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Tall tales, myths and legends, ghost stories, heroes and villains, campfire,
animal and childrens' stories, weather lore, lesson plans, ESL, tongue twisters, Mexican folklore.
Reading, writing, vocabulary, math, learning Interactive site.
Links to several portraits of Hawthorne, his desk, writing room, map of Salem, etc. Audio reads from "The Spectator".
 Haiku, limerick, cinquain, free verse. Great for reluctant poets; in a game format. Gives the definition of the
four types of poetry, then allows student to do a fill in the blank for each form. The poem can then be printed out.Fun site. Includes funny poems, books, word/poetry games, poetry lessons,
a rhyming dictionary and links. Fun!
This site is just as the title suggests --- Free Books
on the Web
Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Students can look up words
and create their own dictionary of words. There are also some "fun" links to Daily Buzzword, Coding Chamber,
English Experiments, Verse Composer, and Build Your Own Dictionary.
Put It Together Questions require information from more than
one spot in the text. This site offers paragraphs and online exercises for students to complete. Immediate feedback
is given.
Ten question online quiz on Fact or Opinion
Covers brainstorming,
gives some story starters, examples of graphic organizers, first draft, revising, editing and final copy.
Simply an analogy game for two players.
Parts of
a Paragraph, How to Write a Paragraph and Kinds of Paragraphs. Covers topic sentence, supporting details, closing sentence,
prewriting, writing, editing and publishing paragraphs. Defines and gives examples.
Lists and explains the steps needed to create an interesting
biography: questioning, learning, synthesizing, story telling and the Six Traits of Effective Writing.
Covers the basics: Games like Swap and Spell, Delete
and Spell, Synonyms, Antonyms, Several levels of the same game. Also has a proverb quiz. Lots of ads make this
a distracting site.
Wordsearch, Crossword Puzzles, Hangman, Quiz, Match Game
and Jumble
Elementary. Goes over the alphabet, writing letters,
etc.
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Short stories (Twain Hawthorne, Poe, Doyle, Dahl, etc.),
classics, novels (Lawrence, Cather, Wharton, Conrad, etc.), nonfiction (Washington, DuBois, Keller), poetry (Blake, Cummings,
Dickinson, Longfellow, etc.). Stories for young children are illustrated.
Mystery stories online. Links to Monk, Law and Order,
CSI. Visitors can try to solve mysteries on their own. Top 50 mystery movies are listed. Of course biographies
of Edgar Allen Poe, Charlie Chan, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes and Nancy Drew are included.
Two stories
written at a grade 3 reading level. Story and questions can be read and answered online. Includes comprehension,
sequencing, summarizing and completing a graphic organizer.
Aesop Fables,
Hans Christian Andersen, Sarah Cone Bryant, Brothers Grimm, etc. All stories are read aloud.
Several sequencing exercises. Students order elements
and then check to see if they were correct.
Free storybooks to read. Audio included on some titles
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