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Robert Lipsyte's Homepage
This is the personal website maintained by the author of _The Contender_. |
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Elements of Literature Website
Online help from your textbook! Click on the correct collection number to learn more about the stories we are reading and the authors who wrote them. |
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S.E. Hinton's Website
S.E. Hinton - the author of The Outsiders - maintains a website about the novel, her life, and her works. |
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The Outsiders Book and Movie Site
About S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders and the Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation. |
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Tips for Young Poets
Poet Kristine George shares some suggestions for cultivating your inner poet. |
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Poetic Observation
Kristine George's suggestions for becoming a better observer. |
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Westing Game ThinkQuest
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Alice B. Wilson Literary Awards
This contest is open to all students who live or attend school in Brighton, and is sponsored by the Friends of Brighton Memorial Library. Click to read more and find out about the rules. |
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Alice B. Wilson Literary Awards
This contest is open to any student who lives in or attends school in Brighton, and is sponsored by the Friends of Brighton Memorial Library. Click to read more and find out about the rules. |
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Sound of Waves Website
This is an amazing website put together by some high school students at Haddonfield High School in NJ - lots of interesting background and contextual information about the story. |
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NYTimes Book Review of The Sound of Waves
Here's the 1956 review of Mishima's book. |
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"A Good Man is Hard to Find"
Online text of Flannery O'Connor's short story. |
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"Good Country People"
An online text of Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" - fairly difficult to read, however. |
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Turnitin.com
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An Overview of the Elements of Fiction
From the NCTE "Read, Write, Think" website, a mini-refresher course on the Elements of Fiction - helpful with your Scaffold Sheets! |
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Cinderella
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This I Believe
Here you can find information about "This I Believe," as well as example essays that you can read and/or listen to on your own. |
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| Vocabulary Practice |
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Pronunciation Guide and Vocabulary Games
This website plays the words aloud to help you learn proper pronunciation. It also features games like hangman and crosswords to help you learn the words.
7th graders - Level C
10th graders - Level F |
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Vocabulary Practice
Test how well you know the words! Practice a few times a week or once a day to help you get ready for your vocabulary tests. |
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Etymology Online
Learn words by learning their roots and provenance. |
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Visual Thesaurus
Limits your number of uses, but cool nonetheless. |
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A.Word.A.Day
Learn New Words! |
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Dictionary! Dot! Com!
Look up some words! |
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Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
Purdue's OWL is a useful resource - go here to get help with the writing process, with integrating quotations, with citing sources, and a whole host of other resources. |
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Hamilton College Writing Center
Hamilton College's online writing tips will guide you through the writing process from start to finish. Use this resource to help you catch common errors and to be sure you avoid the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing! |
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