Writing Strategies
On introductions and conclusions, try these sites:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/introcon.html
http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/introcnc.html
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html.
Using Technology
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/glossary/access.htm A great tool for terms having to do with the Internet and software.
Writing Links
http://www.ralphfletcher.com/ Click on "Tips for Young Writers"--mostly ideas for creative writing but fun to look at.
--Research Links
Take a look at the AVL. Use your AVL card.
http://www.sheltonstate.edu/library/ Click on "Cyberguides" for great subject searches.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm Click on "OOH Search" in upper right corner.
http://www.jsu.edu/depart/library/ Click on "Research Guide" for more subject searches.
http://lii.org/ Features subject searches done by librarians. Good stuff.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html has a great chart on evaluating web pages.
Literature links
--Hawthorne
http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/ Interesting site with pictures and details about Hawthorne and Salem.
http://www.geocities.com/ibenglish_chs/firstpage.html Click on the scarlet letter on the page to access information about setting, themes, and other materials on the novel The Scarlet Letter.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/index.html A good site for commentary on characters, symbols, themes, and motifs in the novel.
--Holmes
http://www.ussconstitution.com/ Another website on the U.S.S. Constitution, with video and sound clips.
http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/20010803_log_transcript.html and http://www.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/Npompil.html Other sites on the nautilus, with some background on the animal and a close-up photo of an actual shell.
--Poetry explication
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html This site explains the basic structure of poetry explication, especially how to organize your ideas.
http://druscila7.tripod.com/robertfrost/id2.html This gives an example of ten different aspects of a poem to look at when writing an explication.
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