Need something to do?

If you have extra time at the end of class (or if you are told to find an Extra Time Activity), do one of the following:

These activities are enrichment opportunities and should only be selected if you're up-to-date on the activities above:

1. Find out how you could read 200 books a year by reading this article.

2. Read this article and see what strategies you can take from it: Read to Lead: How to Digest Books Above Your "Level"

3. Learn how to trick yourself into reading more books.

4. Take one of the Copy Edit This! quizzes from the New York Times to see if you can spot errors made by professional journalists.

5. Read a little about how to read a lot more in the future.

6. Go to https://www.ixl.com/signin/hoovercs, log in, and learn some language stuff.

7. Go to vocabulary.com, log in, and increase your vocabulary (and help your class compete against the other periods by making sure you've joined the correct class)

8. Read up on how you can read 200 books a year.

9. Learn the difference between some Commonly Misused Phrases that Will Make You Sound Unprofessional

10. Play Free Rice to study vocabulary or grammar and help end hunger around the world.

11. Listen to a podcast about language and etymology from The Allusionist

12. Go to the Method Test Prep site and practice an English related skill (English test, reading comprehension, analogies).

13. Practice your typing here: http://typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html

14. Go to Grammar Monster, read and learn about one of the topics there (semicolons, conjunctions, adverbs, apostrophes, etc.) and take the tests available on those pages

15. Play Verb Viper

16. Play The Grammar Gorillas

17. Learn something new by reading an article at Wonderopolis

18. Become a Google expert and learn how to search more effectively when you're looking for information: here and here and here

19. Test your Google research skills by playing the Google-a-Day game (you don't have to have--or create--a Google+ account to play; just click "basic game" where it says "or continue with our new version of the basic game")

20. Take one of the grammar tests on this Grammar Monster page and see how you do

21. Go to chompchomp.com, click on one of the topics, read all about it, learn something new about grammar and writing, and become a smarter person

22. Look through the Common Writing Mistakes Made by Students document and learn a thing or two (or, at the very least, make sure you understand and are avoiding these mistakes)

23. Become a rhetoric master by learning these advanced devices for using language creatively and effectively

24. Play this game and learn an important thing or two about how to think and solve problems (and not be too quick to trust yourself) correctly.

25. Go learn some interesting facts about the origins of numerous words: Word Origins with Dr. Jacques Bailly

26. Go here to see what mental_floss can teach you about a cool language trick: the paraprosdokian.

27. Go learn about these common language/vocabulary mistakes made by smart people.

28. Watch this video (even if you've seen it before) and check to make sure you have the proper approach to learning (and life): the growth mindset

29. Learn some interesting language tips and tricks from Grammar Girl.

30. Think proofreading isn't important? Check out this mental_floss article detailing just how pricey typos can be.

31. Go learn a new language using Duolingo (as studying a different language is a great way to make you think more critically about our own and how it works).

32. Take this quiz to find out how highbrow you are. Then become more highbrow by signing up for the Highbrow daily e-mail service.

33. Learn all about eggcorns and avoid making these common mistakes.

34. When you think, do you think about these cognitive biases (and make attempts to keep them from clouding your judgment)?

35. Work on a Washington Post crossword puzzle.

36. Spend some time browsing The Punctuation Guide

37. Read about 4 Common Grammar Mistakes You Aren't Actually Making