Language+Arts+Links

Language Arts Links:
WordShare: Dictionary that explains Latin and Greek roots http://wordinfo.info/

Fun game that develops math and english skills: http://www.brainnook.com/

Digital National Writing Project: What it means to teach digital writing http://digitalis.nwp.org/

Scripting tool: Great for videos or stories http://www.rawscripts.com/

Into The Book: An Interactive Language Arts Experience, http://reading.ecb.org/index.html

Help for teaching literary devices: From Alliteration to Symbolism, http://mhslitrocks.wikispaces.com/

Actors read various stories on video, very cool. (preK-3rd grade) http://www.storylineonline.net/

**List of "Novel Projects" : write a new ending, make a book jacket, create a scrapbook and more...**
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ae8knmKTBvYsZGR6eHJoeGtfNjNobXNoa3pjZw&hl=en

Online Books:
Free books online: http://www.bookrix.com

School Library, $2/student/yr. over 500,000 books (some free): http://schoollibrary.com/

Other LA links:
Fun Sight Word Games: http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html

Use Google Docs in your Language Arts class: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5AOHQcS-cAeNjI5OTgxMDQtNzc5ZC00NjJkLThmMDAtZTUwNmIzZWRjNTk3&hl=en

Diary of Anne Frank Animated: http://www.doink.com/clips/luv_mi_cat/855104/my-english-project-the-diary-of-anne-frank

Use a word cloud in your classroom, watch short video: http://primarypete.net/ict-writing-wordle

Using VoiceThread in your class, students can comment on images http://primarypete.net/ict-writing-voicethread

Graphic Organizers: http://www.exploratree.org.uk/

My High School Journalism: covers junior high also. http://my.hsj.org/Home/tabid/124/Default.aspx

Big6 http://www.big6.com/