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Useful English Language Links:
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MLA Citation Style
From Long Island University... A great site for learning how to successfully construct a proper citation or citations for research resources. -
Punctuation Painball
A great game for learning to place punctuation in the right place. -
The Library of Congress - Today in History
This is a wonderful resource site for working on your research papers and skills. -
This Day In History
From the History Channel comes a page that is changed every day, just like history changes every day. -
Using English from the usingenglish.com web site
A wonderful collection of quizzes assessing student understanding of the many facets of the English language. -
USA Today - news, weather, sports, and more
A wonderful resource for current events, weather forecasts, and reports from sporting events. Every student should keep up with what is going on in the world around them. -
Internet 4 Classrooms - English
This site is devoted to any and all aspects of grammar, punctuation, and language arts. -
Middle School English
A thorough site devoted to middle school English resources. From Jefferson County Schools-Tennessee -
Possessive Nouns
An excellent site devoted to the understanding of possessive nouns. From: Wisc-Online.org, Author: Wanda Lay -
Word Choice Exercises from Grammar Bytes!
From our friends at Grammar Bytes comes a series of exercises testing your knowledge on the use of difficult word choices such as there, their, and they're; who and whom; to, too, and two; and more. -
The Internet TESL Journal
Quizzes, tests, exercises, and puzzles to help you learn English.
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University of Calgary
From our neighbors up North. This site provides examples and quizzes to test your knowledge on English grammar conventions and parts of speech.
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Daily Grammar
This is a wonderful site covering a wide array of topics in our English course of study.
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English
This link is from Mr. Williams's class in the great state of Montana. Some of the links work, while others do not. Those that work are wonderful for practicing our English objectives. Enjoy...
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Free Rice
FreeRice.com is well loved and well received by all the students. Not only are you helping to feed the hungry, you also gain knowledge in unique vocabulary and its meaning. For each answer you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice through the UN Food Program to help end hunger.
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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
This is a wonderful resource to find words, definitions, and a quick check of spelling.
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CIA World Factbook
Okay... You may be asking yourself, What in the world does this Geography site have to do with English? While it is true that this link is suited to Social Studies, I am convinced that if the student is reading, the student is seeing the use of our language in action. This is such a GREAT site, one cannot help but look around it and read. Enjoy...
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Wikipedia: Mutiny on the Bounty
Read and learn about one of the most fascinating and interesting stories in history. Try to find out how many inhabitants are on Pitcairn Island today, what do they do in order to make a living, how many telephones, hospitals, schools, vehicles, roads, etc., etc. Use this link along with the CIA World Factbook link (go to "Flags of the World" and scroll down to Pitcairn Island and "click" on it.) to learn about the rest of the story. Enjoy...
