Helpful Websites
DoDEA Resources
AFNORTH Home Page http://www.afnorth-is.com/index-1.html
DoDEA Home Page http://www.dodea.edu/home/
DoDEA Curriculum http://www.dodea.edu/curriculum/ela.cfm?cId=stn&stndId=ela
Gradespeed (requires login and password)
Parent GradeSpeed Web Address: https://dodea.gradespeed.net/pc/Default.aspx
Student GradeSpeed Web Address: https://dodeurope.gradespeed.net/pc/studentlogin.aspx
Online Databases (requires login and password)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/afnohs
http://portal.bigchalk.com/portalweb/login.do
http://infoweb.newsbank.com
http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks (no login required)
Student Services (requires login and password)
turnitin.com [plagiarism check and required paper submission]
www.gaggle.net [student email and pages for homeworlk submission]
my.hrw.com [on-line textbook access for Language Arts 9, Language Arts 11, and Language Arts 12]
Testing Websites
AP Central http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/index.html
College Board http://sat.collegeboard.org/home?affiliateId=nav&bannerId=h-satb
ACT http://www.actstudent.org/
MLA/APA Writing/Format/Citation/Bibliography Tools
www.noodletools.com/quickcite
www.easybib.com
http://citationmachine.net
Columbia Guide to Online Style www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
OWLS (Online Writing Labs; APA & MLA formats) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/
Wooster APA (Info on APA) http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apacrib.html#
More Citatation Examples and Writing Info http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/library/mla.pdf
Ms. Moriconi’s Recommended Sites
Links to All Class Subjects
http://www.about.com/education / [skill builders and exercises]
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm [index of all things language arts]
http://quizlet.com/ [vocabulary study guides for all subjects and often linked to textbooks]
http://www.authorstream.com/ [free membership and links to subject area Power Points]
www.findarticles.com [links to educational periodicals and professional critique]
Literacy and Critical Reading Strategies
http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/annotate.htm [annotating a text]
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/styleanalysis.pdf [style analysis]
http://ozpk.tripod.com/APclose [how to do a close reading]http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/litcirclepacket.pdf [literature circles]
http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html [critical reading]
Glossary of Literary Theory Terms, Literary Terms, and Rhetorical Terminology
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html
http://quizhub.com/quiz/free/f-vocabulary.cfm [literary terms and iPad friendly]
http://quizlet.com/subject/literature/ [literature terms]
http://quizlet.com/2661789/ap-lit-literary-terms-flash-cards/ [literary terms flash cards]
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ [examples of rhetoric and American public figures]
Building SAT Skills—Reading, Vocabulary, and Editing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm [365 days of SAT vocabulary words and exercises]http://quizlet.com/690981/ap-lit-tone-words-flash-cards/[AP Literary Tone Words]
http://www.quiz-tree.com/SAT_main.html[SAT vocabulary]
http://majortests.com/sat/[link to all components of SAT]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english[introduction to editing]
http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm[editing games]
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/[making sense of sentence structure and errors]
http://studymyenglish.com/[building SAT editing skills]
Essay Writing Information
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/writing-resources/writing-center-handouts
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Assignments.html
http://fictionwriting.about.com/[writing fiction]
http://www.teenink.com/Past/[teens writing for teenagers]
http://cstudies.ubc.ca/writers-workshop/writers-toolbox/index.html[writer’s toolbox]
Biographical Information
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ [literary criticism]
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496 [biographies]
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx [biographies of authors]
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/ [19thCentury authors]
http://www.rc.umd.edu/ [The Romantics]
http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/ [Romanticism]
On-Line Texts and Qualified Analysis (Free)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ [database]
http://www.bartleby.com/ [database]
http://www.literature.org/authors/ [database]
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ [Shakespeare]
http://www.eapoe.org/ [Edgar Allen Poe]
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/resource_literature.html [British Literature]
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/contents/index.shtml [Milton]
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/ [poetry and analysis]
http://www.poetry-portal.com/ [poetry and analysis]
http://www.aldaily.com/ [links to current writing—updated 6x a week]
http://www.themodernword.com/authors.html [writers "who have pushed the envelope"]
http://www.literaryhistory.com/ [critical articles, texts, biography & sites about 19th and 20th century English and American authors.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Resources for literature in the areas of classical and Biblical, Medieval, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Romantic, Victorian (British), Twentieth Century (British & Irish), American, theater and drama, theory, women's literature & feminism, "ethnicities & nationalities," and other national literatures.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/ [English Literature: Early 17th Century, 1603 – 1660]
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/index.html [Post-colonial and Post-imperial literature]
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/[ Women writers of color]
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ [Transcendentalism in America]
http://english.berkeley.edu/Postwar/genres.html. [post-WWII literature and culture]
Media Literacy and 21st Century Themes
Contemporary Print Media Sources
Newspapers:
The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com
Magazines
The Atlantic Monthly http://www.theatlantic.com
Harper's Magazine http://www.harpers.org
The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com
The Onion http://www.theonion.com
Science/AAAA |Scientific research, news and career information http://www.scienemag.org
Time Magazine www.time.com/time
The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/
Politics and Cultural Criticism
http://www.constitution.org/ [foundational documents of American democracy]
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/index2.html [foundational documents]
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/specialtopics.html#1137 [women’s history]
http://politicalhumor.about.com/ [political humor]
http://www.adcouncil.org/ [public service announcements]
http://www.youtube.org/ [links to movies, plays, advertisements, news reports]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_criticism [art criticism]
http://www.othervoices.org/ [Journal of Cultural Criticism]
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp [links to humanities and humanities-related resources and digital media]
http://bostonreview.net/ [bi-monthly journal of culture and politics]
http://www.crimeculture.com/ [investigation of representation of crime in multiple media formats]
http://eserver.org/clogic/ [Journal on marxist theory and cultural logic in the modern world]
http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/ [political campaign ads achives]
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ [Universal Declaration of Human Rights]http://theweek.com/section/index/world [online political magazine]
Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/ [On-line database on philosophy and philosophers]
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html [Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought]
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm [Guide to Philosophy on the Internet]
Views of Cyperspace
http://www.ctheory.net/ [Cyberspace, Virtual Reality, and Critical Theory]http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/theory/theoryov.html [cyperart theory]
Art Historyhttp://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?search
http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html
How to Use Literary Criticism
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html
Literary Theory and Literary Period Links
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/theory.html [literary theory overview]
http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm [literary theory definitions]
http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litweb.html [classic literary criticism]
http://www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htm [literary overview and links]
http://library.montclair.edu/literature.html[ literary criticism links]
http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/bibliography.html [search engine]
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/modlits/LitCrit.html#fulltext [modern literary and criticism]
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/ [Postmodern Culture]
AFNORTH Home Page http://www.afnorth-is.com/index-1.html
DoDEA Home Page http://www.dodea.edu/home/
DoDEA Curriculum http://www.dodea.edu/curriculum/ela.cfm?cId=stn&stndId=ela
Gradespeed (requires login and password)
Parent GradeSpeed Web Address: https://dodea.gradespeed.net/pc/Default.aspx
Student GradeSpeed Web Address: https://dodeurope.gradespeed.net/pc/studentlogin.aspx
Online Databases (requires login and password)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/afnohs
http://portal.bigchalk.com/portalweb/login.do
http://infoweb.newsbank.com
http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks (no login required)
Student Services (requires login and password)
turnitin.com [plagiarism check and required paper submission]
www.gaggle.net [student email and pages for homeworlk submission]
my.hrw.com [on-line textbook access for Language Arts 9, Language Arts 11, and Language Arts 12]
Testing Websites
AP Central http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/index.html
College Board http://sat.collegeboard.org/home?affiliateId=nav&bannerId=h-satb
ACT http://www.actstudent.org/
MLA/APA Writing/Format/Citation/Bibliography Tools
www.noodletools.com/quickcite
www.easybib.com
http://citationmachine.net
Columbia Guide to Online Style www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
OWLS (Online Writing Labs; APA & MLA formats) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/
Wooster APA (Info on APA) http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apacrib.html#
More Citatation Examples and Writing Info http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/library/mla.pdf
Ms. Moriconi’s Recommended Sites
Links to All Class Subjects
http://www.about.com/education / [skill builders and exercises]
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm [index of all things language arts]
http://quizlet.com/ [vocabulary study guides for all subjects and often linked to textbooks]
http://www.authorstream.com/ [free membership and links to subject area Power Points]
www.findarticles.com [links to educational periodicals and professional critique]
Literacy and Critical Reading Strategies
http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/annotate.htm [annotating a text]
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/styleanalysis.pdf [style analysis]
http://ozpk.tripod.com/APclose [how to do a close reading]http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/litcirclepacket.pdf [literature circles]
http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html [critical reading]
Glossary of Literary Theory Terms, Literary Terms, and Rhetorical Terminology
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html
http://quizhub.com/quiz/free/f-vocabulary.cfm [literary terms and iPad friendly]
http://quizlet.com/subject/literature/ [literature terms]
http://quizlet.com/2661789/ap-lit-literary-terms-flash-cards/ [literary terms flash cards]
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ [examples of rhetoric and American public figures]
Building SAT Skills—Reading, Vocabulary, and Editing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm [365 days of SAT vocabulary words and exercises]http://quizlet.com/690981/ap-lit-tone-words-flash-cards/[AP Literary Tone Words]
http://www.quiz-tree.com/SAT_main.html[SAT vocabulary]
http://majortests.com/sat/[link to all components of SAT]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english[introduction to editing]
http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm[editing games]
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/[making sense of sentence structure and errors]
http://studymyenglish.com/[building SAT editing skills]
Essay Writing Information
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/writing-resources/writing-center-handouts
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Assignments.html
http://fictionwriting.about.com/[writing fiction]
http://www.teenink.com/Past/[teens writing for teenagers]
http://cstudies.ubc.ca/writers-workshop/writers-toolbox/index.html[writer’s toolbox]
Biographical Information
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ [literary criticism]
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496 [biographies]
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx [biographies of authors]
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/ [19thCentury authors]
http://www.rc.umd.edu/ [The Romantics]
http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/ [Romanticism]
On-Line Texts and Qualified Analysis (Free)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ [database]
http://www.bartleby.com/ [database]
http://www.literature.org/authors/ [database]
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ [Shakespeare]
http://www.eapoe.org/ [Edgar Allen Poe]
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/resource_literature.html [British Literature]
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/contents/index.shtml [Milton]
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/ [poetry and analysis]
http://www.poetry-portal.com/ [poetry and analysis]
http://www.aldaily.com/ [links to current writing—updated 6x a week]
http://www.themodernword.com/authors.html [writers "who have pushed the envelope"]
http://www.literaryhistory.com/ [critical articles, texts, biography & sites about 19th and 20th century English and American authors.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Resources for literature in the areas of classical and Biblical, Medieval, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Romantic, Victorian (British), Twentieth Century (British & Irish), American, theater and drama, theory, women's literature & feminism, "ethnicities & nationalities," and other national literatures.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/ [English Literature: Early 17th Century, 1603 – 1660]
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/index.html [Post-colonial and Post-imperial literature]
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/[ Women writers of color]
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ [Transcendentalism in America]
http://english.berkeley.edu/Postwar/genres.html. [post-WWII literature and culture]
Media Literacy and 21st Century Themes
Contemporary Print Media Sources
Newspapers:
The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com
Magazines
The Atlantic Monthly http://www.theatlantic.com
Harper's Magazine http://www.harpers.org
The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com
The Onion http://www.theonion.com
Science/AAAA |Scientific research, news and career information http://www.scienemag.org
Time Magazine www.time.com/time
The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/
Politics and Cultural Criticism
http://www.constitution.org/ [foundational documents of American democracy]
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/index2.html [foundational documents]
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/specialtopics.html#1137 [women’s history]
http://politicalhumor.about.com/ [political humor]
http://www.adcouncil.org/ [public service announcements]
http://www.youtube.org/ [links to movies, plays, advertisements, news reports]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_criticism [art criticism]
http://www.othervoices.org/ [Journal of Cultural Criticism]
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp [links to humanities and humanities-related resources and digital media]
http://bostonreview.net/ [bi-monthly journal of culture and politics]
http://www.crimeculture.com/ [investigation of representation of crime in multiple media formats]
http://eserver.org/clogic/ [Journal on marxist theory and cultural logic in the modern world]
http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/ [political campaign ads achives]
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ [Universal Declaration of Human Rights]http://theweek.com/section/index/world [online political magazine]
Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/ [On-line database on philosophy and philosophers]
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html [Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought]
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm [Guide to Philosophy on the Internet]
Views of Cyperspace
http://www.ctheory.net/ [Cyberspace, Virtual Reality, and Critical Theory]http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/theory/theoryov.html [cyperart theory]
Art Historyhttp://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?search
http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html
How to Use Literary Criticism
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html
Literary Theory and Literary Period Links
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/theory.html [literary theory overview]
http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm [literary theory definitions]
http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litweb.html [classic literary criticism]
http://www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htm [literary overview and links]
http://library.montclair.edu/literature.html[ literary criticism links]
http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/bibliography.html [search engine]
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/modlits/LitCrit.html#fulltext [modern literary and criticism]
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/ [Postmodern Culture]