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Communication Arts Internet Resources |
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| American Rhetoric | Clips from movie speeches; video and audio (K-12) |
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Communication Arts Sample Assessments Elementary Middle School High School |
Click on the appropriate grade level; sites include interactive activities showing scoring guides, sample tests, and teaching strategies (3-12) |
| EdSitement | Links, lesson plans and activities for literature and language arts (K-12) |
| Lexile Resource | Find the lexile level of books. |
| Long and Short Vowels | Make long and short vowel sounds |
| Language Arts Lesson Plans/Resources | Links to lesson plans (1-12) |
| Kids Poetry | Magnetic poetry kits that also allow students to write poetry online. (Elem, Mid) |
| PowerPoint Resources | Jefferson County Schools; downloadable PowerPoint presentations relating to various Communication Arts topics (3-5) |
| Web English Teacher |
Resources for grammar, journalism, reading, Shakespeare, poetry, writing, vocabulary, phonics, mythology, speech, etc. (K-12) |
| Analogies | Learn about analogies and practice (2-8) |
| Analogy of the Day | FactMonster; learn an analogy each day; online quiz (3-12) |
| Awesome Analogies | Quia; game format (3-8) |
| Solving Analogies | Interactive practice for analogies (4-9) |
| Citation Machine (Slate) | Fill in the blank format for creating a bibliography; the site then assembles the bibliography (4-12) |
| Citation Styles | How to cite many types of materials using various citation styles (5-12) |
| Easybib.com | Helps writers create bibliographies; MLA 5th edition and APA publications manual (7-12) |
| Big Dog's Grammar | From adjectives and verbs to active/passive construction (8-12) |
| Ask the Grammar Lady | Free service; answers grammar questions (6-12) |
| Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation | Information, links, interactive quizzes and activities (8-12) |
| Choose the sentence that is capitalized and punctuated correctly (3-8) | |
| A brief grammar lesson on topics ranging from Parts of Speech to using brackets (7-12) | |
| Eleven Rules of Writing | A concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation (8-12) |
| Choose the correct end punctuation (3-8) | |
| English Grammar Connection | Interactive online lessons to improve students' English grammar skills (4-12) |
| Grammar Bytes | Online activities, grammar rules, hand-outs (4-12) |
| Grammar and Punctuation Practice | Interactive quizzes from basic sentences parts to notorious confusables (8-12) |
| Grammar Blast | Online activities; Houghton Mifflin (2-5) |
| Grammar Lessons | Grammar, spelling, punctuation from the Online Writing Laboratory (2-9) |
| Grammar PowerPoints | Ready made, downloadable PowerPoint presentations on a variety of grammar topics (5-12) |
| Grammar Practice Exercises | Grammar practice exercises with remediation (6-12) |
| Grammar Rock Schoolhouse Rock | Grammar Rock lyrics and audio (K-6) |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing | Quizzes, lessons and activities (3-12) |
| HyperGrammar | Interactive grammar site which provides information and activities (8-12) |
| Punctuation Practice | Practice identifying punctuation errors (7-12) |
| Teaching resource and student activity (3-7) | |
| Noun Dunk | Common vs. Proper Noun (3-7) |
| Name It (Nouns) | Presentation and activities on nouns (1-3) |
| Parts of Speech Games |
Quia: includes matching, Concentration, and flashcards (3-8) |
| Parts of Speech Games | Gamequarium; links to games (3-8) |
| Parts of Speech | Online activities to learn about the parts of speech and practice identification (4-9) |
| Parts of Speech Identification | Information and activities (5-12) |
| Rats | Online activities; categorized by grade level (K-6) |
| Wacky Web Tales | Practice the parts of speech in an interactive way (2-8) |
| The Art of Communicating Effectively | Suggestions for creating and presenting an effective presentation (7-12) |
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Public Speaking (Allyn and Bacon) |
Learn about the process of public speaking and find help preparing speeches (5-12) |
| Bartlett's Quotations | Collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs (5-12) |
| Biographical Dictionary | Resource for biographies (2-12) |
| Best Online Reference Sites | 947 links to free ready reference resources on the Web; maintained by the Ramapo Catskill Library System (3-12) |
| Dictionary.com | Type in the word to retrieve definition and usage (2-12) |
| iTools | Search tools; language tools; research tools (2-12) |
| Great Books Online | Information and reference tools; downloadable dictionaries and thesauri; Columbia Encyclopedia; 70 volume Harvard Classics collection and the works of Shakespeare (4-12) |
| The Library Spot | Links to numerous online libraries, reference materials, periodicals, quotations, books, literary criticism, poetry and speeches (6-12) |
| Merriam-Webster Online | More than 160,000 entries; each word is accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, and a brief etymology (1-12) |
| Picture Dictionary | 1,881 illustrated dictionary entries; each word is used in a meaningful example sentence; most entries have links to a related web sites (K-4) |
| Quoteland | Extensive collection organized by topic (2-12) |
| Thesaurus. com | Type in the word and synonyms will be returned (2-12) |
| Yahoo Reference | Links to dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations, libraries and more (3-12) |
| Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Information on the people, places, and events of yesterday and today (4-12) |
| Columbia Encyclopedia | Contains over 51,000 entries with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references (4-12) |
| Encarta Encyclopedia Center | Articles; links; resources (2-12) |
| Encyclopedia.com | Searchable encyclopedia (2-12) |
| Wikipedia | Wide range of information and resources (2-12) |
| Dositey.com: K-2 Language | Phonics and spelling; word finds and memory games to improve language skills (K-3) |
| Drag 'n' Spell | Beat the clock by dragging the vowels to finish spelling the words before time runs out! (K-3) |
| Hands-On Spelling Activities | A variety of spelling activities (1-6) |
| Harcourt Brace Spelling | Identify words that are spelled incorrectly; unscramble letters to spell a word; by grade level(1-6) |
| Look, Cover, Write, Check | Spelling Practice (2-6) |
| Scrambled Words | Unscramble the letters to spell a word (3-9) |
| SpellaRoo | Identify misspelled words (1-4) |
| Spellbee |
Choose a partner and begin a spelling game (2-6) |
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Spelling Sparklers Scroll to Spelling Sparklers |
Suggestions for spelling lessons and activities (1-6) |
| Special Thanks to Lee's Summit Ed Tech Department for many of the above links.--This site will continue to be updated and customized for SPS teachers. | |
