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This is a site similar to sparknotes. It has summaries, analysis, character lists, and quizzes. What I liked about this site is the Why Should I Care section they have for every book that describes why they are studying this book in a witty way. If used as a tool and not a substitution for reading the book i think it is a great asset for teachers and students. 

This site is a favorite of mine. You can create a profile and log all the books you have read, are reading, or want to read as well as give them ratings. For English teachers it is a great resource because it provides thousands of reviews on books you might be interested in teaching. It also has lists of books such as "new authors to watch for", "best young adult books", and of course the humorous ones such as "sexiest immortal males of all" might also give you a good laugh. There is also trivia, quizzes, information on authors and more...

This is totally true! It's an entry in a blog that's actually really interesting, too. It's called The Literary Pursuit and it's about anything book/literature related. Check it out, too!

I think it will be beneficial for students to do book reviews on their own outside the classroom. This is a chance for them to use their critical thinking skills while responding to a piece of fiction that they can choose on their own. This website can provide an academic list of accepted books which my students can choose from.

This is a website about the Robert Eggars book, "What is the What". It is about living in America as a refugee and experiencing the Sudanese genocide.

For those of you who are in English because of your love of language, Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a fascinating and entertaining book all about our wonderfully weird language: English. I have read a lot of Bryson's stuff and he's one of my favorite writers. But this particular book can be helpful for English teachers, as it better acquaint them to the language they will be teaching.

This list contains only 3 or 4 books that I've read and I think that as teachers we should both adhere to classics, but also read material that isn't as well known

This website offers a lot of great ideas on non-traditional ways for students to write book reports. The projects are more geared towards grades 6-8, and focus on assessing the students basic knowledge of the text. However, more guidelines could be added to make the projects more challenging for older students.

The American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week- celebrating the freedom to read. It talks about an annual event that focuses on the importance of free and open access to information.

I personally wasn't aware of this website until it was mentioned in class last Friday. I was surprised that so many texts were available online. While many texts are not provided in their full, I feel that it could still be very beneficial to take specific chapters and sections from books.

This website offers 101 beneficial reading options for high school students making it a valuable resource because it grants students an abundance of options to choose from as well as gives teachers plentiful curriculum options.

A really good book list.

Large collection of online books and etexts all for free

National Public Radio is a great resource for integrating current events into the classroom.  In addition to national and world news, NPR also has great pieces on the arts, culture, books, and music.  Definitely one of my favorite websites.

This site has ideas for practicing and resources to aide in vocabulary words, grammar, writing, research, free online books, public libraries, literature guides, and poetry.

James Loewen actually came to Allen last year and I hope you guys had a chance to listen to him. He knows a lot about education and even more on segregation and desegregation and the real truth behind them. Here, he exposes some of the lies in textbooks. Take that Texas!

Dave Eggers is coming to campus to give a talk November 11.

This website is a wonderful, easily accessible tool for educators aspiring to promote and improve literary among students. It offers useful advice, tips, lesson plans, books, and workshops on reading and writing.

Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

It has free online texts. I personally use it to search for relevant quotes for papers.

This blog is a high school English teacher that likes to post about novels usually in the chick novel, romantic, youth categories that she feels high school students would appreciate. Its a good site to look at if you are wanting to teach your kids to free read outside of class a book that is worth while

Stephen King gives advice on writing stories, and he talks about the process of writing