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| | Power Proofreading! A storm knocked out power at a TV station, and you must
fix the scripts so the news can go on.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
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| | Click on the advanced level for some fun guessing parts of speech.
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
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| | Think plurals are easy? Click on this game and try the tough questions. I
challenge you.
http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/
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| | Good resource to use with our English book -- try the quizzes and games.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/index.html
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| | This link is to the Merriam-Webster Online site -- there's a student
dictionary, a thesaurus, and some games, too!
http://www.wordcentral.com
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| | Read the book, now visit Narnia!
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia
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| | Choose your painting during class, then go to this site, list the artist's
last name and title of the painting, and get a chance to view the painting at
home. Then begin your descriptive essay!
http://www.nga.gov/search/index.shtm
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| | Too many ads make this cluttered, but there is some good information if you
want to know more about Shakespeare or Romeo & Juliet.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com
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| | Can't visit Shakespeare's birthplace yourself? Try this site for photos of
Shakespeare's world.
http://shakespeare.org.uk
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| | Visit this site and go to the kids' section -- some games are there as well
as good information for kids.
http://folger.edu
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| | This is a good site to find or browse poems by American poets.
http://www.americanpoems.com
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| | Another good resource.
http://www.poets.org
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| | This project was started by our National Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky. See
what poems other people like, and watch videos of ordinary Americans reciting
their favorite poems!
http://www.favoritepoem.org
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| | Visit this site to read poems kids have written.
http://www.gardenofsong.com/kidzpage
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| | Great resource for all different kinds of poems, as well as poetry terms and
some history.
http://www.poetry-online.org
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| | Alfred, Lord Tennyson? Lord Alfred Tennyson? Either way, here's a site with
all you ever wanted to know.
http://charon.sfsu.edu/TENNYSON/tennyson.html
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| | A fantastic interactive site about Edgar Allan Poe and Baltimore. Sponsored
by Maryland Public Television, there are lots of things to learn and do here!
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer
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| | Check out this site for a great overview of the Civil War.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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| | More information and videos about the Civil War and life in America at that
time.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns
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| | Use this link for a quick and easy way to organize the arguments for your
persuasive essay.
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/persuasion_map/
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| | This is a good site to see photos taken during the Civil War.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
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| | A fun kids' site with all sorts of information about the Civil War. Check it
out!
http://civilwarmini.com
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| | A truly fantastic interactive site about the Underground Railroad in
Maryland, and how slaves managed to escape to freedom.
http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm
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| | Extreme vocab! This site is from our vocab book publisher. Interactivea
games, and a way to download the current Unit you are studying to your mp3
player -- study & play at the same time!
http://www.vocabularyworkshop.com
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