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Language Arts
Blogs
8th Grade Reading Response Blogs http://readthinkblogread.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Larkin's Book Review Blog http://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/larkin/
Dr. Donovan's Blog http://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/donovan/
Mrs. Brogle's Blog http://brogle13.edublogs.org/
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Favorite Sentences: Mrs. Reynolds' A Block, C Block, D Block, E Block, G Block
 http://www.behindthename.com/
Shakespeare WebQuest
Mrs. Larkin's Novel Response Form
Circus Fire
Underground Railroad Virtual Field Trip
http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm
Pequot Museum http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/
Mrs. Reynolds' Web Links
Persuasive Writing Map http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/
Jim Crow Laws http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/index.html
1930's http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s.html
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=358201
http://www.annefrank.com/0_home.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/60minutes/main2508458.shtml
TrackStar Mrs. Reynolds' Holocaust Links - #341062
http://www.ushmm.org
Award-Winning Authors:
Author Profiles: http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/authors.cfm
Katherine Paterson Website: http://www.terabithia.com/
The Author Corner:
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/authco/
Newbery Medal Home Page: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/Literary_and_Related_Awards/Newbery_Medal/Newbery_Medal.htm
Book Reviews
EMS Book Review Blog! http://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/larkin/
http://www.teenreads.com/index.asp
http://thebookmuncher.blogspot.com/
http://nineseveneight.blogspot.com/
http://www.princess2293.blogspot.com/
http://emsbookshelf.blogspot.com/
Literature and
Authors
Penguin Books: http://www.penguinputnam.com/
Top WWW Sites for Individual Children's Books, Authors, and Illustrators: http://www.underdown.org/children.htm
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: http://www.carolhurst.com
Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Harper Collins Big Busy House: http://www.harperchildrens.com/index.htm
Puffin Books: http://www.puffin.co.uk
Kidlit (a magazine mostly for kids): http://mgfx.com/kidlit
BookAdventure: http://www.bookadventure.com
Symbolism Dictionary: http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/
Mythology
Bulfinch's Mythology: http://www.bulfinch.org
Encyclopedia Mythica:
http://www.pantheon.org/
Greek Mythology: http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
MythWeb http://www.mythweb.com/
Who's Who in Greek Mythology http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html
Myth Man http://www.mythman.com/
1920's
Authentic History Center : Primary Sources from American Popular Culture http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s.html
Bessie Smith http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html
Music of the 1920's http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s/1920smusic01.html
Fashion of the 1920's http://www.authentichistory.com/images/1920s/fashion/1920sfashion01.html
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm
Images of the Prohibition Era http://www.authentichistory.com/images/1900s/prohibition/prohibition01.html
Prohibition http://prohibition.osu.edu/
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564677/Prohibition.html
1920's Timelines http://www.greenepa.net/~barondin/library/
Slang of the 1920's http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm
Al Capone http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/pr/prohibit.html
Stock Market Crash 1929 http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069750/stock-market-crash-of-1929
Model T Ford http://www.modelt.org/
http://www.ford.com/en/heritage/history/default.htm
Red Grange http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=78
http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/hof-grange.asp
Civil War Literature Resources
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States: http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
Civil War Literature Sampler: http://www.civilwarliterature.com
Grammar
Guide to Grammar and Style: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
Grammar Safari: http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html
OWLs e\Grammar Help Pages: http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/
Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
The Grammar Lady!: http://www.grammarlady.com/
Grammar Bytes: http://www.chompchomp.com/
Grammar Gorillas at Funbrain: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
Daily Grammar (Daily Grammar is a free service of Word Place, Inc. Much like A
Word A Day (no affiliation),
which teaches you a new word each day, Daily Grammar sends you a new email grammar lesson
each day): http://www.dailygrammar.com/
The Grammar Game: http://www.hive-mind.com/mindgames/had/
Poetry
Middle School Net Poetry Links http://www.middleschool.net/curlink/englit/poetry.htm
Glossary of Poetic Terms: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0767422783/student_view0/glossary_of_poetic_terms.html
Haiku Homepage: http://home.clara.net/pka/haiku/haiku.htm
Search Poetry by title, first line, or keyword: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/indextitles.html
Poets Corner:http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
Bartleby Poetry Project: http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Giggle, Giggle, Snicker, Laugh: http://www.robertpottle.com/
Poetry.com: http://www.poetry.com
Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php
Spelling
Sites
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/
http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
http://www.edhelper.com/cat179.htm
http://www.spellingbee.com/previouslogoland.shtml
http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html
http://www.cln.org/themes/spelling.html
The Middle East
Middle Eastern Culture
Encyclopedia of the Orient
Culture: Middle East
Arabic Names
Middle
East Ancient History
Middle
East Glossary
Middle East Links by Country
Children's
Books Set in the Middle East
Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Anderson
http://hca.gilead.org.il/#list
Grimm's Fairly Tales
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
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