THINKCERCA

• ThinkCerca Engagement Strategies

• Teachers Grading Student Writing

• Heritage (Index of Economic Freedom)

• Top QuizIzz (Social Studies)

WRITING and JOURNALS

• 101 Journal Prompts - Middle School Debate Topics

• 94 Argumentative Writing Topics - NY Times Argumentative Writing Prompts

• Daily Teaching Tools - Middle School Writing Prompts (Journal Buddies)

• Fun Writing Prompts - Your Dictionary Creative Writing Prompts

• Kids N Clicks Journal Prompts

• Must Love Lists

• NY Times - 1000 Writing Prompts

• Comparing Argumentative and Persuasive Writing

• OWL Online Reading Lab - Introduction, Previewing, Questioning, Annotating, Inferencing, Vocabulary Strategies, etc.

• Bad Writing Translator - 200+ Informative Essay Topics

INTRODUCTIONS

• Starting Stories: 5 Beginning Strategies

• How to Write a Hook - How to Write an Introductory Paragraph

SUMMARY TOOLS

• Rewordify - Smmry - TLDR This - Resoomer - 

• Internet Abridge - Auto Highlight Ext - Online Summarize

• NONFICTION Graphic Organizers

• Summarizing Maps (38 pages of graphic organizers)

BUILDING LITERACY

• Readlee

• Towson Online Writing Support - Free Rice

• TweenTribune - AJC NIE - AR Book Finder - Awesome Stories

• Inspire Students to Read

INFERENCE

• Inference Practice - 

• Inference Practice Questions (ThoughtCo)

RESEARCH SKILLS

• Research Skills Mini-Lessons 

LITERACY OPTIONS

• TweenTribune - Common Lit - Readworks - NewsELA

• National Geographic Kids - EasyTeacherWorksheets

Form Time Ideas

INTERACTIVE GEOGRAPHY

• PurposeGames

• I Like to Learn - Lizard Point - Kids Maps - Seterra

• Sheppard Software - World Atlas

• Your Child Learns - LocaLingual (tap to hear language)

CITIZENSHIP

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration - Citizenship Practice Tests

CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

• iCivics

• 2024 Mock Election & Plural Policy (Find Legislator)

• Douglas County Elected Officials

• 60 Second Civics - Educating 4 Democracy - 

• Anneberg Classroom

• CRASH COURSE - U.S. GOVERNMENT

Culture and Countries

• Lonely Planet - Every Culture - Atlapedia 

• CIA World Factbook

DEBATE AND DISCUSSION

• Starting Points

GEORGIA STUDIES (8th)

• GA Studies GPB (User Guide) - 8th Grade Resources

• GPB Georgia Studies Collection - Today in Georgia History

• Georgia Stories - New Georgia Encyclopedia - Famous Georgians

• GA Virtual Learning

• 8th - Georgia Virtual Learning

GOVERNMENT

iCIVICS

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

Readers Theatre and Comics

• Mrs Judy Aroujo RT - 

• GoComics - 

FICTIONAL READING

• World of Tales - Aaron Shepard's World of Stories

• American Folklore - Short Stories for Middle School - Short Moral Stories for Kids 

• Lit2Go - The Best Class - Teaching Heart - Scholastic Resources

• Owlcation - TSS (The Short Story) - 

• Plot Diagram - Plot Diagram 2 - Plot Diagram 3

GRAMMAR

• English Quizzes (Grammar) - English Grammar - Perfect English - Road to Grammar

VOCABULARY

• EasyDefine - Vocabulary - Flippity - Quizlet - 

• Grammar Games - Your Dictionary - Sentence Generator

• Sadlier Vocabulary Games - Number Dyslexia Vocabulary Games

• 30 Meaningful Vocabulary Activities 

WRITING

• Purdue Owl Writing - Transition Words - Clauses and Phrases Activity

• Text Features

POETRY

• Analyzing Poetry - Tone and Mood

NONFICTION

• Text Structures - Nonfiction Text Features

English Language Learning

• ELL 2.0 Strategies

• Oral Language (ELL) - 

• Academic Vocabulary (Sept 2023 Slideshow)

• Instructional Scaffolds Slideshow

• ESL Games World - Games to Learn English

• World Language Resources (TeachersFirst)

ESOL

• A4ESL - ESL Cafe - English Daily - 5 Minute English - 

• New Tongue - Pumarosa - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening

• Learning Chocolate - Internet Polyglot - Language Guide

• Incorporating Oral and Written Language (slideshow)

• Making Content Visual (slideshow)

• Accommodations for English Learners (slideshow)

• ESOL Differentiation - KSU ESOL Presentation (Ms. Seely)

• Teacher Habits That Help Students

• Reading Comprehension Reference Chart

• 46 Lesson Plan Graphic Organizers

• Graphic Organizers for Reading Strategies (36 pages)

• Reading Quest (A-Z strategies)

• Mrs Judy Active Reading Strategy Instruction (56 pages)

• Edugains Literacy Strategies (103 pages)

• Activities for an Accelerated Reading Program (96 pages)

• Ready to Use Non-Fiction Graphic Organizers

• Laura Candlers Graphic Organizers for Reading (161 pages)

• GaDoe Vocabulary Strategies Toolbox

CLOSE Reading Strategies

AVID Strategies

BEGINNING READING

• KizPhonics - Phonics by Soft Schools - TopMarks

• Smart Boarding School - Live Worksheets

OTHER - Lesson Plan

• Connotation Word List