- Literature/Reading Resources
- Book Lists
- MMS Summer Reading List & Worksheets
- GuysRead.com - A website dedicated to reading lists for boys!
- Caldecott Medal Award Winners
- Newbery Medal Award Winners
- Nutmeg Children's Book Award Winners
- 100 Best Books for Kids
- Library Websites
- Middlesex Library Website
- Darien High School Library Website
- Darien Public Library Website
- Connecticut Digital Library - Connecticut Library Card Number Required!
- Online Archives & Databases
- Writing Resources
- General Writing Guidelines
- Pre-Writing Generators
- Acrostic Poem Generator
- Letter Generator
- Online Webbing Tool
- Two-Circle Venn Diagram Generator
- Three-Circle Venn Diagram Generator
- Persuasive Map Graphic Organizer
- BSD: Biography Maker - Takes students through the process of writing a dynamic research biography report.
- Dictionaries, Grammar, and Vocabulary Resources
- Dictionary.com
- Merriam-Webster Online - Main online dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Word Central - Online student dictionary
- Online Rhyming Dictionary - Write Express Online Writing Dictionary for poets and songwriters.
- Grammar Gorillas - Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
- Interactive Grammar Quizzes - A list of interactive grammar quizzes broken up by the various parts of speech.
- Vocabulary University - The site has interactive games for students to practice word etymology and word meaning, while having fun. Games have different levels of difficulty; Level 1 is for upper elementary and Level 2 is for middle school.
- Vocabulary Workshop Book Online Activities - This link should take you directly to the unit activities for Level A (the 6th grade book). Make sure to match up your book level with the activities listed on the page.
- Other General English Resources
- GigglePoetry.com - A fun site for students reading, rating, and writing poems.
- Literary Special Effects - Courtesy of LoveToLearnPlace.com. A simplified list of literary terms with real examples from various literature sources.
- Online Glossary of Literary Terms - An extensive dictionary of specific literary terms.
- Wacky Web Tales - Online version of the popular Mad Lib series. ENJOY!
