Educational Service Unit #8

Curriculum Links for Language Arts


Columbia University Press contains: The Elements of Citation, Documenting Sources in the Text, and Preparing the Bibliographic Material.

Books On-Line: Titles

Children's Literature Web Guide

The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare This site includes the complete works of William Shakespear from plays to sonnets with commentary, glossary and familiar quotations. It also provides a chronological list of his works and pointers to Shakespeare resources on the net.

Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in pictures, poems and recordings, including Fern Hill.

The Human-Languages Page

The Internet Classics Archive
Aeschylus, Aristotle, Homer, Plato, and Sophocles -- they're all here! Whether your students are studying Latin, or are just getting acquainted with some of the great classic works of literature, this site can provide them with access to downloadable copies of such works as the Odyssey, the Aenied, and Antigone.

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY:

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The Library-in-the Sky Language Arts Lesson Plans This site includes creative writing, ESL, and scores of mini-lessons in reading, thinking, grammar, spelling, and other subjects.

Mark Twain This site contains links to online resources by and about Mark Twain, plus weekly feature articles about him, an events calendar, and more on the way.

MetaSelf: Metaphor Model Home Page

Michael Quinion's World Wide Words This Web site is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution.

MidLink Magazine This is an electronic magazine for middle school students. This magazine is a site where students can have their work published.

Nebraska Authors

The Nebraska Center for Writers This is an on-line resource for poets and fiction writers in Nebraska and beyond. From here you can also go to the Nebraska Literature Festival, complete with schedules of activities, background on the writers celebrated, and a registration form for the high school day. With information about Nebraska writers, creative writing programs, writers' groups, reading series, literary bookstores, magazines, publishers, and more, The Nebraska Center for Writers promises to be a valuable resource for strengthening Nebraska's literary community!!

TeachNet: Language Arts Projects for Kindergarten Children Search this site for kindergarten projects from the ABC's to puppetry and pictionaries.

University of Michigan Online Writing & Learning (OWL)