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Reading Resources
YALSA's Top Reading Picks
Teenreads.com - Use this site to search for a book from different sources.
Writing Resources
Dictionary reference website
Novel Studies
A Long Walk to Water Unit
A map of Sudan from Google Earth
World Factbook information on South Sudan
Learn about the Dinka tribes
World Factbook Information on Ethiopia
Learn about the author, Linda Sue Park
Salva's organization Water for South Sudan
John Dau Foundation website from the documentary, God Grew Tired of Us
Love That Dog Poetry Unit
Poetry Terms with definitions and examples
The Giver Links
Study Vocab for section 1 on Quizlet
Study Vocab for section 2 on Quizlet
Study Vocab for section 3 on Quizlet
Study Vocab for section 4-5 on Quizlet
Literature Book Resources
Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan
Study for the "Scout's Honor" test using flash cards from Quizlet.
Study vocabulary for "The Circuit" by using Quizlet.
Study vocabulary for "The Ghost of the Lagoon" by using Quizlet.
Study vocabulary for "Lob's Girl" by using Quizlet.
Study for the "Matthew Henson" and "Tutankhamen" tests using flash cards from Quizlet
Study for "The Fun of It" test by using flash cards from Quizlet.
Study for "The Sumer of Fire" test by using Quizlet.
Learn Vocabulary for "The Story of My Life" and then learn how to sign your name using the manual ASL alphabet. Learn how to greet or introduce yourself at the handspeak website.
Learn vocabulary for "Abd al-Rahman" at Quizlet.
Study for the "Chinatown" quiz by learning the vocabulary on Quizlet.
Study for the "First Emperor" quiz by learning the vocabulary on Quizlet.
Projects, Vocabulary, Grammar & Other Links
Special Projects Links
ABC book project - The Alphabet Organizer from Read•Write•Think
The Flipbook interactive from Read•Write•Think
Setting Book Project - The Comic Creator from Read•Write•Think
The Newspaper Generator site from Fodey.com
Vocabulary Links
Study the 30-15-10 List of the Most Common Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes
Review of Academic Vocab on Quizlet
6th Grade Latin Roots Word List on Quizlet
6th Grade Greek Roots Word List on Quizlet
Here is another useful website for common affixes
Learn the common content area roots and affixes on Quizlet
Affixes research for the Make-A-Wordgame:
Test your prefix and suffix knowledge with the game Short Circuit
Need help with homophones?
Grammar Links
Let Al Yankovic teach you about "Word Crimes". Don't make the same mistakes!
Learn the Eight Parts of Speech - PANPAVIC
Learn the most common prepositions
Learn the the most common coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and subordinating conjunctions (A WHITE BUS)
Verb Phrases quiz on Quia
Adverbs two-player game
Types of Sentences quiz on Quia
Take a quiz on Grammar chapter 1 to test your knowledge of the parts of a sentence.
Nouns and Their Jobs:
Identify common and proper nouns in this cloze style activity.
Practice identifying singular and plural forms of nouns. Try a game of concentration or the wordsearch.
Here's another game site to practice singular and plural forms of nouns.
Practice identifying possessive forms versus contraction forms of words.
How about a game of Exploring Possessives?
Take a quiz to practice Direct Objects
Take an Indirect Objects Quiz
At QUIA, you can practice both Direct and Indirect Objects.
Play Rags to Riches and identify nouns from pronouns and adjectives.
At QUIA, you can practice identifying common and proper nouns in a Battleship type of game.
Practice identifying prepositions while playing a game of Hangman.
Play Preposition Desert to practice identifying prepositions and objects of prepositions.
Review key concepts from this chapter.
Take a quiz on Grammar Chapter 2 to test your knowledge of nouns.
Pronouns:
Identify the correct pronoun with Pronoun Poppers from Quia
Build a clubhouse by identifying the pronouns
Play Jeopardy while identifying the correct pronouns
Punctuation and Proofreading:
Edit Dan's Copy will help you practice your punctuation and editing skills.
Comma Usage - Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5 from OWL at Purdue University
Run-On Sentences:
Subject-Verb Agreements:
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises from The Guide to Grammar and Writing Website
Mad Libs:
Grammar Blast - From Houghton Mifflin
Wacky WebTales from Houghton Mifflin
Other Useful Sites:
Ready for a rumble with a Grammar Ninja?
Test your knowledge of the parts of speech with Grammar Gorillas.
Reading Comprehension Links:
Reading Exercises - Reading Comprehension Stories, Recreating the Stories, Filling in the Gap