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Worthy Web Sites


What is plagiarism?
http://turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html

Preventing Plagiarism
http://turnitin.com/research_site/e_preventing_p.html

Plagarism WebQuest
http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/plagiarism/plagiarism.htm

Linda Sue Park's Official Website - get relevant information about the 
Newbery Award winning author of "A Single Shard"
http://www.lspark.com/

Korean Arts- learn about the pottery process used in the novel "A Single 
Shard"
http://www.korean-arts.com/

Get help with your research paper or finding a topic to write about
http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm

The Newbery Medal Award - find out about this prestigious award and the 
winner for 2002, A Single
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm

Myriad of information about Iraq - connects to reading of "Seven Daughters 
and Seven Sons"
http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/iraq/iraq_transportation.html

An extensive list of author websites and other links including many young 
adult authors.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm

Learn all about plagiarism
http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/students/factsheets/plagiarism.pdf

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

Comic creator - Use this interactive site to create comic strips.  
Backgrounds, thought bubbles and dialogue boxes are just a click away!
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/

Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Living conditions in Iraq
http://www.irinnews.org

An Interview with Cynthia Voight, author of "A Solitary Blue"
http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jsp?authorID=96&collateralID=5296&displayName=Biography

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

A better than average dictionary which provides synonyms,
antonyms and word origins.
http://www.m-w.com

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

Casey at the Bat
http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/baseball/94640.html

Casey at the Bat
http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/catb_1.html

Baseball History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States

A Brief History of Baseball: Part II: Professional Baseball's First Hundred 
Years
http://www.baseball1.com/bb-data/e-hist-2.html

Baseball Hall of Fame
http://baseballhalloffame.org

Baseball Almanac
http://baseball-almanac.com

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

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

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

Booktalks - Frequently Asked Questions
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/faq.htm


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