April is National Poetry MonthLearn about and create POEMS:
Haiku, Cinquain, Limericks and Free Verse - CLICK BELOW |
Shape PoemsFollow the link above to listen to poets reading their poems and talking about their poetry
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The Pongo Teen Writing Project has been working with troubled teens in detention centers, mental health facilities and homeless centers for nearly two decades, taking their stories and turning them into poetry. In our ongoing series "Where Poetry Lives," Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey learn more about a program that empowers young people in crisis to express themselves.
Weird Al Teaches Grammar in this parody
Vocabulary Practice - Words that are Easily Confused
Power My Learning - site to practice Common Core Skills
Can you recognize and correct Fragments and Run-on Sentences? Practice here!
Story Starter Ideas - Try this link to spark your creativity
Oodles of practice with Text Structure of Non Fiction and Fiction and Story Elements
Follow this link to the Hampton Brown / National Geographic EDGE Reading Writing and Language eText
Practice with FCAT vocabulary. (Psssss .... I'll let you in on a secrect. I have NO IDEA what FCAT stands for, but the words and practices on this list are GREAT for ELA terms and ideas that EVERYONE should know.
Want to be able to decode new words? Learn and practice GREEK and LATIN Roots
a BAZILLION more practice sites for all sorts of ELA skills and vocabulary
Teacher's Video Lesson : Main Idea and Supporting Details using graphic organizer
Teacher's Video Lesson: Text Structure for non fiction
Teacher's Video Lesson: Inferencing
Teacher's Video Lesson : False Assumptions - A logical fallacy
Teacher's Video Lesson: Context Clues
Teacher's Video Lesson : Connotation and Denotation
Teacher's Video Lesson: Conflict in Literature
Teacher's Video Lesson: Characterization
Teacher's Video Lesson : Referencing Text and Text Evidence
Teacher's Video Lesson : Foreshadowing