Reading, Writing- Language Arts links:
Discover Janus Words- words with have contridictory meanings- "CONTRONYMS"
Fiction vs. nonfiction explained
How to use the Google voice to text feature
StudyLib - free digital flashcards that connects to Google accounts
More about Lexile Levels, Grade Levels, and College Readiness
Understanding NC ELA Standards with Clarifications and Glossary by grade-levels
RAFT (A respected writing strategy)
ABCya.com (This is very much like Wordle, and it works with our server!)
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.
The Art of Styling Sentences by Waddell, Longknife, and Sullivan
FANBOYS and more! (Coordinating conjunctions vs. Conjunctive adverbs)
Shakespearean Translator -Type anything into the box to see it re-translated into super-authentic Shakespearean English
Free ebooks by Project Gutenberg- Project Gutenberg offers over 53,000 free ebooks: choose among free html, epub books, free kindle books.- Download them or read them online.
ELA Graphic Organizers using Google Drawings
Poems to Know (according to Brandon Coons)
Poetic Technique from Ken Nesbitt
Google Sheet showing responses to Poetry Response Form w/ no names (open to only nhcs emails)
How to Critique an Article (a web article)
Commas: Robert Frost's use of the Oxford Comma The Current Oxford Comma Debate
Find the right book using Lexile Levels
Look up words using Your Dictionary .
They say they are, "The Dictionary You Can Understand."
ELA Graphic Organizers using Google Drawings
Clothes Make the Man, Henri Duvernois
Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Jester
Plato's Allegory of the Cave (pdf)
Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence
Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
Steinbeck's The Affair at 7 rue de M
Mensa for kids has a great program called "Excellence in Reading" Participants get a list of K-3rd Grade or the 4th-6th grade reading lists. This is a great long-term project that generates a free Tee-shirt, a certificate, and well-earned pride for finishing.