Language Arts

Navigation Bar

Research and Reference

Writing Tips and Tricks

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robison

 Poetry

 Kiss the Dust...Understanding the Kurds

 Children of the River...Understanding Cambodia

Anne Frank

Exploring Fairy Tales

Martin Luther King Jr.
   
Online Atlas
Do you need to know what the climate is like in Australia? What language they speak in Bangladesh? What money they use in Botswana? Find the answers here. 
  Electronic Encyclopedia
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition, is on the web and available for you to use! Look up anything on any topic you can think of -- the Encyclopedia is bound to have an answer. 
  WWWebster Dictionary
Type in a word and you can easily find the definition with this online dictionary. 
   
ABC's of the Writing Process
"There are many different stages of the writing process. Different students and teachers use different approaches to meet their needs." This page shows you the steps in the writing process: Prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and publishing. For each step, you'll find suggestions for how to complete the step and links for more ideas.

The Mystery Story
Want to write a mystery story? Wonder what things you might need to include? Like to read mystery stories? Check out this web quest for all the info you will need to get started!

 NOVEL STUDIES
  In the Year and the Boar...by: Bao Lord

Activities to help you understand the novel

   Children of the River

Understanding Cambodia.  This will help you with the background knowledge for the novel.

Kiss the Dust

Understanding Kurdish People. Culture, religion and history are all important topics that are covered.

  Anne Frank Web Quest

A study of the novel and the history revolving around the holocaust.

 POETRY
   Sheets Collection of poetry links
FAIRY TALES  

Thumbelina by Margaret Tarrant

Exploring Fairy Tales

A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 35 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,200 illustrations.

Martin Luther King Jr.
  Interactive Timeline

Click on dates in King's life and see what was happening.  A good start to finding more about him.

  Civil Rights Timeline

Great place to get topic ideas with links to important events in the Civil Rights Movement.

  Civil Rights Act of 1964

Learn more about this important legislation.  Did it work?

  The March on Washington 1963

What impact did the March have?  Could the same idea be helpful today?

  Important People of the Civil Rights Movement

Interested in learning more about other people that impacted the Civil Rights Movement?  Here is a great list of names you may know.

  A Landmark Case

Brown vs. the Board of Education.  What impact has it had on us even today?

  The Little Rock 9

What role can students play in a civil rights struggle?  Learn about these 9 students and decide if you think we can make a difference today.