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Flash required; nice little tool for brainstorming poetry; nice for elementary

Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use? Are you searching for a cliché using the word "cat" or "day" but haven't been able to come up with one? Just enter any words in the form below, and this search engine will return any clichés which use that phrase...

Pinterest group that features favorite young adult novels that have been pinned. Request a free invitation and begin pinning your favorites so all can enjoy.

"Welcome to Shelfari! Shelfari is a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favorite books - all for free."

Great use of Twitter as a tool to teach writing / literacy skills

Innovative mashup of grammar instruction and digital badging.

A nice lightweight version of a visual thesaurus. Clears out all of the clutter for your interactive whiteboard

America's Day Of Terror from the BBC has a lot of excellent information. In fact, it might have too much for English Language Learners, so you might want to point students to particular sections of the site.

Complete an audio exercise on 9/11 at the Web Language Lab.

At Sound Guide you can listen to President Bush's address after the attack and complete the cloze (fill-in-the-gap) exercise.

tired of the same ol' griping? Read this.

So eat it, every single crabby English teacher that I've ever met!

Welcome to a Shakesperian world of intrigue, suspense, sinister characters and now manga! The Planet team are pleased to be working with Manga Shakespeare on a range of teaching resources designed exclusively for the Activboard. The resources include supporting flipcharts, editorial and a resource pack of accompanying manga images.

Redefining the dictionary 1. Think of a word that has a special meaning to you. 2. Record a video defining your word. 3. Upload your video.

A group of interested people have developed an interesting project for humanities courses, particulary social studies, language arts, and photography classes.

Collection of websites about grammar

PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.

Video segments from PBS' "Poetry Everywhere" series produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, which capture poets' voices.