LANGUAGE ARTS
Literature, Writing, and International Languages
Also see:
EDUCATIONAL SITES: Teacher Resources
EDUCATIONAL SITES: Lesson Plans
LITERATURE
- Children's Literature Web
Guide
- Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults. Lists of Recommended
Books and Bestsellers, Children's Book Awards, Resources for Parents, Teachers, Storytellers,
Writers and Illustrators.
- Course
Materials for the Study of Science Fiction
- Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction. These study guides were created
to help teachers prepare their students for literature classes.
- Electronic Book Reviews - Notes
Form the Windowsill
- An enormous collection of electronic book reviews of recent children's literature.
An excellent resource for teachers and parents who wish to "Review before you
Buy".
- Help Your
Child Learn Become A Reader - U.S. Dept. of Education
- A short guide for parents on how to encourage young children to become readers.
- Helping Your Child
Use the Library - Library Services
- This site offers parents guidance in teaching their children how to use the library
and encouraging Preschoolers, Primary Schoolers, Intermediates, Teens to use library
resources.
- Internet Public Library
- Visit the Reference section of the Internet Public Library to use the categorized
ready reference collection.
- Internet Public Library - KidSpace
- Internet Public Library - OnLine Texts
- Books for all ages - hundreds of books on-line including:
Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Historical Documents, Non-Fiction, and much more...
- Library of Congress
- The U.S. Library of Congress is using the World Wide Web to present information
about materials from it's collections, over the Internet. Search historical documents
and read about exhibits and events at the library.
- MidLink Magazine
- Ages 10 - 15: An electronic magazine for kids in the middle grades. Browse through
these pages to enjoy art and writing that will link middle school aged kids throughout
the world.
- Newbery Medal
- Ages 8 - Adult: Visit this site for information on the Newbery and Caldecott
Award Books. Kids can fill out a questionnaire on their favorite books.
- On-line Books Page
- This site contains an index for hundreds of on-line books which are searchable
by title, author and subject. This site also contains pointers to other on-line book
repositories.
WRITING
- A.Word.A.Day
- Ages 8 Adult: This is the web-page for the mailing list A.Word.A.Day (AWAD),
which mails out a vocabulary word and its definition (with occasional commentary).
- Help Your Child Learn
to Write Well - U.S. Dep. of Education
- A short guide for parents on how to improve their children's writing skills.
TRANSLATION
- Translate with Babel Fish
- AtlaVista's amazing resource - type or paste some text to translate (English
- to and from many other languages).
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Last Updated: July 25, 2008