| "Proud To Be A New Yorker" |
| Grade 7 Interdisciplinary Project Coxsackie-Athens Middle School |
| English Language Arts Links |
The links below will help you complete the ELA portion of the brochure. Please make
sure that 3/4 of the page is written work. These are just some ideas and suggestions. We
encourage you to explore the websites and go beyond the initial link we are providing
for you. There are many, many authors that are from New York or that now reside in
New York. If you have questions please see Mrs. Krajeski or Mrs. Tator.
sure that 3/4 of the page is written work. These are just some ideas and suggestions. We
encourage you to explore the websites and go beyond the initial link we are providing
for you. There are many, many authors that are from New York or that now reside in
New York. If you have questions please see Mrs. Krajeski or Mrs. Tator.
Page Created By Debbie Tator on July 5th, 2009 Updated January 3rd 2016
| The above link will take you to a website where you can research poets from New York State. You may choose from several. Explore the website to find out information. |
| Famous Playwrightes and Novelists of New York |
| The above link will give you backround information on Washington Irving, his life and works. |
| The above link will take you to the Walt Whitman website. There you can click on "Biography and Correspondence" to find out more about him. You can also explore the site to read his different works. |
| If you click here it will take you to the Encylopedia Britanica website for a Timeline of Cooper's life and important events. |
| James McBride is an African American journalist, muscian and writer. He grew up in Red Hook and Brooklyn New York. To find out more information about him click the link above. |
| More information about New York Authors can be found at New York State Literary Tree. You can even click on the map (top right) and search by county. |
| The New York Library Association has a link called New York Authors. This will take you to a list of New York Authors. |
| This link will take you to Kidzpoetz Publishing.com . This site will tell you about kids poetry. The publisher is from and lives in New York. If you click on the left "About Us" you will find out about the author and why he decided to create the site. |
| Click on the link above to find out about all of the famous writers born in NY and writers that have moved to NYS over the years. You will see some familiar names like Maurice Sandak who wrote "Where the Wild Things Are", which will be coming out as a movie this winter. |