Creating Digital Books:
Students can collaborate on the same book: http://www.widbook.com/
Maniac McGee:
- Maniac McGee discussion questions & lessons: scholastic
- Maniac MCGee Lit. Circle: scholastic
- Teacher lesson plan: $20 : http://www.sandtpublications.com/f/Microsoft_Word_-_Maniac_Magee_samples_for_website.pdf
- Vocabulary list & fun activities: mce
- Great analysis & enrichment resource: novelinks.org
- Video on the Freedom Riders: PBS
- Partner this book with : American Born Chinese
Out of the Dust: Dust Bowl
- Historic (primary Source) audio, images and text of 'Voices of the Dust Bowl": LOC
- Lots of 'Out of the Dust' resources: LiveBinders
- Activities for the book: ReadWriteThink
Poetry
- Learning Lab - with questions and activities for specific poems and a audiovisual poems: thePoetryFoundation
- Eight stations created by several NISD librarian to engage students & review poetry devices & TEKS. -See Mr. T. for details.
- View poems as they roll across screen of large smartphone (1,000s of poems to choose from) : poetryflow
- Google Custome Search -Trusted websites chosen by our librarian - Mr. T -Search for: Ezra Pound & Carmen Tafolla
Figurative Language
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- Powerpt intro. to symbols and metaphors: Introduction_to_Figurative_Language.ppt
- Intro similes and metaphors with the top 10 greatest examples in Hip-Hop/Rap music:Flocabulary
- How to create similes and metaphors: Contact me for file
- Figures of speech examples Great collection of video, audio & real world examples: americanrhetoric
Using Words & Vocabulary Building
- See the words & their meanings used in real contexts: word sense
Research
- ELA TEKS & skills re: Research covered by library research project: ELA TEKS in Library Research.doc.docx
- See Research Page
Drama
Our very own World Book Database has a Dramatic Learning section with great resource with: plays, lesson plans, various teaching tools, rubrics, play starters, posters for plays, monologues, & more (once logged in go to World
Book Classroom)
Book Classroom)
Mythology & Folktales
- List of websites on Discovery Education for introducing the genres and various stories:Folktales, myths, etc. on Discovery Education.doc
1. American:
- Engaging audio & text versions of folktales & legends from the American South : The Moonlit Road
- Various interesting resources for the legend of 'John Henry' -pics, monuments, songs, interviews, & much more : NPR
- Mayan Folktales : FolkArt
- Compare different versions of Cinderella from around the world: Rochester.edu
Literature Resources
- - Googlelittrips - events in a novel are mapped out on Google Earth trips: Googlelittrips
- Create your own lit. trips - " allows teachers and students to synthesize information in one easy-to-use map that places text, pictures, audio files, video files, and much more in one central location. " :http://www.googletreks.org/
- Great Resource - Encouraging active reading by technology connections to lit. : Literature Learning Ladders
Inferencing Resources/sites
- Online mysteries and/or with phone app is free & can print out as well:http://www.5minutemystery.com/
Lexile Tools
- Lexile level to grade chart: lexile.com
- Level finder : For a grade/student or find a book:http://www.lexile.com/fab/
- Find a book's lexile or age range: same site as above just use 'Quick Search' in upper left corner.
- Lexile Analyzer: Type in the text from a book and find its lexile. You need to register to use the site:
- http://www.lexile.com/analyzer/