... [F]or some of us, books are as important as almost anything on Earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die. They are full of all the things that you don't get in real life--wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. And quality of attention: we may notice amazing details during the course of a day but we rarely let ourselves stop and really pay attention. An author makes you notice, makes you pay attention, and this is a great gift. My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I'm grateful for it the way I'm grateful for the ocean. Aren't you?-- Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird, a wonderful book about writing
Mr. Walden's (Mostly) English Blog
Home of Various Helpful Resources and Precious Little Blogging
Better-Than-Google Search Engines for Research:
Useful Links for Students
- ACT Test Prep (I know, Ugh.)
- Blogging for a Good Book: A Suggestion a Day from the Williamsburg Regional Library
- Calvin College Knight Cite (Citation Generator)
- Creative Writing Prompts
- Easy Bib -- Free Bibliography Maker
- Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
- Flamingnet: Book Reviews and Recommendations
- Free Rice Grammar/Vocab Game
- Fulton High School Media Center Home
- Fulton Schools Home
- Grammar Girl
- Greek and Latin Roots
- Guys Read
- Help Writing a College Application Essay
- High School Ace -- English Resources
- Homework Center by infoplease.com
- HomeworkSpot.com: Homework Help
- Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- Internet Public Library
- Intute: The Best Web Resources for Education and Research
- Librarians' Internet Index: Websites You Can Trust
- LibrarySpot: Encyclopedias, Maps, Online Libraries, Quotations, Dictionaries, and More
- Magnetic Poetry Online
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
- Michigan eLibrary
- Poetry 180: a Poem a Day for American High Schools
- ProQuest K-12 (user name/password required for off-campus access)
- Refdesk.com: Reference, Facts, News . . . Free and Family-friendly Resources
- Scholastic: Book Club Online Ordering
- Schoology Login - Online Class Communication, Handouts, and More
- Sirs Knowledge Source Comprehensive Search Portal
- Snappy Words Visual Dictionary
- Teen Ink
- teenreads.com
- Test Taking Skills
- The Book Seer
- The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
- Tools for Thinking
- What Should I Read Next? (Need a recommendation? Try this!)
- Wordnik: The Most Comprehensive Dictionary in the Known Universe
- Young Adult Book Central
Sample Informative Speeches: Belmont Speech Lab
Internet Source Reliability
Links for Career Research
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Books, Books, Books . . .
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