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Reading

• 100 Best Novels
• College Bound Reading List
• Selected High School Reading List
• All Readers
• American Library Association Winning Novels
• Salt Lake County Library Book Lists and Book-Related Links
• Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
• Booklists for Young Adults on the Web
• Book Browser Reading Lists
• Book Spot
• Book Hooks
• The Internet Book Information Center
• International Reading Association
• National Institute for Literacy
• Fry's Readability Graph
• What Does Research Say About Reading?
• A Scientific Approach to Reading Instruction
• Active Reading
• Contrasting Good and Poor Readers
• Learning To Read: Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
• NCTE: Practical Teaching Ideas on Reading
• Teachers' Corner: Reading Strategies
• Mind Tools: Reading Strategies
• Critical Reading Strategies
• Critical Reading: A Guide
• Critical Reading Checklist
• Anticipation/Reaction Guide
• K-W-L-H Technique
• K-W-H-L Chart
• SQ3R: A Reading/Study System
• SQ4R
• Graphic Organizers
• Reading Resources for English Language Learners
• CNN's Literacy Learning Resources
• Choices Booklists: Young Adults' Choices

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Writing

• The Writing Process Web Tutorial
• ABC's of the Writing Process
• Six Traits
• Common Proofreading Symbols
• Purdue Online Writing Lab
• University of Richmond Writing Center
• The University of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide
• The Writing Center
• Writing Labs & Writing Centers on the Web
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Writer's Handbook
• Wonderful Writing Skills Unhandbook
• Writing Tools
• Writing Resources
• Internet Public Library's Research and Writing Links
• Garbl's Writing Resources
• Principles of Composition
• Reader-Based Writing Style Guide
• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
• The Five-Paragraph Essay
• Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
• Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay
• Writing Argumentative Essays
• Creative Writing for Teens
• Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
• Common Errors in English
• 11 Rules of Writing
• So You Wanna Avoid Common Writing Errors?
• The Book of Cliches
• Cliche Finder
• Deadwood Phrases
• Instant Muse
• Wake Up Writing
• The Biography Maker
• LEO: Literacy Education Online

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Speaking

• Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website
• 10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking
• Virtual Presentation Assistant
• Advanced Public Speaking Institute
• Presenters University
• PBS: Great American Speeches
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
• Douglass Archives of American Public Address
• The History Place Great Speeches Collection
• The Public Speakers’ Page
• PBS: All About Public Speaking
• Speech Tips
• How to Give a Talk
• About: Effective Speech Writing
• Public Speaking Resources
• National High School Debate Topic
• Speech and Debate

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Media Literacy

• Ad Access
• Center for Media Education
• Center for Media Literacy
• Eight Key Concepts of Media Literacy
• Just Think Foundation
• Media Awareness Network
• Media Literacy Clearinghouse
• Media Literacy Online Project
• New Mexico Media Literacy Project
• PBS Teacher Source: Media Literacy
• Project Literacy Among Youth
• Propaganda

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Literature

• Literature Resources for the High School and College Student
• SparkNotes Literature Study Guides
• Penguin Classic Literature Guides
• Novel Guide
• Literary Resources on the Net
• Literary Web
• Internet Resources in Literature
• Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
• Lit Links
• Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
• The Heath Anthology of American Literature
• Outline of American Literature
• Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events
• Perspectives in American Literature
• Language of the Land: Journeys into Literary America
• SunSITE Literature
• The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
• The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
• Literary Kicks
• Romantic Chronology
• The Victorian Web
• The British Literature Index
• English Literature on the Web
• Luminarium
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• Bibliomania
• An Online Library of Literature
• Project Bartleby
• Project Gutenberg
• Bullfinch's Mythology
• Myths & Legends
• Authors on the Web
• American Authors on the Web
• LSU Author Webliography
• Domestic Goddesses
• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
• Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms
• Nobel Prize in Literature Winners
• BBC Centurions
• Talking To
• The Pulitzer Prizes
• Literary Traveler
• Literary Calendar
• Page by Page Books

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Research

• Search Engines
• Pioneer Library
• Internet Public Library
• Internet Public Library: A+ Research & Writing
• So you have to do a Research Project?
• Research Paper.com
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers
• Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf
• U.S. National Archives
• Virtual Reference Desk
• InfoPlease
• WWW Virtual Library
• Berkeley Library Web
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Public Agenda Online
• Research Tools
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Online Dictionaries
• Research and Documentation
• Research and Documenting Sources
• Research Process
• Landmark Citation Machine
• Using MLA Format
• MLA Documentation
• MLA Citation Examples
• Citing Electronic Sources
• News Directory
• Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion?
• Cybercheating
• Plagiarism Resource for Educators

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Grammar

• Guide to Grammar and Stye
• HyperGrammar
• Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book
• The Online Books Page
• The Elements of Style
• The American Heritage Book of English Usage
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Daily Grammar Lessons
• English Grammar Exercises
• Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
• Punctuation Rules Exercises
• 28 Rules for English Spelling
• A Spelling Test
• 10 Tips for Effective Editing

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Vocabulary

• Vocabulary University
• Building a Better Vocabulary Tutorial
• Vocabulary Enhancement Strategies
• Vocabulary Learning Strategies
• Vocabulary: An Ongoing Process
• Greek and Latin Roots
• Word Central
• Word Safari
• Etymologic
• Word Play
• Unscrambler
• Wordsmith's Word of the Day
• Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
• My Word a Day
• The New York Times Word of the Day
• SAT Vocabulary
• The New York Times Crossword Puzzles
• Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

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Poetry

• The Academy of American Poets
• American Verse Project
• The Poetry Archives
• Poets' Corner
• Representative Poetry Online
• Norton Poets Online
• Knopf Poets Online
• British Poetry 1780-1910
• British Women Romantic Poets
• Modern American Poetry
• Contemporary American Poetry Archive
• Internet Poetry Archive
• The World of Poetry
• Favorite Poem Project
• Online News Hour: Poems
• The Writer's Almanac
• Poems that Go
• Glossary of Poetic Terms
• Online Poetry Classroom
• Sonnet Central
• Online Rhyming Dictionary
• Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools
• Virtual Poetry Workshop

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Shakespeare

• Mr.William Shakespeare and the Internet
• The Works of the Bard
• Shakespeare Bookshelf
• Shakespeare Online
• The Oxford Shakespeare
• Shakespeare Resource Center
• Absolute Shakespeare
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• The Complete Work of William Shakespeare
• Shakespeare's Globe Research Database
• Lambs' Tales
• Shakespeare Illustrated
• PBS: The Shakespeare Mystery
• SparkNotes Shakespeare Study Guides
• Shakespearean Insults

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Professional Resources

• Discovery School: Literature Lesson Plans
• NCTE
• UEN Lesson Plans
• EDsitement
• SCORE Cyber Guides
• AskERIC Language Arts Lesson Plans
• PBS Teacher Source
• Outta Ray's Head Lesson Plans
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• Columbia Education Center's Mini Lessons
• Education World
• North West Regional Education Laboratory
• Teachers Net
• Classroom Connect
• MSN Lesson Plans
• Curriculum Units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
• Teaching Tools from College Online
• New York Times Learning Network
• Kodak Lesson Plans
• About: Language Arts Resources
• WebQuests: Grades 9-12
• WebQuests: Grades 6-8
• ReadWriteThink
  
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