Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
"Effective Writing. Rule 1. Use concrete rather than vague language. As the title implies, Jane Straus’s guide is divided into two sections: grammar and punctuation. Each is further organized into rules with examples (navigate these with the drop-down menus), exercises and tests. The quizzes are not interactive (try printing them instead) and include answer keys on the same page. A print edition of The Blue Book is also available for purchase."
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Blog-City
"Just write whatever you feel are the instructions for creating entries in your Blog-City journal. If this isn’t enough direction, Blog-City has a How-to-Blog guide that addresses questions such as ""What is Rich Site Summary (RSS)?"" and ""Inserting an image."" Look at my sample blog and note the mailing list feature. Readers can sign up to be notified whenever a blog is updated. Very cool and very simple."
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Blog*Spot
"Blog*Spot is the free hosting component of the popular Blogger publishing tool recently purchased by Google. The biggest benefit of Blog*Spot is the many upgrade options. You can begin with a free hosted journal (that displays advertisements) and later upgrade to one of four paid hosting plans or move your blog to any website of your choosing. Best way to start is the visual tutorial. You’ll find the link in the box titled ""This is your brain on the web."" My sample blog is online here."
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BarfWeb Pen-Pal/Key-Pal Site
"Despite its peculiar name and a few typos, this site has most of the rightingredients. Entries, however, are not sorted by age (or any other logicalcriteria) but by last name -- although no last names are given. For example, myentry would be filed under "F" and I could either use my real firstname or a nick name. Finding a likely match involves cruising the entire list."
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America Writes for Kids
Reviewed May 28, 2000 by Sandy Asher, a reader from Springfield, Missouri who is affiliated with the site. America Writes for Kids is linked to children’s authors’ and playwrights’ Web pages, and is searchable by state and alphabet. It’s also interactive: Tell the world about your favorite book or play, or click on "Missouri" to enter a contest and win a free, autographed book. Dedicated to promoting literacy and creativity by introducing young people to "real, live" authors.
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America Writes for Kids
Reviewed September 25, 2000 by Sandy, a reader from Springfield, Missouri who is affiliated with the site. Searchable by state and by alphabet, America Writes for Kids links to nearly l00 authors’ and playwrights’ webpages, along with many other useful resources in children’s literature and theater for young audiences. Both book and play reviews are welcome in the guestbook and comments and reviews are published monthly. Click on "Missouri" to enter a contest and win a free book!
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Amazon.com
"Amazon.com, the "Earth’s biggest bookstore", is well-known on the Internet for their success in building an online business from scratch. It also happens to be my favorite bookstore. What makes it special? I like browsing the book reviews written by other readers. To post your own review, first find your book in their catalog. You can search by keyword, title, author or subject. Near the bottom of each catalog page, you’ll find a link titled "I read this book and want to review it." Amazon says they are looking for writing "that makes someone else really want to read the book. Or, if you disliked the book, a well-reasoned explanation of where the author went wrong." Include your email address if you want to be eligible to win the monthly $100 prize in their book review contest.<!--"
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ALL PALS ONLY CLUB NEWSLETTER
Reviewed July 4, 1999 by Pauline the editor, a parent from Lansing, IL who is affiliated with the site.All Pals Only Club is a newsletter for kids-teens-gals & men. A majority of the members are kids as the editor wanted to find them penpals & email pals safely. APOC has been in publication since May 98 and from what I see, each issue is new & different! Come on over to see what you are missing! The Editor is a former Cook County Sheriff Employee and screens all address’s and names of possible members for her member’s safety on & off the web!
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A Girl’s World: Free Pen Pal Spectacular
"Welcome to our free Pen Pal Spectacular! Girls! Don’t just read about the world! Make friends with it! Show your parents these pages. Get a pen pal without publishing your email address! It’s fun! It’s free! For girls only, 7-17! I really like this safe pen pal system that assigns a number to each girl, instead of publishing email addresses. Each pen pal has quite an extensive entry that includes likes, dislikes and their view of the future -- so in order to register, you’ll need to answer more than forty questions. But don’t fret, they are all multiple choice."
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: Book Reviews
"When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island for his stepson in 1881, he said, "If this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day." It tells the exciting tale of young Jim Hawkins in search of evil Captain Flint’s buried treasure. The entire book is now available online. Whether you read it online or off, send in your review when you have finished. The best of them will be posted here. "
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