Writing Tools
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| 4Kids.com |
A weekly feature published in newspapers all over North America. There is a collection of great Web sites and a way to nominate Web sites for the list. |
| Book Hive |
The Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Public Library created this children's book review site. Search for reviews by author, title, genre, reading level, or number of pages. |
| Citation Machine |
Input information and receive a properly formatted citation. |
| Citation Wizard |
IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project provides help with citations. |
| Citing Internet Sources |
Connected Teacher site helps with proper citations for internet sources. |
| Education World |
A search engine for educational sites only. Also sections on curriculum, lesson planning, technology in the classroom, and a veriety of other school issues. |
| English Grammar |
A dictionary of English grammar. |
| Fact Monster.com |
Find information about a variety of subjects ranging from weather facts to homework help to quizes and games. |
| Harry Potter Pronunciation guide, owl posts and more |
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| Illinois Clicks! |
Research help from Illinois Clicks! |
| Kid Search Tools |
Web sites for kids and teachers for searching the net. |
| KidNews |
This is a free news and writing service for students and teachers around the world. Anyone may use stories from the service for educational purposes, and anyone may submit stories. It invites comments about the news gathering, teaching, and computer-related issues in the Discussion sections for students and teachers. A tremendous source of all kinds of magazines for student-published work. |
| Kid's Space |
The site has rapidly developed into many sections, including creative activities communication pages and sections for learning basic computer skills. Good audio clips of music by kids are available in three options. |
| KidsConnect: Ask a Question |
Are you a K-12th grade student looking for information on the Internet for a report or project to do for school? Let KidsConnect, the online question answering and referral service, help you out! |
| Kidworld |
A good example of kids' writing on the Internet, including particularly good games and puzzles in an online format. |
| OWL Online Writing Lab |
Learn more about grammar and punctuation. (slow to load) |
| Quotations Page |
Search for a quote or read the quote of the day! Great links to other quotation sites. |
| Random House Kids |
Explore online with your favorite books and characters; you can even submit your own book reviews for online publication. |
| Scholastic |
Lesson plans, interactive projects, supplemental book lists, etc. |
| Semantic Rhyming Dictionary |
You can use it to write bad poetry or even good poetry. Using the three query functions described on this site, youc an find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a certain target word. |
| Spelling Test |
Test yourself and learn some techniques to improve your spelling. |
| Stories from the Web |
Using story starters or going solo, children can write their own tales, poems or book reviews and hang them in the online gallery. Or, read a story from one of your favorite authors. |
| Web of Online Dictionaries |
Provides an easy-to-use search engine for words and the results are quite detailed. Also offers 400 different language dictionaries. |
