The following resources merit repeated visits to fully appreciate their value.
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The ultimate online reference library—Bartleby.com combines the best of both contemporary and classic reference works into the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web., including: dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, usage guide, quotations, Strunk's (1918) Elements of Style
www.bartleby.com/reference
• Common Errors in English—"You have the right to express yourself in any manner you please, but if you wish to communicate effectively, you should use nonstandard English only when you intend to rather than falling into it because you don't know any better." (Paul Brians)
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
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Big Dog's Grammar—A bare bones guide to English—Here you have a list of the bare essentials of grammar. These are the things that English teachers love to comment on in your papers. They really are important, and, no, those profs don't just mark them so they can keep you from ever getting anything higher than a C on a paper.
www.aliscot.com/bigdog
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Citation Machine—Click the type of resource you wish to cite, complete the web form that appears with information from your resource, and click "Make Citations" to generate standard MLA & APA citations. Seventeen different sources are supported, from a single-authored book to a personal email message.
www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine
Writing projects & magazines featuring writing
• Merlyn's Pen Foundation ~ search 1,000+ writing models from Merlin's Pen
www.merlynspen.org
• Stone Soup Magazine ~ writing by children
www.stonesoup.com
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The Sun ~ "often pieces that are too risky, too personal, too sad, too something"
www.thesunmagazine.org - The Readers Write column topics are posted here.
Teachers' Helpers (why reinvent the wheel?)
• Teacher Resources in Language Arts www2.soesd.k12.or.us/it/instruction/la/teacherRef.htm
• Purdue's OWL Handouts and Materials for Students and Teachers www.owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts
• The English Companion www.readwritethink.org/lessons
