The Apple Polisher: Teaching Resources

Fun, Interesting & Provocative links

http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/coolstore/v1/coolrhyme/rhyme.html
Korky's Cool Rhyme Machine
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
The Babel Fish - translate things into other languages (badly)
http://www.theonion.com/
The Onion - America's "Real" newspaper - satire extraordinaire
http://www.adbusters.org/
Adbusters Culture Jammer Headquarters - Culture jamming at its best
http://www.guerrillamedia.org/
Guerrilla Media - much like the onion, with a Canadian feel
40 tips for Gooder English
The title says it all

Grammar & Language Studies

http://www.grammarbook.com/
Grammar reference guide & workbook - a few good worksheets and quizzes
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
Grammar & Writing - interactive quizzes, worksheets, easy to use
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/language/
Exploratorium Magazine - looks at the origins of language

Instructional Planning: Lesson Plans

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Web English Teacher - lesson plans, activities - interesting & valuable
http://www.edhelper.com/
Education Helper - General resource for all manner of teachers
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
Discovery Network - Offers lesson plans
http://www.education-world.com/
Education World - Offers lesson plans
http://lessonplanz.com/
Lesson Plans A-Z - Offers lesson plans
http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts
Ask ERIC Online Education Database - language arts lesson plans
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/
A collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many contributors; all of the lessons have been used and refined in the classroom
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy912.html
Cyberguides 9-12 - variety of language Arts lesson plans
http://www.cln.org/subjects/english_inst.html
CLN Theme Pages: Instructional Materials in English/Language Arts
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/
Online English units from New Zealand - excellent resource!

Instructional Planning: General Resources

http://www.teachingtips.com/
Teaching Tips Online - handy resource for new teachers looking for tips
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/
Teach-Nology - Voluminous web portal for educators
http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/
Free Stuff! - Potential source for free educational aids
http://www.ncte.org/
National Council of Teachers of English - publishes journals & articles free online

Mythology

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Encyclopedia Mythica - encylclpedia of world mythology & folklore
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html
Folklore, Myth and Legend - general resource page
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Fairy_Tales/
Google Directory for Fairy Tales
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze33gpz/mythold.html
Myths & Legends - general resource page

Online Libraries

http://www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library - free literature & books
http://www.alanarchibald.homestead.com/...
Language Books Online - as above
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Biblomania - as above
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
A collection of public domain literature & western philosophy
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
Celebration of Women Writers - recognizes literary contributions of women writers

Plagiarism Information

http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
VirtualSalt - Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
http://www.plagiarism.com/
Glatt Plagiarism Services - produces software to help deter and detect plagiarism
http://www.plagiarism.org/
Produces software to help deter and detect plagiarism - offers free trial

Sites of Plagiarism

http://www.bignerds.com/
Offers free essay & term papers - routinely checked by plagiarism engines
http://www.wowessays.com/
Offers free essay & term papers - routinely checked by plagiarism engines

Poetry

http://www.poetry.com/
Largest poetry site on the Internet
http://www.poets.org/
The Academy of American Poets - excellent source of information
http://www.poemsthatgo.com/
Poems that go - animated original poetry
http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html
Poetry Forms - handy reference
http://www.everypoet.com/
A site dedicated to poetry of all kinds; has online texts of a number of well known, and more obscure poets. Despite the nasty advertising, a good site.
http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Handbook/Handbook.html
A Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry - very detailed.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/index_poet.htm
A listing of canadian poets with biographical information, poets online, and lots of other good information.
http://www.poetryclass.net/
A site for teachers - great gems of poetry lessons on line--easy to ready, easy to use, easy to incorporate into lesson plans.

Song Lyrics

http://www.lyrics.com/
Online song lyrics
http://www.thesonglyrics.com/
Online song lyrics
http://www.songfile.com/
Songfile offers access to lyrics, sheet music, CDs & MP3s

Reference

http://www.bartleby.com/
Publishes free classics online as well as literary criticism, lesson aids etc.
http://www.onelook.com/
Onelook Dictionary - online dictionary
http://www.dictionary.com/
Online Dictionary - multiple listings
http://www.britannia.com/arts/literature/
Britannia's literature reference site
http://dictionary.oed.com/
Oxford English Dictionary Online
http://www.lyricalline.com/
WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary - features multiple resources
http://www.wordsmyth.net/
Wordsmyth online educational dictionary-thesaurus
http://www.virtualsalt.com/
a great resource page with a glossary of literary terms, purposes of liberal arts education, tools of using punction, quotes, etc)
http://www.bignerds.com/
Offers free essay & term papers - but routinely checked by plagiarism engines
http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml
Ultra-Condensed Classic Books

Short Story

http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
A collection of short works (fiction and nonfiction) divided by genre or searchable. Includes works for children, traditional and contemporary works.

Special Needs Educational Resources

http://ericec.org/index.html
Educational Resource Information Centre - specializes in special needs information
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/landbdif/
Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences: A Resource Guide for Teachers
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/
Special Education programs in B.C.
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/dis.learning.html
Resource page on learning disabilities
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml
Resources for teachers on a variety learning disabilities
http://www.ldac-taac.ca/english/ldac.htm
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada - has general resources
http://www.ldonline.org/
Web site on learning disabilities with information for parents, teachers and other professionals
http://www.ldrc.ca/
Learning Disabilities Resource Community (Canadian) - resource page
http://www.ldresources.com/
Resources for the learning disabilities community - general resource page
http://www.ncld.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities - specialising in advocacy
http://www.smartkidswithld.org/
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities - helps parents meet their children's educational needs

Study Guides & Technical References

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/
Cliff's notes online - tacky, but sometimes handy
http://www.sparknotes.com/
Spark Notes - slightly better than Cliff's notes
http://www.easybib.com/
Easy Bib - Offers a free bibliography service
http://www.noodletools.com/
Offers a free bibliography service
http://www.bignerds.com/
Offers free essay & term papers - but routinely checked by plagiarism engines

Writing

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/
Bedford/St. Martin's - college publisher specializing in the humanities - has resources on writing.
http://www.writingcenter.pdx.edu/resources/handbooks.html
Listing of online writer's handbooks and guides.
http://www.eserver.org/
The EServer is a unique website where 281 writers, artists, editors and scholars gather to publish and discuss their works
http://www.eastgate.com/
At Eastgate, we create new hypertext technologies and publish serious hypertext, fiction and non-fiction: serious, interactive writing. We deliver wonderful hypertexts and fine hypertexts tools swiftly, anywhere in the world.