81. Writing Resources www.agricola.umn.edu/owc/handouts/ OSU Center for the study and teaching or WritingGeneral Handouts of writing types and also grammar and mechanics help. http://www.engr.udayton.edu/Special/Writing/resources.htm

The University of Dayton Technical Writing in the School of Engineering Resources for Further Writing Help Student Resources - Types of Writing OnLine Writing Center - University of Minnesota Help with avoiding gender bias, resume writing, and some grammar problems. http://www.agricola.umn.edu/owc/handouts/ OSU Center for the study and teaching or Writing General Handouts of writing types and also grammar and mechanics help. http://www.cstw.ohio-state.edu/handouts.html OWL Handouts indexed by topics - Purdue University Writing Lab Excellent site for research writing, all grammar and mechanics rules and helps, and troubleshooting advice. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/by-topic.html Resume help from RPI http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/resume.html RPI's Writing Center's Handouts (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Includes explanations, samples, and help with most technical documents. Also includes grammar and usuage helps. http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/handouts.html University of Toronto, Canada - Engineering Writing Centre Excellent technical writing handouts and on-line workshops for engineering types of writing.

82. General Poetry Resources @Web English Teacher This page features lesson plans and activities for teaching specifictypes of poetry or poetry in general. Sites and Activities http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetrygeneral.html

This page features lesson plans and activities for teaching specific types of poetry or poetry in general. Sites and Activities for Specific Poets and Collections of Poetry are also available. 30 Days of Poetry from The English Room A chart of 30 types of poetry, each linked to class activities and examples. African American Poets Lesson An excellent, five-day series of lessons using a variety of media. The lessons are very well structured and based upon standards. Appreciating the Bard's Art: Rewriting Shakespeare's Epitaph Using Iambic Pentameter at AskERIC After reading Shakespeare's epitaph, students compose a more suitable one. Calling on the Muse: Exercises to Unlock the Poet Within Posted at Education-world.com. Cinquain Poetry Students use Web resources to understand the pattern of a cinquain and to submit one they have written to an online collection. Creative Communication presents A Celebration of Young Poets A great poetry contest for students in grades 4-12, open to any student in the US or Canada; grants for schools; a free newsletter with tips from teachers for teaching poetry. Teacher-created lessons from the Online Poetry Classroom. These lessons cover a wide range of themes, including "How does a Poem Mean?" "The Literature (Poetry) of War," "The Sonnet," and "Women in Poetry."

83. Literature Resources@Web English Teacher general Literature Resources Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Asearchable collection of public domain documents from American http://www.webenglishteacher.com/litgeneral.html

General Literature Resources Alex: Catalogue of Electronic Texts A searchable collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy. AllReaders.com You remember the book, but the title and author escape you? Try this search tool, which asks for details, then generates a list of possible matches. American Studies, Black History and Literature An impressive collection of writing by and about African Americans. Banned Book Quest Students investigate the history of censorship in relation to four specific titles. They assume one of four roles in a hypothetical situation and make recommendations. Banned Books Week at the American Library Association This site contains a variety of links to resources, including a list of the Top 100 Banned Books, 1990-1999. (The Harry Potter series, which is #1 "Most Banned" for 1999, weighs in at #48 for the whole decade.) Book-A-Minute Classics , just for fun. I have to admire a site that can condense Moby-Dick to four lines of dialogue and two stage directions!

84. Texas A&M University Writing Center Evans Library 1.210B (979) 4581455 Director of the Writing Center Dr. ValerieBalester. Analyzing general Literature. What was the author attempting to do? http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/lit.html

Handouts Writing Specifics Analyzing General Literature Analyzing Plays ... Dr. Valerie Balester Analyzing General Literature What was the author attempting to do? What is the author's purpose, scope, view, attitude, and/or theme? Was a picture of a type of life presented? What material is covered? What material is stressed? What ideas on life, liberty, morals, society, religion, etc. are shown? Does the author's ideology toward any of these things show in the work? How? Does the author's background influence the work? How? You might need to check some reference works to answer this question. How well did the author succeed in his/her attempt? What stylistic faults and excellencies does the work have? What devices are used to achieve style? Did the work's structure support the content? How? Is the work convincing or dull? Why? Would some readers find the work excellent? Would others think that the work was inferior? Which readers? Why? What value does the attempt have? Analyze and/or interpret the author's theme and purpose. Is the work somewhat light or does it contain serious social significance? Is this good or bad?

85. PROJECT STEADFAST http://corax.cwrl.utexas.edu/cac/archives/v2/2_3_html/2_3_01_Stahlke.html

2(3), May 1985, page 1 PROJECT STEADFAST Department of English Ball State University Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Project Director David S. Gadziola Forrest T. Houlette Bruce W. Mozesi Linda Hanson Meeker Webster Newbold The Department of English at Ball State University has received a Special Investment Grant from Digital Equipment Corporation to design and develop a package of programs addressing problems of instruction in English, specifically in the areas of (l) grammar, mechanics, and spelling; (2) the writing process; and (3) the appreciation of literature. The package will be incorporated into the regular instructional setting at BSU, where it will be used by approximately 7500 freshmen and sophomores each year in required writing and literature courses in the University's General Studies Program. Students will practice skills, explore concepts, and experience literary works of art in ways that would be unduly time-consuming or structurally difficult in the normal classroom setting. The effectiveness of the programs will be enhanced by the use of DECTALK speech synthesis and by highly interactive lesson design using the Renaissance authoring language. The grammar programs will comprise a comprehensive set of modules in English grammar, mechanics, spelling, and some elements of usage and style. The modules

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