Language Art

Elements of Style
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(INNOV> [I.T.] December 4, 1999)
Online clickable version of Strunk’s classic manual for the conventions of
English; lauded as a Bible for writers over the decades, this quick-click
approach to grammar may help keep it popular in the years to come!
(TOP> [students] HomeworkCentral.com December 6th)
In the season of term reports and finals, here is classic assistance
that has guided and rescued students for eight decades. Cornell
University Professor of English William Struck Jr. published
Elements of Style in 1918. The complete version here is a selection
from the Bartleby Library of Great Books Online. In the spirit of the
season, this is Professor Struck's advice:
"It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard
the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually
find in the sentence some compensating merit, attained at the cost of
the violation. Unless he is certain of doing as well, he will probably
do best to follow the rules. After he has learned, by their guidance, to
write plain English adequate for everyday uses, let him look, for the
secrets of style, to the study of the masters of literature."
--> http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
[ une adresse de référence pour la production écrite. ]

Principles of Composition (TOP> [students] HomeworkCentral.com December 6th)
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"An entire Web site for writers in English composition courses featuring
handouts on Getting Started, Structure, Tone, Transitions, Editing, Logic,
Formats, Rhetorical Patterns, Argumentative Essays, Research Papers, and
more - accompanied by an abundance of successful sample essays. "
http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar/composition/composition.html-ssi
[pour lycée et étudiants]

Children's Literature WebGuide (from Curt Davis on [learn-net])
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The Children's Literature WebGuide (CLWG) has Internet resources
related to books for children and young adults. CLWG includes a
Library of Links with Top Sites in children's literature, Authors
Online and Stories on the Web. Also included are Lots of lists,
discussion boards and lots more children's literature links too:
--> http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
[un site très riche, où vous trouverez des textes, des listes de discussion
sur des livres. J'ai retenu leur liste de liens pour profs:
--> http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html
et en particulier un site d'idées de leçons pour tous niveaux:
gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us/11/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/language_arts%09%09%2B
parmi lesquelles j'ai retenu 'Reading; learning propaganda techniques
through advertisements (5-12)' , une activité intéressante et créatrice à partir de publicités:
gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us/00/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/language_arts/CEClang.25%09%09%2B  

Creative Quotations (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: Inspiration comes in many forms, including from the voices of the
past. Creative Quotations is the home of a rich and searchable list of more
than 16,000 quotes dating back to the words of Aristotle and beyond.
It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the
greater the harvest.] -- Orison Swett Marden. And so it is with teaching
too, isn't it? The Creative Quotations site is an archive of seeds waiting
to be sown in your classroom. Use the quotes as story starters, put them up
on the wall to inspire you students, or let students search the database to
find that perfect addition to an essay or a report. Users can search the
site or browse lists of quotes by monthly theme or by information about the
author (for example, profession, date of birth, etc). Ask older students to
click on quizzes as an introduction to the site and to give them an idea of
what's available. The quotes are chosen for the site based on the
creativity of the author. The Creative Process section explores the
creative thinking process and is worth reading. Bookmark this useful site for any classroom!
--> http://www.bemorecreative.com/home-cq.shtml
[ pour tous niveaux]

IN THE NEWS (BBC EON 15/10/1999 : Education Online Newsletter)
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The site where you make the news
Here is what a user thinks :" I certainly learned a few things here about
how to write a good, short, concise news sentence and never, never, never
repeat words too much. (excellent work. Keep it up ed.)
In the news is packed full of activities to make you think about how the
news works, how to write stories and which words to use.
There's a 'Wizard' to help young reporters put a story together, and a
weekly poll and competition. There is also an extensive teachers' section
giving advice on hoe to use news stories in the curriculum, in particular
to support the factual writing elements of the NLS (National Literacy
Strategy, as any fule kno).
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/inthenews/activate/index.shtml
[ un site utilisable dès la 4ème, pour un réflexion sur la langue et la
production écrite. Intéressant et motivant]