Student Links & Projects |
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Student Search Engine: www.nettrekker.com (use instead of "Google")
Reading Resources |
Sites for Responding to Literature Sites to Find Good Books at Your Reading Level! |
Book Projects |
Class Novels
| Holes | |
| Two Years Before the Mast | |
| A Year Down Yonder | The Great Depression Photo Essay |
| My Brother Sam is Dead | |
| Literature Circles |
Terrific Literature Circle Information |
Assignments and Helpful Tools |
Contests, Contest Resources, and Publishing Sites |
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Miss Cantillon's Essay Writing Tips Subordinating Conjunctions (transition to thesis) Rubric for Persuasive Columbus Essay Citation Machine (Create a Works Cited) Interactive Story Map (Map out your characters and setting online) Graphic Organizers to Help Plan Your Writing |
Great site to help with narrative writing (Use for Film Futures Contest) Learn how to write a short story Character Education Essay Directions and Entry Form Resources for Character Education Essay |
Grammar |
Class PPTs - Overview of Parts of Speech, Sentence Fragments, Paragraphs, Run-ons, Colons, Semi Colon, Commas, Apostrophes, Verbs |
| Vocabulary |
| Great Math Websites! |
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| PowerPoint Lessons, Project Directions, & Samples |
Sample Virtual Geometry Book (Quicktime) Dream Bedroom Project Directions Dream Bedroom Running Total Sheet Sample Dream Room (This room has different dimensions than what you were assigned; also, you can use paper/cloth to represent furniture) |
| Saint Websites |
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| Class Notes | |
| Catholic Sites |
MISCELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS, STUDY AIDS AND GAMES
| Back to School Jeopardy | Links to PowerPoint Resources |
| Make Your Own Timeline | Sample PowerPoint Timeline |
| Learn Vocabulary by Playing Games! | Flash Card Maker (Print them off and turn them in for your "Ticket to the Test"). |
| Make a Sample Test for Your "Ticket to the Test" | Many Clip Art Sites |
| Homework Help by Discovery .com | Art Site - Mixing Colors |
| County of San Diego Academic Competitions |
| Earth Day Site | Science Activities |
| Science Experiments | Science News for Kids |
Brain Pop Videos on LD and Other Topics Scholastic's Site for Study Skills and Organization Help Misunderstood Minds - a PBS site All Kinds of Minds - Dr. Mel Levine (Great parent resource!) |