www.dictionary.com - Online dictionary and
thesaurus
www.britannia.com - Online encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.com - Online encyclopedia
www.bartleby.com - Awesome website...contains
reference, verse, fiction, non-fiction, and
quotations. You can access a number of classic
books online.
www.poets.org
- Created by the Academy of American Poets, this
website has a poetry search engine, tips for writing
poetry, and a list of poetry events.
www.loc.gov/poetry.180/ - One of the best groups
of contemporary poems I've found. Poetry 180 (a
website and book) was created by Billy Collins,
former Poet Laureate, so high schoolers could read a
poem every school day.
www.teenreads.com - Online newsletter just for
teens. This website reviews teen books and provides
author information.
http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html -
Reading Rants...another website for teen readers
that provides categorized lists of high-interest
teen books.
http://teenink.com
- National Teen Magazine...a magazine dedicated to
publishing teen writing and art.
www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html - New
York Times Books page...includes Best Seller lists,
Sunday book reviews, and first chapters of new
books.
www.afi.com -
American Film Institute...I am a movie nut and
include lots of movie clips in my class. This
website is great for movie information. Check out
the 100 Years Lists.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com - This is Roger
Ebert's movie review page. We might write a movie
review this year and this page is a great resource.
www.rottentomatoes.com - This website compiles
movie reviews from across the nation and then
assigns a percentage grade to each movie. You can
also find video games and DVD reviews here.
