Helpful Links

This link takes you to a fun video that demonstrates how to write a five paragraph essay. The majority of 8th grade papers are written in this format, as are most high school essays.

http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/fiveparagraphessay/

The page linked here gives a brief explanation of how correctly cite works at the end of a paper as well as in-text citations for the MLA format.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html

Indiana University's Writing Services has put together information about plagiarism, how to avoid it, and what is acceptable. This web site has great information pertaining to 8th grade students thinking about high school English.

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

This web site is an archive of grammar lessons including: parts of speech, clauses, phrases, and punctuation. It has explanations as well as practice questions. It covers many of the topics the 8th grades studies this year.

http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

The SuperKids web site has a "SAT vocabulary word of the day" function. Great for building 8th grade and high school vocabulary. Everyone will have to take the SAT or ACT in a few years!

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/sat/index.shtml

This web site has great information for students regarding study skills. It includes: reading text, studying for tests, writing essays, essay tests, and studying in a group.

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/studyskills1.html

The SuperKids web site also has vocabulary words of the day for 6th grade students! A great way to expand your knowledge.

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/junior/

Loudlit.org is a web site that gives the public free access to recordings of literature that is in the public domain. It has a chapter by chapter recording of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. 8th grade students read this book in March and April.

http://www.loudlit.org/works/hfinn.htm

Like Loudlit.org, this web site is a comprehensive list of free audio recordings of literature in the public domain. It has recordings of 8th grade literature including: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy de Maupassant, Stephen Crane, as well as a recording of the 6th grade novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It divides the recordings by chapter for ease of navigation!

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/

This web site put together by UC Berkeley is a comprehensive look at how to search the internet and evaluate the credibility of web sites. Good information for older students.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

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