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Poetry

  • Giggle Poetryspacer Award-winning site devoted to humorous poems.
  • PoetryspacerSponsored by the International Library of Poetry, this is said to be the largest and most comprehensive poetry site on the internet.
  • Poetry ExpressspacerAward-winning site helps visitors express themselves in poetry.
  • Poetry on the Web spacerDetroit Public Library provides an organized list of poetry links.
  • Arts - Booksspacer British Broadcasting Corporation displays the works of British writers and offers help in writing.
  • Poetry ZonespacerChildren and teens can review and post poems here. Make sure you read the rules.
  • Teen Poetry Wikispacer Want to post your poetry? The Internet Public Library has created a wiki for teen poets. Besides writing your own, you can read others� efforts, recieve peer responses, and try your hand at some poetry forms that might be new to you.
  • Write a Poem!spacerKarla Kushin helps you write a poem.

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Reading and Books

  • Authors on the Web spacerFrom the creators of KidsReads and TeenReads sites. See if there's info on your favorite author.
  • Best Books for Kids spacerThe National Education Association's favorite reading choices.
  • Best Books for Young Adultsspacer The Young Adult Library Services Association issues a list of books books published in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for young adults 12 to 18.
  • Children's Book AwardsspacerHere you'll find a list of all the major award-winners, including Newbery and Caldecott.
  • Dear ReaderspacerA reading forum for various book clubs (including a teen version) where visitors can exchange views on a different book each week. First chapters are emailed.
  • Don't Buy It!spacer"Don't Buy It attempts to engage students in media literacy - the ability to access, evaluate, analyze and produce both electronic and print media - by dissecting pop culture and advertisemments."
  • Grouchy Cafe's Favorite Teenage Angst BooksspacerLots for teen readers to love here. Many reviews, links to teen interests.
  • KidsReads spacerThis may be for "kids" instead of teens, but a lot of the LRC's favorites appear here.
  • Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun spacerFour online, interactive vocabulary games with multi-level and multi-subject choices. Over 100 topics with 4,500+ words.
  • Quick Picks for Young Adult Reluctant Readersspacer Each year YALSA suggests books for young adults who don't like to read.
  • Teen Link Book Reviews spacer Books reviewed by teens.
  • Teenreadsspacer Young adult readers can find out about favorite authors and books or get hints about new books they might like. Includes message board and newsletter.

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Research

  • Basic Steps to the Research ProcessspacerCambridge Rindge and Latin School�s Research Guide sets up easy-to-follow tip sheets for handling a research assignment from picking out your topic to handing it in.
  • QUICKspacerThe "Quality Information Check List" helps internet users make sure the sites they visit are good ones.
  • Search Engine Showdownspacer Compare the characteristics of the major search engines.
  • What Search Engine Should I Use?spacerHaving trouble finding the information you need? Maybe this site will lead you to a path you haven't tried before.
  • Worlds of Web Searchingspacer KidClick presents an �out of this world� set of lessons on making your searches successful. .
  • You might also check out:
    • The Reference and Teacher pages on this site.
    • The Homework page on this site, which offers more "search help."
    • The Search Engines list on this site.
    • Also, don't miss Infohio which provides a number of wonderful reference sources. To use Infohio at home, get the username and password from your school librarian.

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Writing

  • Citation Machine spacerDavid Warlick's contribution.
  • Noodle Bib Express spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer Need only one or two quick citations? The extensive Noodle site allows free access to both MLA and APA formats.
  • Online! Citation StylesspacerYet another citation creator--this one devoted to online sources.
  • Poetry ExpressspacerAward-winning site helps visitors express themselves in poetry.
  • Rhyme ZonespacerStuck for a rhyming word? Check this site out.
  • Tips-o-Matic for Writing spacer A place to check out grammar rules, as well as tips for writing paragraphs and essays.
  • Visuwords spacerNEW LINK--Fall '08!spacer Amazing site for visualizing related words. Powerful thesaurus.
  • WordCentralspacerThe site aims to be the "place on the Web where kids can learn how much fun words can be."

See also Poetry above.

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