Student Web Resources
Middle School
Composition
ABC's of the Writing Process
This site guides you through each of the five stages of composition: prewriting, writing, revising,
editing, and publishing. With tips and checklists, this site coaches you on how to approach any writing challenge.
St. Cloud State University Literacy Education Online
Having trouble with a writing assignment? This site is loaded with solutions to common writing problems. Whether
you have a question about commas or clarifying ideas, the suggestions offered here will help you feel more confident
about your writing skills.
Writing with Writers
Visit this site and you'll find an online writing seminar staffed by acclaimed authors. The writers featured here
offer specific writing strategies and exercises. Whether you're writing a poem, a mystery, or even a book review, you'll
find great ideas for revising and improving your work.
Grammar
Big Dog's Grammar
Take a bite out of bad grammar! Your tour through various parts of speech provides background information, rules, examples,
and interactive self-tests to confirm your understanding. Extend your knowledge of research paper dos and don'ts with the MLA
Quick Guide.
Grammar Bytes
Are you looking for an interrupter, a collective noun, an appositive, or a gerund phrase? You'll find them here, along with
a study of irregular verbs, four ways to correct comma splices and fused sentences, and a host of other grammar rules, definitions,
and explanations. Test your grammar knowledge with fun, interactive exercises!
Research and Reference Tools
Bartleby.com
Through this site, you can access a wide variety of novels, plays, poetry, and nonfiction essays. You can also find the
ninth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and other reference books, such as The American Heritage Book of English
Usage, Strunk's The Elements of Style, and Oxford Shakespeare.
Britannica.com
This is an invaluable site for internet research. Through this site, you can access the entire Encycloæpdia Britannica,
read articles selected from more than seventy of the world's top magazines as well as daily news postings from the
Washington Post, and link to thousands of the Web's best sites.
Infoplease.com Kids' Almanac
The almanacs, dictionary, encyclopedia, and atlas available at this site provide access to thousands of facts sorted
into easy-to-navigate categories. If you have trouble finding the information you need, the Homework Helpers in the
Homework Center may be able to help.
The Internet Public Library
With an extensive selection of reference tools, online exhibits, and online texts, this site is a great starting point
for any research or writing project. Through this site, you can access newspapers from every state and many countries as well.
Library Spot
Browse the stacks of the world's libraries at this Web site. In addition, you'll find links to school libraries,
presidential libraries, and specialized libraries, as well as a nicely stocked Reference Desk.