Tuesday, September 25, 2012

English Language Arts Resources

See the sites below to assist you with your assignments & practice:


Civil War (shared unit with Social Studies)

https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=016749576349479512430:_c-2j48detuhttp://www.nps.gov/resources/story.htm?id=253
http://www.civilwarhome.com/poemssongs.htm
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/civil-war-poem.htm
https://kidskonnect.com/history/civil-war/
http://www.kathimitchell.com/civil.htm
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm

Prezi model with Civil War Photographs
http://prezi.com/youaz6ssfen-/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

 

 

Historical Fiction Novels

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Characters

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/characters.html

 

Narrative Novels

Scenes & Narration Video Clips (Titanic)

http://www.make-it-count.org/multimedia/video/index.php

Understanding Theme

http://youtu.be/p4qME64SkxM

Character Traits/Attributes/Qualities/Characteristics/Personalities

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/character-trait-examples.html

Book Review Sites

www.scholastic.com
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com

Narrative Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd) definitions & practice


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGMlrRSALY

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/first-second-and-third-person.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_view_(literature)

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practice-1.htm

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practice-2.htm

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practice-3.htm

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practice-5.htm

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practice-activity.htm
 

Informational/Non-Narrative Text Resources

 

Flipbook Instructions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuR5VDdPs68

Online/Internet Info Text

"Follow the Drinking Gourd":
http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGSgiTc7Jk

Main Idea

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jb0JuslzDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24RyhtX1qA

Text Structures


Online Practice for Identifying various Text Structures (complete and return for Xtra Credit!!)
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure-worksheets/text-structure-practice-1.htm

List & Specific Practice for Individual Text Structures
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure/

Video demonstrating Sequence Text Structure
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=t-KmQ6pGxg4

Prezi Demonstrating How to Understand How Text is Organized
http://prezi.com/hym_mnvqlslf/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share


Where to find informational text:

www.cnn.com
www.msn.com
www.myfoxdetroit.com
www.nationalgeographic.com
www.detroitnews.com
www.yahoo.com
http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/pastissues.html


Games to play using the Key Concepts of this unit:

http://www.spellingcity.com/OPrsimon/





Poetry Resources - mini-unit for April

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/themes.do
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/


http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/318
www.poets.org


http://www.bestteenpoems.com/poems/first-love/


MyVocabulary.com - Word List for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet -
http://www.myvocabulary.com/word-list/novels/romeo-and-juliet-vocabulary/

Figurative Language

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/figurative-language-worksheets/
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/figurative-language-activities/
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/103.asp
http://ereadinggames.com/orpheus/

Poetic Devices

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/poetic-devices/
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/poetic-devices/poetic-devices-worksheets/

 


Literary Essay

Theme - Watch this video to give you a good idea about what theme is and how to find it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM

 

The Giver Games for Chapters 1-10

Jeopardy - http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/May201018/game1273260718.php

Vocabulary Quiz - http://quizlet.com/11679028/the-giver-chapters-1-10-flash-cards/
                                    - http://quizlet.com/10923141/the-giver-chapters-1-10-flash-cards/
                                    - http://quizlet.com/8730332/the-giver-vocabulary-chapters-1-10-flash-cards/
                                    - http://quizlet.com/10323427/the-giver-chapters-1-10-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Review Game     - http://www.quia.com/rr/204925.html

 


Women's History Month

EXTRA CREDIT HOMEWORK

http://www.nieteacher.org/nie2/NIE-Arts-Careers-Women/MothersofInvention.pdf
http://www.nieteacher.org/nie2/NIE-Arts-Careers-Women/WomensHistoryGuide.pdf
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenhistbios.html
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/important-dates-us-womens-history
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/notable.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/profiles-notable-women
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/women-who-changed-history
http://inventors.about.com/od/womeninventors/a/women_inventors.htm
http://www.women-scientists-in-history.com/historia.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/figures.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/womspace.htm
http://www.engineergirl.org/Engineers/Directory/5648.aspx
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/rosa-parks-how-i-fought-civil-rights
http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/index.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/harriet_tubman.htm
http://library.lwv.org/taxonomy/term/11
http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/index.php
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/

 

Black History Month

Homework

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm

Slideshows
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/slideshows.htm




Historical Fiction Novels - Nightjohn

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1842.html

http://www.freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad/

http://nieonline.com/detroit/2012bhm.cfm


KWL - Extra Credit

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/kwl_creator/

Online Grammar checker 

Online Dictionary/Dictionary Skills

http://www.dictionary.com/

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/games/dictionarygame.html

http://donnayoung.org/english/research/guide-words.htm

Confusing Words defined

http://www.confusingwords.com/

Learning about root words/prefixes/suffixes

http://www.myvocabulary.com/lesson-plans/

http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary/understanding-how-words-work/roots-and-their-families

Online Thesaurus

www.thesaurus.com




Writing a Memoir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2U42FoZls

http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/webpages/thewriteresource/TeachingMemoirWriting.pdf

http://browseinside.harperteen.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780064472883

http://www.worldcat.org/title/when-i-was-your-age-volume-1-original-stories-about-growing-up/oclc/50556176/viewport

http://booktalkingcolorado.ppld.org/scripts/fullrecordprinterfriendly.asp?ID=457

http://www.amazon.com/Harris-Me-Gary-Paulsen/dp/015205880X#reader_015205880X

 

Figures of Speech

http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?8zonihx1h03

http://www.sturgeon.k12.mo.us/elementary/numphrey/subjectpages/languagearts/figuresofspeech.html

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-figurative-language.html




Parts of Speech

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm


Verbs


http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/827?locale=en


Irregular Verbs


Dictionary -
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs2.html

Rules -
http://chompchomp.com/rules/irregularrules01.htm

Online game -
http://chompchomp.com/irregular01/irregular01.htm




Vocabulary Comprehension Ideas

http://people.bu.edu/jpettigr/Artilces_and_Presentations/Vocabulary.htm

http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/compre.htm




Expository Writing online activity

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/1.htm


Word Roots

http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary/understanding-how-words-work/roots-and-their-families




Grammar Games/Resources

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

http://quizlet.com/6712177/grammar-7th-grade-flash-cards/

http://www.grammaropolis.com/games.php

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/plurals_forming.htm

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/forming-plurals.asp




Vowels

http://www.teachwithme.com/images/stories/2012/Vowel%20Owl%20Packet.pdf




Punctuation

http://chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/apostrophes01.htm




Argument Essay Resources

Scholastic Scope Article "YOU Danger" (9/24) -
http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-092412-Debate.pdf

Write an Argument Essay Handouts -
http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-092412-Debate-EssayKit.pdf

Argument Essay Checklist -
http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-Library-ArgumentEssayChecklist.pdf

 

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http://www.myvocabulary.com/wered
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