Cool+Websites+of+the+Week

  Ok...I don't quite have 50 yet, but I'm working on it! I love to find new websites to explore and share. Please let me know if you have suggestions!   [|www.dictionary.]com -  I keep this website open when I'm writing. If I'm unsure if I'm using the right word, or want to use the thesaurus to find a similar word, I just look it up! 

[|www.pandora.com]  - Creates an online playlist around a song or artist. Enter the song or artist you like and pandora will automatically create a playlist with similar songs.

[]  - This is an incredible resource for writing, whether its a research paper, literary analysis paper, or even creative writing.

[|www.easybib.com] -A glorious website when creating bibliographies. Just type in the info, and easybib creates your bibliography for you.


 * http://www.webenglishteacher.com/chaucer.html# - An "everything" web resource for English teachers. Includes lesson plans and teaching methods on a myriad of literature and writing subjects. The website gives several different teacher-submitted lesson plans per topic, so teachers can choose the lesson plan that works best for them. Includes activities, projects, and essay ideas for each lesson.

http://www.poets.org/ - A one-stop shop for everything poetry. The website includes information on almost every well-known poet and every poetry movement. It also has information on modern poets (alive today), and on events across the nation associated with poetry awareness.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html - An article from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill directing students on how to write a thesis statement, and what makes a successful thesis statement.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html -In cludes original documents, maps, photographs, sound recordings and more from American history. Features a collection finder, search engine, learning activities that build on information literacy skills and "today in history". **  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/speech/ - Walks you through the process of writing a speech with great tips organized in a readable fashion.

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ - For Students and Teachers, this website includes daily interactive updates, lesson plans, web explorations, resources and more. Great for assignments that need to include current news or newspaper articles.

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ - A website with games to practice and build vocabulary knowledge. Includes SAT vocabulary test prep games.