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Profile publisher - practice setting up profiles for social media sites

Students use microblogging and social networking sites to trace the development of characters and examine writing style while reading a novel of manners such as Jane Austen's Emma.

"This graphic organizer provides students the opportunity to brainstorm words about a given topic, count and record the syllables, and draft a haiku. "

"Engineering is the "silent E" in STEM subject areas. While science, mathematics, and technology are often topics of content area lessons, engineering is often ignored. However, engineering is inclusive of all STEM subjects because engineers use science, mathematics, and technology to solve problems. Engineering careers are diverse, spanning many different technologies and disciplines, such as agricultural engineering, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering."

Bio-Cube is an interactive tool that invites students to develop an outline of a person whose biography or autobiography they have just read or to gather details to write their own autobiographies or biographies.

A summary activity to help organize thoughts before writing a Biography

Acrostic poetry writing activity

A great interactive acrostic poem maker. It explains what acrostic poems are when gives helpful hints as children write their own. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Comic book writing and coloring activity.

Create a persuasion map online with this simple resource to plan an argument. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Graphic organizer for creating thesis statement, supporting evidence, conclusion. Good for group work on Activboard.

An interest English resource where users can mix up fairytale stories and add their own text. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

We teachers like to shake things up a bit and how better to begin than by adding a little randomness into your lessons. This is a great site that creates custom cubes which you can use as dice in class. They are easy to create and great for children make for a range of subjects and activities. Give it a roll. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Lesson plans

tool to visually plan out essay - then get it printed out

very cool - shame it isn't embeddable though

Create your own trading card activity (baseball cards).

Unit of Study with Read Write Think