bartlett's Quotations The Quotations Page Intellicast Weather

Writing Resources

Purdue University Online Writing Lab High School Hub High School Hub: English Aaron Shepard's Young Author Page The Writing Process in a Multimedia Environment Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site Bartlett's Familiar Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs IPL The Internet Public Library Meriam-Webster Word Central for Kids Story Quest The Biography Maker

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Web Sites This is a series of short articles. Highlight each in the left frame and the individual segment appears in the right frame. Evaluating Information Found on the Internet WEBQUEST: Be a Web Site Sleuth Kathy Schrock's Evaluation Resources WEBQUEST: Evaluating Websites: Teacher Page, Student Page Evaluating Web Resources Teaching Zach to Think by Alan November - national leader in educational technology, September 1998 for High School Principal Magazine

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