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Reading/Writing/Electronic
Citation and Copyright Guidelines/References/Grammar/Research
Papers
Reading:
Reading Online The official site of
the Journal of the International Reading Association
Guys Read
– A Literacy Initiative for Boys
This site is maintained by Jon Scieszka, author of Baloney, The
Stinky Cheese Man, Math Curse, The True
Story of the Three Little Pigs, and others. He gives suggestions
about what boys like to read and other tips.
Journals:
Reading Online published by the National
Reading Association is a journal for K-12 teachers that has good articles as
well as resources for integrating technology with literacy instruction.
http://www.readingonline.org/
Read, Write and Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/
This site is a partnership between the
International Reading Association
(IRA), National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.
Reader's Theater sites:
This site has scripts that you can
print and read. Just click on the titles.
This is a page in a bigger site that you might find interesting. This page gives
you links to scripts that you can use immediately.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm#Scripts
This is the home page for the scripts above and covers information if you want to know more. It also givesyou a link for help if you are having trouble downloading a script.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
This
site is a huge resource site
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/rdr-thea.html
Online Book Clubs for Students:
National Geographic’s
Online Book Club for Kids is a site where students can look for books,
participate in discussions and write reviews to be published online.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookclub/
Spaghetti Book Club
http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/
Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com
This
site is a free reading motivation program which tries to stimulate reading
by students reading a book from their list and
then taking a test online for which
they get points. It was created by the Sylvan Learning
Foundation.
Writing:
Elements of Style
Strunk online! This is a great site.
Bartleby's.com Great links to writing
style, quotations, etc.
KidPub A
collection of more than 11,000 stories and poems written by young people.
Students can publish their own work here. A place for meeting other young
writers is included here.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Interactive,
menu driven writer's guide.
Write Site Designed for middle school
students who take on the role of journalist. Well organized and good material.
Two online magazines for teen writers where they can read works by other teen
around the world and submit their work for publication:
Stonesoup
Frodo's Notebook
Places to publish student work online:
Here are some book review sources.
http://www.classicalcharter.com/ForKids/BookReviews.html
Literature Place book reviews by students
http://www.literatureplace.com/students/reviews.asp
Spaghetti Book Club
http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/
The K-12 Poetry Publishing Project
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/index1.html
Kid's Publishing Corner from Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/parents/pub.html
Different Places
to Publish Student Work on the Web
Electronic
Citation:
University of Michigan's
Document Center Online Citation Guide
Copyright Guidelines for the
Classroom:
The copyright guidelines for
education are meant for classroom use of materials where a teacher has control
of the product. They are different if you are going to go public with the media
you are using on a Web site. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act talks about
this because once you have posted material on a Web site the material is out of
your control. Go to this Web site for the exact legal stipulations of
copyright in education. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/110.html
This is also a useful site http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html#teacher
I am including a thumb nail from the last site for your use.
| Types of media and permissible amounts | |
| Motion media: | Up to 10 percent of the total or three minutes, whichever is less. |
| Text material: | Up to 10 percent of the total or 1,000 words, whichever is
less.
An entire poem of less than 250 words may be used, but no more than three poems by one poet or five poems by different authors in an anthology. For poems exceeding 250 words, 250 words should be used but no more than three excerpts from one poet or five excerpts from different poets in the same work. |
| Music lyrics, and music video: | Up to 10 percent of the work but no more than 30 seconds of the music or lyrics from an individual musical work. |
| Illustrations or photographs: | No more than five images from one artist or photographer. No more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a collection. |
| Numerical data sets: | Up to 10 percent or 2,500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less, from a copyrighted database or data table. |
| Copying of a multimedia project: | No more than two copies may be made of a project. |
References:
Atlapedia Online Information on every
country in the world. For students of all ages.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica
online. A fully searchable collection of references. Visitors may try the site
free, but regular users must pay a small fee to subscribe to the service.
CNN Interactive Online news site of current
events.
Flags of the World
Internet Search
Tools Quick Reference Guide A great table of Search tools to use for
various reasons.
My Virtual Reference Desk - My
Virtual Newspaper Links your class to newspapers around the world. Inlcudes
National Storm Watch, wire services, current events and more.
Research It! Your
One Stop Reference Tool
Time Magazine's Pathfinder This
is an interactive link to Time Corporations magazines. This is an excellent site
for reading and research.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Seattle Times
Grammar:
Grammar Lady The purpose of this
site is to provide answers to all of your language and usage questions.
Online English
Grammar This Web grammar guide is an excellent resource for students and
teachers.
The Purdue University OnLine Writing
Lab (OWL) This site offers grammar tips, English as a Second Language help,
the Proper MLA style and much more.
Research Papers:
Internet Search
Tools Quick Reference Guide A great table of Search tools to use for
various reasons.
Researchpaper.com This site is
designed to eliminate frustration and help students do better in school. It has
the Web's largest collection of topics, and assistance for research projects. It
also has an area for students to email questions and get answers.
Country Reports