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LIFE IN L.A.
Home
Outsiders
Summer Reading
What to Read Next
Authors & Artists Club
Picture Inferences Page
Resources for LA
Cool Free Stuff
Contact me!
Parent Page
The Book Thief
Class links
PD Presentations
Twin Times Archive
More
Home
Outsiders
Summer Reading
What to Read Next
Authors & Artists Club
Picture Inferences Page
Resources for LA
Cool Free Stuff
Contact me!
Parent Page
The Book Thief
Class links
PD Presentations
Twin Times Archive
cool free stuff
Free books & audiobooks
ALWAYS FREE:
Become a
book reviewer
for LitPick and get
free ebooks
Internet Archive
- free access to out-of-copyright titles
(good for finding "classics")
Project Gutenberg -
Out of Print books ("Classics")
Huge selection -- start with the "Top 100 Downloaded Titles & Authors" to make it easier, but there are a ton more!
Free ebooks and audiobooks
from your local public library
(here's how to find them)
Free short stories, ebooks and audiobooks
(not just for kids - so some might be inappropriate)
Read all of Shakespeare's Plays and Sonnets
PODCASTS:
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
Forever Ago
(history)
RadioLab
(science)
THINGS TO DO 0R SEE
ALWAYS FREE:
Solve Riddles (TEDEd)
Youth Speaks: Brave New Voices Competition
(there WILL be some swearing and content that some may find inappropriate for kids)
Play Scattergories
Anne Frank House
- an interactive tour of the secret annex where she and her family lived in hiding during the Holocaust.
Where does your family live on "Dollar Street"?
- Find out where
you fit - from richest to poorest in the world
. Be sure to check out "Toilet Paper."
Free online
tours of famous museums
worldwide
Free interactive tour of the
British Museum
(install the app to make it interactive)
Ideas for starting a cool
writing notebook
60
S
econd
D
ocs
- watch some, and then try making one of your own
Google
Experiments
learn new stuff
ALWAYS FREE:
Imagineering in a Box
Computer Science Express Course
Beginner:
Teach yourself how to juggle
Teach yourself how to
write an argument like a journalist
(& enter the contest in the
NY Times
)
App Inventor (MIT)
TEDed Student Page -
make your own talk, or find one to watch
Beginner:
Learn how to cook
simple & cheap meals
Pro: Make your own
sourdough starter
and then
bake bread
!
(You can use whatever flour you have in these recipes.)
NY Times:
What's going on in this
graph?
NY Times:
What's going on in this
picture?
NY Times
Film Club
TEDed: The Art of the
Metaphor
TEDed:
How Fiction can Change Reality
IAR Practice Test
with answer key
Greek & Latin Roots
Quizlet: First 30 Roots
- practice
Apostrophes
- explained!
Kahoot: Apostrophes
- practice
Homophones
- stop mixing them up!
Quizlet: Homophones -
practice
Beginner:
Learn how to Knit
Free digital audio learning (Earsketch)
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