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Love these photprojects by Simon Hogsberg. I particularly like this one of 10 new yorkes talking about their faces. Would be great as the basis for a students speaking / writing activity: http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/faces_of_new_york/index.htm Also like this 100 Metres of exitence. Just scroll along and see thee different people. Would be great for describing appearance. Get students to find the people you are descibing http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misuse

Good for storytelling

this is one of those collections that moves around the web - but they would make great writing prompts!

"Where I come from---" poems from Year 4

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie.

Convert text to images. Fantastic

I agree! You can try it with short poems, with lists of words -basically any kind of text but the site says it seems to work better with shorter texts. At the time I tried it there was no saving option; on the other hand, each photo is linked to its original source so it leads to a very nice tour and could possibly be turned into something else, like a game

Images for creating stories

You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures. When you are done, you the option to add a title and explanation, then you can save the story so you can put a link in your resume or send to your Mom (she pay print it out and tape it to the fridge, or she may criticize your creativity, your mileage and mom may vary). Plus we offer the ability to tweet your story or use an embed code to add it to your own web site.

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.

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