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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ The Purdue OWL is the premier website for finding all kinds of advice about writing.
 * Purdue Online Writing Lab**

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=36 This site, developed by NCTE has a variety of plans for a variety of reading/writing assignments targeted at a variety of grade levels.
 * Read Write Think**

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ The grammar and punctuation on this site are a little higher level, but easily adaptable. The quizzes are good with explanations.
 * Grammar Site**

http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/ This site gives examples for citation styles.
 * Citation Sources**

http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/ This website would be great for upper highschool or college level students. This website gives help on how to do technical writing for engineering projects. It would be helpful for older students in Language Arts classes who are practicing their technical writing skills. (Nikole Kelty) http://writing.umn.edu/tww/assignments/disciplines/engineering_assignments.htm http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~writing/handbook.html Various sites that deal with engineering writing.
 * Engineering Writing**


 * Name:** [|Power Proofreading]
 * URL:** http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread
 * Who It's For:** Grades 2-8
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** Improve students' proofing skills and knowledge of grammar with this fun and easy-to-use site. After a short animated video introduces Power Proofreading, students click the folder for their grade level and select a passage to proof. Each passage's errors focus on a specific skill, so why not preview the passages before class, and pick out the ones you want your class to practice based on your current grammar unit? Then, students simply click to delete, add, or edit as needed to correct grammatical and spelling mistakes. Unlike sites that have students correct grammar in a sentence or by question and answer format, this is one of the few at which students work within a paragraph, a valuable skill for success in standardized testing. Kids need more practice? Try some of Education World's [|Every-Day Edits].

I could see myself using this website in place of a textbook. Honestly, interactive websites like Power Proofreading could replace textbooks altogether. It doesn't cover every part of speech or grammar area, but a lot of them are there by grade level. For instance, I obviously clicked on the 6th grade folder and it had the students work on adjectives and subject/verb agreement. Just like kids search for mistakes in my bellwork assignments or in a story on the overhead, you could have kids use this site in place of that, because you'd cover a lot more ground than book work. If you're into differentiated instruction, you could use this site to reach the needs of all your students. For instance, my lower kids could click on grade 4 or 5 and my gifted kids could go all the way up to grade 8. I think I'll probably be checking out the computer lab pretty soon to use Power Proofreading! -QUINN BALDWIN “Easy Essay can teach almost anyone how to logically organize a proof format (essay, speech, business memo…) for any fact, concept or idea in 5 minutes." This online tool uses an automated, fill-in-the-blanks information organization program to help users of any age develop and write an essay, speech, or report in the “Say it. Prove it. Say you have proven it." format. The tool can be used to create any written work from a basic 5-paragraph essay to a 17-page report.
 * Name:** [|EasyEssay.com]
 * URL:** http://www.theeasyessay.com/
 * Who It's For:** Easy Essay can be used at any grade level to teach students how to write essays, speeches, reports, and more.
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:**


 * Name:** [|Google Docs for Educators]
 * URL:** http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html
 * Who It's For:** The Google Docs and Spreadsheets tool allows sharing among students at all grade levels, between students and teacher, student and parent…..
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** Google and Weekly Reader have teamed up to provide free tools and materials for educators to use to teach "digital buddy writing," in which two or more students work together from different computers to write and revise the same paper at the same time. The buddy writing lessons and activities utilize the sharing features of Google Docs and Spreadsheets, which enable teachers and students to determine who can access and edit documents. Google Docs helps promote group work and peer editing skills, and helps fulfill the stated goal of The National Council of Teachers of English, which espouses writing as a process and encourages multiple revisions and peer editing.

(Nikole Kelty)
 * Name:** Peace Corps
 * URL:** http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/africa/lessons/byarea.html
 * Who It's For:** Grades (It has a little for every grade. Mostly concentrated in 3-8 grade levels.)
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** This website is full of different lesson plans having to do with water. Students can go on a virtual tour of different places in Africa and keep a water journal while doing it to see how water affects cultures. Students can research methods of getting and keeping a good water supply. Students can look at the stress on our water supply and see how water is needed and how it affects everything about a community. Most of these lesson plans have Language Arts and Geography collaborating. The levels vary, but most projects can be moved to a more advanced level or lowered if needed. This website has a lot of lesson plans that don't just reach one subject area.