Authorship and Writing

• NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month (November) young novel writers' program
• Teen Ink - Online Magazine, website and books - by and for teens
• Duotrope - Thinking of publishing your writing? Find help here.

Language Arts Skills

• Etymology and History of Names - Where did your name come from?
• Etymology Dictionary - Where words including slang come from
• OneLook - Takes the dictionary and thesaurus to places never dreamed before
• 28 Rules for English Spelling (and their exceptions)
• Free Dictionary - English, world languages, medical and legal jargon, and so much more
• Free ACT and SAT - Test prep plus word of the day
• Phrontistery - Obscure, lost, rare word dictionary, 3-letter Scrabble words
• Starfall - Have fun learning to read, basic
• Internet 4 Classrooms - K-8 skills resources, some linked to Common Core standards

World Languages

• ASL - American Sign Language dictionary
• Learn Spanish - Free online resource
• Learn French - Free online resource
• Babbel - Learn new vocabulary (14 languages) online for free
• Soft Schools Languages -Links to foreign languages - Arabic to Russian and many in between

Literature and Poetry

• Classic Stories for Children with illustrations
• Aaron Shepard Stories - Stories from around the world, Reader's Theater and Storytelling resource
• Online Children's Library - Indexed by reading level