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It is always important for teachers to have their SOL requirements
close at hand. Here
you will find the SOLs for English classes in Virginia. This is a useful site to have online.
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Wow! This excellent site offers a picture and online works of many
famous writers. The
site is very nicely presented and well organized. You may well find some of these entries
highlighted separately on
this page. This is a great site for teachers and students!
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The is a wonderful Middle English resource page. You will find a
collection of works and
related links here. This is an impressive site!
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The works are well catagorized (type, chronological and alphabetical)
and are
searchable. There is also a glossary, discussion area and more. This is a nice site for those
interested in learning
or teaching about Shakespeare.
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This is an excellent, fun filled site designed to reinforce vocabulary
skills and highten a
student's understanding of the English language. These colorful, cool puzzles are offered at
three levels (upper
elementary, middleschool/junior high, hs/college prep) and the archived puzzles are available.
Students
completing 12 puzzles of 12 words each can even earn a "degree" and get a color diploma. This
is a nice site!
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This is the site for the professional organization for educators in
English studies, literacy and language arts. Get the latest news on research, conferences, web
links and more.
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This bright and colorful site is for elementary and middle school
English teachers as well as ESL teachers. There are online printable flashcards, puzzles and
activities that cover particular English topics. There are many resources here.
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What a delightful online resource! Here you can find a large collection
of myths and
folktales from around the world. The site is well organized and nicely presented.
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What a delightful site for anyone wishing information on Jack London!
This site offers a
graphic look at Beauty Ranch, Jack London's home. It also provides some wonderful insights as
it looks at
London's work in experimental farming. This site is very nicely designed and well worth a
visit.
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Wow! If you are interested in myths and legends, you will be well
pleased with this site.
Myths, legends and folklore from around the world are presented in this online encyclopedia.
It is searchable and
even has a large image collection!
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What a wonderful poetry site! The offerings are many and there is even
a listening
booth (using RealAudio) so you can hear poems being read by their authors. You can learn much
about American
poets here.
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Is your brain obtunded? If not, you should be able to use the letters
from the word to
spell 30 new words. You must use four or more letters with no proper nouns, no adding "s" to
three letter nouns,
and only one form of a word is acceptable. You have 40 minutes. :) This site highlights a
word, gives the definition
and use in context, and offers a challenge for the word find. Answers are given for each
puzzle. The students
should like these activities.
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This is a very nice listing of writing tips, or tools as they are
called in the article. These
tips are good and explained in a simple and easy to understand format. This is a wonderful
resource for those who
wish to improve their writing skills.
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The green wooden bars and the green planks used for the TLO banners and buttons on this page
came from Four Bees.
The background on this page came from a collection, Webpaper, by Jay Boersma.
The
first grader
font used to make these banner and buttons was found at
Surf Madison File Libraries.
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This page is presented by ...
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English Standards of
Learning for
Virginia Public Schools
Project Bartleby
