Twentieth-Century Literature
Project
Gutenberg - 19,000 "free" e-books (public domain material in
the United States)
On-line
Guide to Canadian Authors - basic biographical and
bibliographical information and links to other sites
Young Poets
- from Canada's national association of professional poets, the League of
Canadian Poets.
English
from BBC Schools - sections on Reading,
Writing, and Shakespeare (Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing)
Literary Devices
- definitions and examples of literary devices such as
allegory, alliteration, irony, metaphor, sarcasm, satire and many more.
English
Grammar Tutor On-line
Common Errors in
English (American)
Good Grammar, Good Style
- more than 100 pages of useful articles and frequently asked questions
Citation Machine
- an interactive Web tool designed to
assist in correctly citing resources used in research papers.
Cyberguides
Grades 9-12
- web-based novel study activities for students with accompanying teacher guides
Poetry Archives -
thousands of "classical poems" - database is searchable by first-line, author
and poem title by key words
Shakespeare - Subject to Change
- a Cable in the Classroom website - "Come with us as we
explore how the printing, editing and directing of his plays makes Shakespeare:
Subject to Change."
Shakespeare Study Guides - from TV Ontario's Ask a Teacher
web site
Shakespeare Study Guides
- from SparkNotes
Cummings Study Guides for the
Great Works of World Literature -
including guides for all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare -
tutorials with plot summaries, themes, imagery, analysis,
and background information
Philosophy Pages
White Pine Award - Ontario Library Association - this reading
program offers high school-aged teens at all grade levels the opportunity to
read the best of Canada's recent young adult fiction titles