English/Language Arts Sites

A+ Research & Writing for High School and College Students	Great tips for writing a paper and doing the needed research.
Academy of American Poets	Use the search option to find information on over 200 poets.
American Writers	Countless materials on writers from 1600-1975 with many video options.
Author Webliography	Great site to use as a starting point for finding author websites.
Barnes & Noble Study Guides	A number of free resources for current and classic works.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations	The online version of this resource. Fully searchable and indexed.
BibMe	Search for the title of your resource and automatically have an entry for your bibliography or works cited page. Available for MLA, ALA, Chicago, and Turabian formats.
Biography Resource	Over 15,000 entries from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.
Blue Book of Grammar	Quick, indexed source for grammar tools.
The Camelot Project	Site loaded with texts, Arthurian lore, images, and bibliographies.
Common Errors in English	Concise descriptions and explanations of speaking and writing errors.
Creative Writing Prompts	Pick a number and reveal a writing prompt.
Daily Grammar	Site helps you subscribe to the email service which provides great vocabulary activities and access to the archives.
The Encyclopedia Mythica	Learn about Greek, Roman, Chinese, Norse, and many other mythologies.
Finding Faulty Logic	Well crafted, interactive lesson on analyzing political and commercial ads.
Folklore, Myth, and Legend	Great set of links to a number of fairy tales, folklore, and mythological works.
Google Lit Trips	Uses Google Earth to track literary travels with authors and within works. Items for all age groups available.
Grammar Safari	Uses the Internet to conduct grammar exercises.
Guide to Grammar and Writing	Great handouts and 77 on-line quizzes.
NovelGuide	Online version of the Cliff notes series.
Online English Grammar	Great deal of well developed hints on grammar.
Online Exhibits from the California Museum of Photography	Archives section has excellent visuals for writing prompts and student projects.
Online Literary Criticism Collection	Contains thousands of critical websites. Organized by author, works, and time period.
Purdue Writing Lab Online	Excellent source for short handouts on numerous writing problems.
Poetry 180	Access to some superb poetry from the Library of Congress -- one poem per school day! Poems are archived each year.
Professional Cartoonists Index	Archived political cartoons from 2001 to present for use as writing prompts and for analysis. Look on the left for a teacher's guide.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre	Sets of links and visuals about the old and new Globe Theatre
Top 100 Speeches	Text and audio options exist for much of the list. Look at the bottom of the page for links to other speeches not in the Top 100.
Visit the Bard	Searchable site with the complete works of William Shakespeare
Visual Thesaurus	Creates maps of word connections using Java. For full access, you must subscribe.
A Word a Day	Site helps you subscribe to the email service which provides great vocabulary activities and access to the Word-a-Day archives.
WordAhead	Great collection of vocabulary videos and study aids for the SAT and other tests.
World Wide Words	Information on any number of phrases, words, and language nuances.
Writing Prompts	Database of over 500 randomly generated writing prompts.
The Writing Site	Multiple samples of student writing, instruction on using scoring rubrics, and help for mastering the writing portions of several standardized tests.