Food for Thought - March-April 2004
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Webgrammar's Food for Thought - ISSN: 1530-034X
Editor and Publisher: Judy Vorfeld
mailto:judyvorfeld@webgrammar.com URL: http://www.webgrammar.com
February 2004
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CONTENTS
Note from Judy
Windows Keystroke & Tips - Opening IE History Window
Did you Know - Punctuation: exclamation point
Recommendations
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NOTE FROM JUDY
Leap Years are special at the Vorfeld household. My husband was
born on February 29. This weekend we will welcome family from
several states. They've planned a special party nearby. We expect
plenty of laughter and giggles as four generations get together
and enjoy each other's company at the party and at our home. We
are blessed.
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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES & TIPS - Open Browser (IE) History Window: F4
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DID YOU KNOW - Punctuation: exclamation point
Q. I'm not sure where to place the quotation marks because there is an
exclamation point in the quotation instead of a period. Is this correct?
--> The race starts when someone yells, "Go!".
A. Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, University of Chicago Press
6.9), says that colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation points
all follow closing quotation marks UNLESS a question mark or exclamation
point belongs within the quoted matter. CMS gives this example:
--> "Where are you from?"
In your case, you'd write:
--> The race starts when someone yells, "Go!"
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RECOMMENDATIONS
ARTS
CRAFTSTER.ORG
A repository for hip, crafty, diy (do it yourself) projects. People
who have crafty urges, but who are not excited by cross-stitched
bunnies and crocheted toilet paper cozies, can show off their current
craft projects, ask advice on future projects and get inspiration for
new endeavors. Members are encouraged to post pictures of the steps
involved in making a project as well as the final results.
http://www.craftster.org/yabbse/index.php
DAVE BRUBECK
http://brubeck.info/
REDISCOVERING DAVE BRUBECK
http://www.pbs.org/brubeck/
JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON: SCULPTOR OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Houdon is considered as perhaps the greatest portrait sculptor of the
18th century. His lifelike portraits of leading figures of the day,
including Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI,
Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Napoleon, vividly recall the
Enlightenment.
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/houdon/
EDUCATION
ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: CINDERELLA
The second in a two-lesson unit for students of English as a Second Language
(ESL). Having read several versions of the story of Cinderella, the students
are introduced to the format of an English-language newspaper. The students
write, design, and produce a newspaper about the Cinderella story.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2337/
AMERICAN DREAMS PROJECT
Lesson plans and activities for middle school and high school classes use
based on themes highlighted in the American Dreams program. These include
topics such as family relationships, friendship, love, war and peace, sibling
conflicts, school, courage, diversity, grades, and heroes. The materials will
focus on the content areas of language arts, social studies, and the arts.
http://www.bay-breeze.com/americandreams/
ANIMAL EXPLORERS
This purpose of this site is to produce and deliver a series of
web-based multimedia learning packages on science and technology
for middle school students. "Caring for Gorillas" is a learning
adventure that takes the audience through what it takes to care for
gorilla populations in captivity and in the wild. Panda eXplorers
introduces you to Zoo Atlanta's residents Lun Lun and Yang Yang and
discusses special conservation initiatives that the zoo is involved
with in China.
http://www.animalexplorers.org/index.html
B. J. PINCHBECK'S HOMEWORK HELPER
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html
CRITICAL THINKING
The goal of Mission: Critical is to create a "virtual lab," capable of
familiarizing users with the basic concepts of critical thinking in a
self-paced, interactive environment.
http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html
COURSEPRO 0.7.0 [WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM]
Shareware. A versatile application for keeping track of courses, course
data, assignments, and grades. It runs on the open source SuperWaba
platform, allowing it to be used on a wide range of devices including
devices running PalmOS, PocketPC, and MS Windows. Ideal for any student
from the high school level up to graduate level.
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/dmeehl/CoursePro/index.htm
CYBERBEE
Helps young people learn about using the Web for research and helps
teachers with the process of using web-based materials in classroom
instruction.
http://www.cyberbee.com/
FLAG OF FREEDOM CONTEST
National Geographic Explorer invites you to enter the Flag of Freedom
contest, presented by the Pentagon and the U.S. Army. Write an essay
of at least 100 words that answers the question: What does the American
flag mean to me? Deadline: April 30, 2004. Who may enter: Legal residents
of the United States (currently living within the continental U.S.) who
entered grades 3-6 in the 2003-2004 school year. One entry per person.
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0401/contests/
IF TREES COULD TALK
If trees could talk and we could listen, would we be wiser? The Forest
History Society believes that we must understand the history of forests
and their people in order to shape the future of people and their forests.
This 8-module, middle school curriculum gives teachers the opportunity to
download social studies activities that are based upon archival materials.
The centerpiece of each module is a compilation of primary resources--
documents, maps, newspaper articles, oral histories or photographs--from
which students will be asked to gather, examine, and analyze information,
and synthesize insights.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/curriculum/
IT'S MY LIFE
It's My Life is organized across five topic "channels": Friends, Family,
School, Body, and Emotions. No subject is off-limits. The website's aim
is to cover issues important to young people, and it's filled with young
people's comments, ideas, and questions sent in from all over the world.
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/
READING: INSTRUCTIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
The information in this section applies to all grade levels, 6-9. Grade
level differences will be reflected in the teacher's choice of learning
objectives, resources, and activities.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/read.html
TURTLE TRAILS
Sponsored by the North Carolina Aquariums, this site allows students
and teachers to follow the movements of after rehabilitation and release
from the North Carolina Aquariums, using GPS.
http://www.ncaquariums.com/turtletrails/
WATER CHALLENGE
The first annual Interscholastic Water Challenge! We challenge YOUR class
to conserve more water than we can over a week-long period in April of 2004!
http://theellisschool.org/WorldClass/WaterChallenge.html
GRAMMAR
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH: PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS' SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
A great way to check grammar knowledge. Use the archives or sign up
twice a year for daily e-mail lessons. Quizzes take four minutes
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html
GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to both a teacher's notes on grammar lessons, as well as copies
of the lessons themselves. Be sure to check the index, which is an
alphabetized list of definitions.
http://www.longview.k12.wa.us/mmhs/wyatt/homework/grammar/gramm.html
MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an MTV world." Delightful, highly educational articles
by a wonderful English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
Outstanding to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
REFERENCES
ANNABELLE'S QUOTATION GUIDE
Browse quotes by topic or author
http://www.annabelle.net/
BBC: ANTIQUES
Website complements several of BBCs popular TV programs on antiques.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/antiques/
BOOKBROWSE
Every week they scour newspapers, magazines, and websites in the USA
and worldwide, to find out which books are getting the buzz, both in
the publishing world and in the consumer press, and then feature the
best of these at BookBrowse.com.
http://www.bookbrowse.com/
BRAILLE ALPHABET
http://www.nbp.org/alph.html
BRAILLE EMBOSSERS
http://www.brailler.com/
BRAINYQUOTE
Over 38,000 famous quotes by 10,000 authors from Aristotle to Zappa.
By topic or author. Many extras.
http://www.brainyquote.com/
EUR-LEX WEBSITE
The single entry point to the complete collections of EU legal texts
in all the official languages. It provides direct access to the official
document repositories managed by the institutions or by the Publications
Office, as well as other institutional documentary sources, including
CELEX with its powerful search tools (chargeable service), in various
formats (HTML, PDF, TIF and WORD), with harmonized search functions
permitting searches in specific types of documents or across all documents
using free text. Also contains explanatory texts on EU legislative
procedures, as well as a glossary and descriptions of the decision-making
process in the 'About EU law' section.
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
HARVARD AT HOME
Enables you to experience some of the exciting research, teaching,
and public addresses making news across the University today: right
from your desktop. New programs added each month. This is a university-
wide, collaborative effort, thanks to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Information Technology Committee, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Instructional Computing Group, Harvard Magazine, the Harvard Alumni
Association, and professors and visiting lecturers from across the
university.
http://athome.harvard.edu/home-main.htm
iCAL 1.5.2 (Macs)
Freeware. iCal makes it simple to deal with multiple calendars. You can
see your schedules for both work and home, color coded, from within a
single window to let you identify conflicts and free time. You can look
at your family’s calendars the same way, and publish your calendars for
friends. Search globally for dates and times of upcoming events. Even
share calendar information with other Mac OS X applications.
http://www.apple.com/ical/download/
JEFF'S ROBOTS
Metal, plastic, motorized, wind-up or friction, computer or remote
controlled, and mpeg film included. Robotics: General discussion area
for the science, design and engineering of Robots. Toy Robots: Forum
discussions regarding Toy Robots. Miscellaneous topics on Robots.
http://www.jeffbots.com/
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES
Click on any state or jurisdiction to find out about applicable
minimum wage laws.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
Founded in 1979, NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support
and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people
with severe mental illnesses and other severe and persistent mental
illnesses that affect the brain.
http://www.nami.org
WRITING/JOURNALISM
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
Diane Sandford offers her advice for the purchase of specific books on
grammar, writing style, diction, and rhetoric.
http://www.llrx.com/columns/grammar6.htm
AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH DIFFERENCES
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences
ANNE FRANK THE WRITER: AN UNFINISHED STORY
Between the ages of 13 and 15, Anne wrote short stories, fairy tales,
essays, and the beginnings of a novel. Five notebooks and more than 300
loose pages, meticulously handwritten during her two years in hiding,
survived the war.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS ONLINE
http://www.lrb.co.uk/
WRITING TIPS
Offered by writer and editor Audrey Owen
http://www.writershelper.com/writingtips.html
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