YALSA's Top Reading Picks
Teenreads.org - Use this site to search for a book based on reviews.
How about an audio book from Book Share?
Word Hippo online Thesaurus
How about a visual thesaurus?
How about a visual dictionary from Visuwords?
Rhymezone find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!
Want to learn about the origins of words, or Etymology?
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
Find a poem to memorize or read at the Poetry Foundation
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
Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan video
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 flashcards from Quizlet
Study for "The Fun of It" test by using flashcards from Quizlet.
Study for "The Summer 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 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.
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
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-Word game:
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
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.
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.
Identify the correct pronoun with Pronoun Poppers from Quia
Play Jeopardy while identifying the correct pronouns
Make Connections to Word Groups
Who doesn't love a good game of Wordle?
Learn Languages grammar and Vocabulary
Test your knowledge of the parts of speech with Grammar Gorillas.
Merriam-Webster's Word Central - Games and Quizzes
Idioms and their origins
Reader's Theater Scripts