This website can be of assistance to students who lose focus when reading silently. Read up on TextAloud! http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/
This site discusses ways to integrate technology in order to empower students in the field of reading. Although this site is recommended for fourth through sixth grade, some of the strategies ring true even with eighth graders. http://www.lite.iwarp.com/strugtech.html
This site discusses the importance of understanding fluency through oral interpretation. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=28
This site addresses the KWL strategy in order to Help struggling readers build evidence in their reading http://ct-net.net/tc_ann_8-2_Sza
If you are interested in learning more about Freedom of Speech or any of the other research topics, please feel free to visit facts on file. See Ms. Frost about a username and password for Terrill. http://www.fofweb.com/Subscription/Default.asp?BID=7
For everything you want to know about every subject you study in school, visit brainpop. This is easy to navigate through, and it contains many interactive games and quizzes. See Ms. Frost for the username and password. http://www.brainpop.com
For a sample multimedia rubric visit this site. This is a project I'd like to use for next year http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=1516544&