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 * Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2012). //Home: Common Core State Standards Initiative//. Retrieved 2013, from Common Core State Standards Initiative: @http://www.corestandards.org/ **

A K-12 initiative developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the Common Core Standards (CCSS) are a set of nation-wide learning standards adopted by Florida for the upcoming (2013-14) school year. The CCSS website provides standards for each area of study and grade level which should be borne in mind while constructing lesson plans and meaningful use of classroom time.


 * Education Northwest. (2013). //ToolKit98//. Retrieved 2013, from Education Northwest: @http://www.educationnorthwest.org/resource/700 **

ToolKit98 is a system of training activities and informational modules developed by Education Northwest, an educational research institution, which aids teachers of every subject and grade level in better assessing student learning. ToolKit98 is based on the 6+1 Trait model, a specific rubric model which outlines mastery and learning assessment. ToolKit98 is free online, but with a few modules missing due to copyright issues – it is however available with the additional modules for a fee.


 * McManus, B. F. (1998, December). //Tools for Analyzing Poetry: Meter and Scansion//. Retrieved 2013, from The College of New Rochelle: @http://www2.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/meter.html **

Composed by Barbara McManus, Professor of Classics Emerita at New Rochelle College, this quick page outlines various poetic meter and scansion elements with examples. In addition, Dr. McManus gives a step-by-step introduction to meter and stanza identification.


 * MetaMetrics, Inc. (2013). //Lexile Measurements and Common Core Standards //. Retrieved 2013, from Lexile Framework for Reading: @http://www.lexile.com/using-lexile/lexile-measures-and-the-ccssi/educators/ **

Compiled by MetaMetrics, the industry-standard Lexile measurement developer, this article outlines four basic ways the Lexile measurement system can be utilized in conjunction with the impending Common Core State Standards (CCSS). According to MetaMetrics the Lexile system, when in tandem with the CCSS, allows for targeted instruction, daily progress tracking, curriculum-wide application, and starting-points for family/caregiver communication.


 * National Endowment for the Humanities. (2013). //EDSITEment! // Retrieved 2013, from Literature & Language Arts: @http://edsitement.neh.gov/subject/literature-language-arts **

Created, funded, and maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), EDSITEment! provides a true wealth of lesson plans, media, and content directed at art, history, and language educators. Searchable by grade (K-12), subject area, and number of class periods, EDSITEment! allows teachers to create tailor-made lesson plans across a wide-range of content areas.


 * Psychologists for Social Responsibility. (n.d.). //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">What is Groupthink //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">. Retrieved 2013, from PSYSR: @http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Maintained by the Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PSYSR), an independent and non-profit organization dedicated to “appl[ying] psychological knowledge and expertise to promote peace, social justice, human rights, and sustainability,” this webpage provides a concise summation of the phenomenon of Groupthink. Applicable to issues as local as bullying and as global as war, the concept of Groupthink was defined by Irving Janis in 1972 as a failure in individual and group moral reasoning due to various psychological and social pressures.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Purdue University. (n.d.). //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Sitemap //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">. Retrieved 2013, from Purdue University Online Writing Lab: @http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/ **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Directed by Linda Bergmann, Professor of English, the Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an extension of the physical writing lab at Purdue University. Hands-down the best place on the internet for information concerning style, grammar, mechanics, and virtually every other facet of English composition, the OWL provides tutorials and instruction appropriate for students and instructors alike.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">University of Toronto Libraries. (2013). //Representative Poetry Online//. (M. R. Plamondon, Editor) Retrieved 2013, from University of Toronto Libraries: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">A database of over 4,500 poems, from the Old English period to the present, Representative Poetry Online (RPO) is maintained by the University of Toronto Libraries. RPO allows students and instructors to search for poems by many different criteria: theme, author, rhyme scheme, style, and more. Free for instructors to utilize provided copyright information remains intact, RPO also offers interactive timelines and a wealth of other resources related to poetry.

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