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Create word searches and word jumble puzzles with your class spelling words with this easy to use site.

ThumbScribes is a platform for creating collaborative content. Co+Create haiku, poems, short stories, flash fiction, novellas, exquisite corpse and songs, real time or asynchronously with your computer, tablet, cell phone or even IM.

Daily starters for language and Maths select the grade level..

"Perfect activities to use with any Interactive Whiteboard SMART Board | Promethean | Mimio | More"

 list of ebook collections

Lissa Davies 31 Jan 12 03:28:44 The idea behind the site is to introduce students to a variety of books and form classroom book groups. How does Extreme Speed Booking work? A whole lot like speed dating. Students spend a little time with each book and then rate them accordingly with "I want to read more", "Interesting", "Not for me", or "I've already read". Students can also make a note of how interested they are in reading the book (maybe a 1-10 scale)? This process introduces students to a variety of books, genres and authors. Students may come across titles and authors they wouldn't otherwise find. It also helps teachers form classroom book groups that are of high-interest and investment to students because they had input. iLearn Technology

Martin Burrett 31 Jan 12 06:17:50 This is a superb random word generator split into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Great for infusing a little magic into creative writing sessions. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Don't just ask students to "identify the conflict" or "note the setting." Use Respondo! to click up some creative literature response questions.

Martin Burrett 02 Feb 12 05:41:57 An English resources site with a large collection of games, worksheets, quizzes, videos and more. Find something wonderful to bring a buzz to your English lessons.

Martin Burrett 03 Feb 12 12:23:11The poetry Foundation site is a great place to find poems and information about the world's most famous poets Also, download the Poetry Foundation App for iPhone and Android handsets at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/mobile/ to get a great collection of poetry and information to use in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

"iF Poems is new poetry app for the iPad, described as 'a poetry app for school-age children and for adults of any age'. It's the first great poetry app I've seen for the iPad - apologies for the spoiler but I needed to mention that right off the bat. The app includes 270 classic poems which have been carefully selected as works that the publishers feel are 'a joy to pass down the generations, to share, to educate and enjoy'. Many of the included poems have audio clips. These are read by the actors Helena Bonham Carter, Bill Nighy, Harry Enfield and Tom Hiddleston. Here are some of its other key features: You can record yourself reading a poem. You can email a poem and email your recording of a poem. You can tap on any word for a dictionary definition. You can save poems to a Favourites page. You can search by title, author, first line or by any word. You can get a dictionary definition of any word."

ipad app that allows you to create images with words instead of lines. This would be great for concrete poetry work!

Macmillan children's books audio, reviews, quizzes and videos. Worth checking out.

"MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language -- so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water." Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn."

"Make a short video about your favorite book and use the online form to enter and compete for prizes. Be sure to check out the rules, but here are the basics:"

These book trailers should be submitted soon after Christmas vacations

project Gutenberg INDEX -- Free Books On-Line -

has stories, music and images of the African diaspora. Useful for grade 7 stuff on the slave trade, also literature of the region

relevant to African literature and poetry maybe

"There are many lessons to be learned from Nursery Rhymes, many things to talk about. You can learn something about being a good citizen when you do. So sing-along and think about the answers to the questions that we ask. "

"Encourage Lifelong Readership with Book Apps"

LEGO City COMICS!