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Language Arts

Big Dog’s Grammar:
A basic guide to English offers mini-tutorials on English grammar.

Guide to Grammar & Writing:
This is the ultimate guide to grammar and technical aspects of writing.

KidPub
“Contains over 46,000 stories written by and for children.” 

Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages

Notemaking from Reading:
“This workshop is designed to help you develop your skills of note making.  It will guide you through the process of making notes from something you are reading.”

Tales of Wonder: folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

The Children’s Literature Web Guide

The Five Paragraph Essay:
“At this site, you will find the information you need to learn how to write the essay as well as some writing prompts to help you develop skill.”

The Modern English Collection
“This heterogeneous collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest.”

Yahoo: Children’s Authors

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Yahoo: Literary Fiction: Authors


Grammar & Punctuation

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Rules for word, sentence, and paragraph level grammar, as well as essay and research paper level help.

Strunk's Elements of Style
"It gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated."

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage
"A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English."

Teacher Units

Mrs. Dam

Poetry

The Academy of American Poets

Bartleby – Great Books Online

Poetry for Middle School Students:

Poetry for Students

Poetry Zone

American Poems

Great Poems

Poetryfoundation.org

Poetry Archives @ eMule.com

For Writing Poetry:

 

Mr. Stainton

Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare

“Absolute Shakespeare, the essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.”

Folger Shakespeare Library

This link takes you to all sorts of information about William Shakespeare.  There is much more to this site to explore depending on your topic.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Good resource.  Take time to explore the “searching” page.  May lead you to somewhere good!!

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World

Explore the times of Shakespeare

Shakespeare and the Globe: Then and Now

This site from Encyclopedia Britannica includes a virtual tour. Click on the link to the Globe.

Shakespeare’s Life and Times:  Home Page

This is part of a larger site, Internet Shakespeare Editions, which is full in information.

Shakespeare Resource Center

“Find here collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information on William Shakespeare.”

Shakespeare Studies Links

“From Central Michigan University covers Shakespeare, Elizabethan theatre, and the period in general.”

Shakespeare Theme Page

Contains a general listing of Internet resources about Shakespeare.

Ms. Moschella

Holocaust Unit

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

This is main website in which you will find your answers to your Focus Questions and Sub-questions.

America and the Holocaust

This site has two links to check out:  “Special Feature” about Kurt Klein and “People and Events” to look up people and events of the Holocaust.

 

Questions about the Holocaust

This site has the 36 questions that are in your packet.

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