Workshop+Links

=Workshop Links =

[|Michigan eLibrary - MEL]

 * Kids Infobits - Romeo & Juliet- Can Love End a War between Two Families? condensed version of play - readers theater
 * MEL Teens - relationships - Am I In a Healthy Relationship?
 * Mel.org - Kids Bits - 7 literature recommendations for "The Great Depression"
 * SIRS Discoverer in MEL Kids--Main Page--Choose "Activities"--choose "editorial cartoons" for discussion in social studies or English
 * SIRS Discoverer--Should Pro Athletes Be Considered Good Role Models? Number 28 istory
 * Mel kids-Fun and Games-Sense Challenge Quiz
 * [|How to teach struggling readers]
 * SIRS- [|Ouch! Mosquitoes Live Fast, Bite Hard, Die Young]
 * Kids Info Bits: Science experiment Mammal.tracks (hands on)
 * SIRS - Ever wonder how animals grow body parts
 * Kids Info American History Colonist
 * Kids InforBits - Easy Magazine Article "Can You Follow Directions" Reading and writing is not always fom left to right in all countries.
 * SIRS Discoverer: [|Mean Machines][[image:http://0-discoverer.prod.sirs.com.elibrary.mel.org/discoweb/disco/images/s.gif width="5" height="1"]]
 * SIRS Discoverer: The Particles of Atom
 * [|**Grammar Skills for Writing Courses**]

Spelling
[|Spelling City] - online spelling program that makes practicing spelling fun

**Writing**
[|Resources for Grade 7-12 Instructors and Students] - from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University

Grammar
[|Grammar Bytes!]

Literature
[|No Fear Shakespeare -] puts Shakespeare side-by-side with facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today [|Lit2Go] - free online collection of stories and poems in audio (MP3) and text (PDF) format [|FullBooks.com]- thousands of free full-text books online [|Librivox] - free audio books from the public domain [|LoudLit.org] - public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances [|Classic Reader] [|20 Ways of Looking at the Book] - twenty engaging activities to support literature [|103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading]

**Vocabulary**
[|100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know] - list compiled by editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries [|Visual Thesaurus] [|Visual Dictionary Online] [|Free Rice] - improve vocabulary and help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people [|FakeOut!] - guess the word definition or submit your own fake definition

**Phonemic Awareness**
[|Sound Puzzle]

Other
[|RESA ELA Blackboard Site] [|Michigan's Mission Possible] [|ReadWriteThink] - providing educators with high quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction [|Technology Supports for Struggling Readers] - comprehensive list of resources from Texas Assistive Technology Network [|Misunderstood Minds] - companion site for PBS documentary profiling a variety of learning problems and expert opinions - //Writing, Technology, and Teens// - Report from the National Commission on Writing [|Research Matters/Technology to Help Struggling Students] [|Literacy Matters] -The goal of the Literacy Matters project is to improve the literacy develpment of middle grades and secondary school students, especially those students who are struggling to succeed.

Tools and Resources
[|Wordle] - create word clouds [|Photo Story - Download] [|CutePDF - Download]