Links

 
 
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org

 
 
The Newbery Medal Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm

 
 
A Fantastic Dictionary - provides word origins, synonyms, and antonyms
http://www.m-w.com

 
 
MLA formatting and a good how to guide for writing a research paper
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/mlaguide.html

 
 
A Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml

 
 
The Citation Machine (this will come in handy during our research unit)
http://citationmachine.net/index.php?new_style=x#here

 
 
The New England League of Middle Schools
http://www.nelms.org

 
 
Linda Sue Park's Official Website (author of "A Single Shard")
http://www.lspark.com/

 
 
Knowing Poe
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp

 
 
Poe's Life - Poe Museum.org
http://poemuseum.org/poes_life/index.html

 
 
The POE Museum
http://www.poemuseum.org/

 
 
12th Century Korea
http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/history.htm

 
 
The Newbery Medal Award - find out about this prestigious award and the 
winner for 2002, A Single Shard
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm

 
 
Citation Maker
http://citationmachine.net/index.php?new_style=x#here

 
 
Korean Arts
http://www.korean-arts.com/

 
 
Short videos of booktalks
http://www.digitalbooktalk.com/

 
 
Scholastic Booktalks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/booktalks.htm#b

 
 
Booktalking Ideas
http://www.albany.edu/~dj2930/yabooktalking.html