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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Poetry Forge
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis site offers a variety of interactive poetry tools designed to allow student writers to actively and mindfully work through ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading and Writing Workshop: <em>Freak the Mighty</em>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsStudents use a variety of reading and writing strategies as they read Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearning to Learn with <em>Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster</em>
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Theatre, English-Language Arts, Life Sciences and 4 additional..Students combine vocabulary exploration with word play by planning their own vocabulary parade, modeled on the activities in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWord Central
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsWord Central, presented by Merriam-Webster, Inc., is a Web site designed for students to have fun with words. The site has been ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommon Root Words
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsThis page, from Cuesta College, presents the meanings of common root words, common prefixes, number prefixes, and math and scien...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVocabulary University
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsThe Vocabulary University Web site provides learning activities, tools for test preparation, reading recommendations, vocabulary...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes was born in 1902.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students examine the poem "Dreams" and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElements of Poetry
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsThe Bedford/St. Martin s Web site presents this list of elements of poetry with links to definitions, interactives, and examples...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriters Strategies
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Professional Development, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features information about different strategies writers use to communicate ideas eff...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkColor Poems?Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literary Analysis, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsStudents use their five senses as a prewriting tool to guide their poetry writing as they compose free-form poems using imagery ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOneLook Dictionary Search
Grades: 1 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsUsing the OneLook Dictionary Search, students can search for definitions and synonyms, as well as translations for words in lang...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students focus on the figurative language in Heaney's poem, "Digging," and discuss the speaker's attitude, and how metaphor, sim...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentWord Art with King's Words
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 4Subjects: History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsExamine one or more of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letters or speeches and turn powerful words and phrases into word art using ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPendemonium; The Italian Job
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language ArtsIn this Discovery Education lesson, students will: * Identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. * Analyze word parts to ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWords and Spelling
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: English-Language ArtsThis website has several links to interactive games; suffix, prefix, root words, multiple meaning words, etc. It is a BBC websit...Contributor: Chris EckertViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWords with Multiple Meanings
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language Arts, Reading strategiesVocabulary site from TV411 that provides support for understanding and using words with multiple meanings. Interactive slideshow...Contributor: Stephen PolitzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComposing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students learn about cinquain and write simple cinquain of their own. Cinquain (pronounced "...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMy World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses students' areas of interest both in and out of school to generate personalized vocabulary...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFigurative Language Awards Ceremony
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use their background knowledge of figurative language. They listen to texts read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGreek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students improve their ability to analyze, reorganize, critique, and create by creating and painting my...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0