English+Resources

**GENERAL**
[|English Companion Teaching] -where English teachers meet and share [|Teaching English with Technology] [|Google Lit Trips] [|Lit2Go] -free online collection of stories and poems in mp3 format. [|Shmoop Literature] [|Interactive Language Arts] Activites for Gr. 7-12

**GRAMMAR**
[|Grammar Bytes] [|Grammar Ninja]

POETRY
[|**Poetry Out Loud**] This interactive site has a lot of information about the author, plus games and interactive maps relating to his life and works. NOTE: This site is for older students and includes external links to sites that have discussion boards. [] Welcome to the poems gallery. We have collected poems which speak the themes we wish to present about the prominent people in the 1920's. We hope you enjoy. []
 * This site focuses on building skills in recitation and performance. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with State Arts Agencies of the United States to support the expansion of //Poetry Out Loud//, which encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. This exciting program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage (The Poetry Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts).
 * Look for contest information
 * Edgar Allan Poe**
 * American Dream Poetry Museum**

**[|Absolute Shakespeare]**
====[|**The Literature Network: William Shakespeare**] [|Webquest - MacBeth is a Bad, Bad Man] - Directs students to realize imagery that Shakespeare uses to portray Macbeth as an evil character.====

[|Mr. Lettiere's Romeo and Juliet]

 * Good teacher-created resources: reading guides for each act with vocab, etc., online quzzes, handouts, project ideas, etc.**

VOCABULARY
[|Merriam-Webster's Word Central][| -build your own dictionary, daily buzzword, games] [|Spelling Help] [|Visual Thesaurus] - an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.

[|Free Rice]**--** a site dedicated to building vocabulary and saving world hunger. This would be a great tool to offer extra credit...the more vocab you do, the more rice the website will donate through the United Nations to help world hunger.

Practice Vocabulary tests - []
====Try [|www.flocabulary.com]. It is a site that uses rap & hip-hop to increase vocabulary. You have to purchase the whole set, but there are some excellent demos that are fun and helpful.====

CREATIVE WRITING
[|Lightning Bug] -helps you write from beginning to end. ====[] - Great collection of writing prompts [|Another list of great writing prompts] - over 300 of them. Just hover your mouse over the numbers====