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Brainchild Online Assessment http://www.brainchild.com/gen/SelectGradeQS.asp?state=NorthCarolina

Strongly recommended website allows student to take online practice tests that are based on NC curriculum. Students get immediate feedback and chance to review and correct answers. Great practice for EOG's!

Language Arts and Communication Resources  http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/clt/edsites/la_comm.html
This is a great list of links for reading, books, grammar, literature, writing, and teaching ideas.
Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Many resources to support the teaching of English, including links, e-text, lesson plans, biographies, critiques, videos, even puzzles and jokes.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication  http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/
For everyone interested in reading, language, or teaching
Authors
A Celebration of Women Writers
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mmbt/www/women/writers.html
Searchable index of female authors from 3000BC to Twentieth Century
Edgar Allen Poe Webquest  http://www.geocities.com/educationplace/poe/wqpoe.htm
An eighth grade assignment about Poe.  There are wonderful references on their page if you scroll down to the Conclusion.
Hemingway around the Web http://www.hemingway.org/web.html
A great list of links to Web sites about Ernest Hemingway.
Poe's Virtual Library  http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/library.html
If it has to do with Poe, you will find it here.  Images, biographies, audio clips of his work, and more.
Shakespeare  http://www.legends.dm.net/shakespeare/index.html
Shakespeare links including photos, play vocabulary
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare  http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Searchable texts of all Shakespeare's works, discussion area, links, etc.
Grammar
Common Errors in English  http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html
This site has a rather busy appearance, but has useful spelling and grammar hints for secondary students.
Libraries
WWW Library Directory  http://www.llv.com/~msauers/libs/libs.html
Links to US and international libraries.
American Library Association  http://www.ala.org/
News, events, library advocacy, and support
Literature
Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust  http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Anne%20Frank/index.html
Over one million children under age sixteen died in the Holocaust.    This interdisciplinary Web Quest takes you to different web sites to research information about their courage, and the issues of prejudice and human rights.
Holocaust Curriculum Resources for K-12  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holo.htm
A wealth of resources about Anne Frank, concentration camps, Hitler, and much more.  Includes Webquests.
KidPubWWW http://www.en-garde.com/kidpub
This is a great site for students to submit stories and poetry.
Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
 An excellent site with links to Newbery, Caldecott, and other award-winning books; also many sites of interest to readers, educators, and parents
Summer Reading Lists http://www.educationworld.com/summer_reading/
You can view recommended books by grade level and subject area at this Education World Web page
Global Wave
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/gwmain.htm

Reading Room http://www.ipl.org/reading/
The IPL Reading Room is a catalog of over 4000 online texts, 1000 online magazines, and 1100 online newspapers arranged for your reading pleasure.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/  http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/
Some of the content of this site is for younger readers, but you can get book reviews and other information on children's books here.

Mythology
Bulfinch's Mythology  http://www.bulfinch.org/
Many of the stories explain common phrases.  Included:  Pandora's Box and narcissistic.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
http://www.cultures.com/greek_resources/greek_encyclopedia/greek_encyclopedia_home.html

The Encyclopedia Mythica  http://pantheon.org/mythica/

Poetry
 The Favorite Poem Project   http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Sponsored by the Library of Congress. You can read poems selected as "favorites" .  Some can be heard on video.

Reference

 iTools   http://www.itools.com/research/
Online research tools including encyclopedia, dictionary, newspaper and magazine, research, language, legal and more.

Word Play:  Sites that Feature Fun with Words    http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm
 

Motivating Low Performing Adolescent Readers  http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d112.html
 An excellent article on how to help remedial readers at the secondary level.

School-to-Work Transition in Language Arts Classrooms:  School-Based Learning Approaches and Practices http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d134.html
An  article about integrating school-to-career practices into the classroom.
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