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Great list of sites for students to publish on the web

Publishes new teacher freebies the first of every month. This link is for December 2012

Each day they will publish a new poem from several famous authors as a celebration for poetry month.

daily writing prompt site that publishes prompts on a monthly calendar. The whole month is laid out for you with a different prompt each day. Don't see anything you like on the current calendar? That's okay, click through the previous months to find old prompts. Periodically, Toasted Cheese holds writing contests which you can learn about by clicking on the links on the calendar. The writing contests are based on one or more of the prompts from the calendar. Applications for EducationIf you're looking for some ideas to stimulate creative writing by your students, check out Toasted Cheese. The option to go back to previous months' prompts gives you plenty of options for finding a prompt appropriate for your classroom. 

Great list of tools to create/find graphics

This includes a link to available books that is updated constantly. John Norton receives the books from publishers and authors. It is mailed to you for free, with expectation that you will write a review for publication within a reasonable amount of time. You get to keep the book.

Lots of great classroom uses

Thanks to Jes Purvis

Includes recordings of Bruchac reading some of his. poetry aloud