English

===CFF in the English Classroom - This site is a collaborative effort to create a resource for Classrooms for the Future teachers and anyone else who wants to expand their 21st century teaching skills and share ideas about teaching. ===

Research Paper/Citations/Works Cited/Bibliography Resources:
[|The Purdue Owl] Resources for writing process, MLA formatting, APA formatting, and grammar [|Zotero] Firefox add-on, collect, manage, store your research sites [|Easy Bib] online bibliography generator [|Bib Me] online bibliography generator [|21 CIF] online citation wizards [|Source Aid] online citation builder [|QuickCite] online citation builder [|Webnotes] annotate, take notes, organize your research online [|Plagiarism Detector] [|Word Central] online dictionary [|Visuword] online graphical dictionary and thesaurus

Writing books online - text/images/animations
[|Tikatok] create books online [|We Book] write a book online [|Live Book] collaborate to write a book online right before your eyes [|Story Bird] short, simple stories, collaborative storytelling [|Shelfari] a social networking site for readers. Create a virtual book shelf to show what your are or have read and see what your friends are reading. [|Book Tagger] social networking site for readers. Add and discuss books you've read with others

Online Libraries and Audio Books:
[|The Free Library] Over 14 million articles and books [|Lit2Go] an online audio collection from Florida's Educational Tech. Clearinghouse of stories and poems in mp3 format [|Loud Lit] get online audio literature in mp3 format and text format (Literature for your eyes and ears) [|Infomotions] a collection of public domain and open access documents with a focus on American and English literature [|Book Glutton] online library - readers can find, read, annotate and discuss books online with others. [|Project Gutenberg] download over 30,000 books for free to many portable reading devices - PC, iPhone, Kindle and more [|Audio Books for Free] [|Feedbooks] thousands of books in public domain [|Read Print] free online book library [|UVA Libraries] University of Virginia online libraries - I've heard it said that this might be the best out there. [|Librivox] audio books online [|60 Second Recap] 60 seconds on many works of literature and multiple entries - plot, characters, themes, summaries [|Book Lamp] book lamp matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles [|Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary] [|Discovery Education Puzzlemaker] [|Wordle] Create great looking word walls - cool way to get a fast look at written responses to questions/prompts [|Word Sift] Visualize your words

Vocabulary Builders:
[|Wordia] Put words to video - think of a word, express your views on video, upload the video, watch others [|Vocab Ahead] vocabulary words put to video, ready made or students can create their own. Study Room available with over 1000 difficult words [|Word Smart] Games to help build vocabulary - several from which to choose [|Free Rice] Students can build their vocabulary and geography knowledge while earning free rice for the World Food Programme [|Verbalearn] Free online source for students to study vocabulary for SAT, PSSA, and ACT

Writing:
[|The Writing Site] Collins Writing Program, Five Types of Writing, and a host of tech resources to integrate [|Writing Fix] Home of interactive writing prompts [|iWrite] Helping to make the writing process work in the classroom [|Scholastic-Persuasive] online writing workshop for persuasive writing [|Scholastic-Research Paper] online research paper writing workshop [|SenDraw] Online Sentence Diagramming

Literature - one website - lots of resources!
[|Shmoop] a great collection of resources for many, many works of literature [|Flocabulary] Hip-Hop in the Classroom, various raps for vocabulary, Shakespeare, writing, social studies and math Falcon Roost pages for several works of literature, written by Ralph Maltese - Adjunct Prof, Temple Univ. [|Scholastic Book Reviews] Read a book and write a review of it online

Skype an Author:
[|Skype an Author] wiki page with a list of authors who are willing to participate and ideas for lessons [|School Library Journal] resource for skyping with contemporary authors - book club or classes

Shakespeare Resources:
[|Open Source Shakespeare] [|Shakespeare Search] search works of Shakespeare by topic, character, or key words [|Google Shakespeare Resources] a host of suggestions from google including groups, scholar, google books [|Folger] Folger Shakespeare Library [|BBC 60 Second Shakespeare] film and audio in 60 seconds for Shakespeare, use and listen or make your own. [|General Shakespeare Resources]

Theatre/Film:
[|Celtx] online resource for script writing and storyboarding [|Jason Ohler Resources] digital storytelling resources, storyboarding, story ideas

Poetry:
[|Poets] from the Academy of American Poets, includes works of note as well as recent publicationsType in the content of your page here. Online Poetry ClassroomFind a poem, Find a Poet, Great Poems to Teach, National Poetry Map of America, Media Center, Committed to Memory, and link to Favorite Poem Project