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| Enjoy these great ELA Websites!! Reading: (please also see "Home" page for free reading sites)
PBS Educator’s Resource - A great resource for all grades, all content areas Kids Read.com Need help choosing your next book to read? Find reviews on the newest books and interviews with the coolest authors. Aesop's Fables - A great website with familiar fables organized by theme. ReadWriteThink.org is created by the International Reading Association and the National Council of English Teachers. It is an amazing resource. Storybird.com Get some expert help in creating and publishing picture storybooks. Outstanding artwork and creative ideas will get you writing fantastic books! skratchpublishing.com This is an amazing website that promotes literacy for students and their families. Watch the three-minute film to tour the site. How to Write a Paper and Cite Sources - Selected links to sites offering guidance on planning, researching, and writing an essay or term paper. (South Plainfield Public Library) Proofreading Symbols - Meanings and examples of common proofreading symbols and abbreviations, with links to some online aids for proofreading and editing. (Capital Community College) Interesting Things for ESL Students  - Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and more, for students of English as a second language (personal site by Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan). For more English/ESL links, see South Plainfield Public Library's Useful Websites: LANGUAGE page. Picture Dictionary - Look up a noun by first letter or category to see a simple picture of that object. You can look up words in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Merriam-Webster offers a more extensive Visual Dictionary Online , which includes detailed, labelled images and audio pronunciation. A similar site is Visual Dictionary, which offers images labelled in English or French. (Commercial sites) Dictionaries: Farlex Free Dictionary - 'English, Medical, Legal, Financial, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one.' Merriam-Webster Online offers an online dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish - English dictionary, plus word games, puzzles, podcasts and other features. Merriam Webster also hosts Freerice.com is a website that tests your vocabulary skills while making a difference in the world. For every answer you get correct, freerice.com will donate ten grains of rice to needy people around the world through the United Nations. Click the link below to check it out! The more you play, the more people you help to feed! Dr. Goodword's Word Wizard - Colorful vocabulary website designed for kids aged 7 - 13, featuring games, puzzles, and other fun learning activities. (Commercial site: Lexiteria LLC) Vocabulary University - Word puzzles and other exercises to help build your English vocabulary. Divided into three grade levels. Learn the key vocabulary words that lead to academic success. (Commercial site, by Jan Cook and Carey Orr Cook) Vocabulary Games  - Fun quizzes to help you learn SAT / GRE words, improve your vocabulary context skills, and learn computer or medical terminology. (Commercial site: Sheppard Software) Ask Oxford - An authoritative source of guidance for those wishing to write or speak English correctly. The site includes English FAQs, dictionaries, quizzes, crosswords, quotes, language links, and more. For American English, choose 'US view' near the upper right-hand corner of the page. (Oxford University Press) Commonly Confused Words - Lists dozens of commonly confused word pairs, such as affect & effect, discreet & discrete, and flaunt & flout, with tips on how to use them correctly (Oxford University Press). Word of the Day [UPDATED LINK!] - Increase your vocabulary by learning a new word each day; site provides both definitions and usage examples. THIS SITE DOES NOT WORK IN INTERNET EXPLORER 6. (Commercial site: New York Times / Merriam-Webster) Big Dog's Grammar - A fun and easy-to-follow guide to the basic rules of English grammar. (Personal site, by Scott Foll) Grammar Bytes - Definitions of common grammar terms, fun quizzes, quick tips and rules. (Personal site by Robin L. Simmons, Valencia Community College) Guide to Grammar and Writing - This site on English grammar defines the different parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, etc.), explains sentence structure, and provides tips for composing good sentences, paragraphs, essays, and research papers. Also offers quizzes, FAQs, and other helpful tools. (Capital Community College Foundation, CT) Commonly Confused Words - Lists dozens of commonly confused word pairs, such as affect & effect, discreet & discrete, and flaunt & flout, with tips on how to use them correctly (Oxford University Press). Diagramming Sentences - Diagramming sentences is a way to visualize how the different parts of a sentence fit together. On this page, you can learn the process one step at a time, or jump to a particular section using the table of contents. (By Dr. Kip Wheeler, an English professor at Carson-Newman College) Elements of Style - William Strunk's classic reference book on 'the principal requirements of plain English style... the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. (Bartleby.com; commercial site) | |
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