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"The Poetry Idea Engine fuels your imagination for writing poetry. Play to learn the many ways to write poetry."

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"HO!! Ho!! ho!! Write a letter to Santa Claus? Yes kids its true! Just finish this letter... Santa's waiting for *you*! From the North Pole, Santa will send your reply... faster than Rudolph the reindeer can fly!! "

Better Writing Through Technology

Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming.

SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds: * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented! * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

States the Alphabet in order. When you click on the letters across the top, you have a choice of listening to the name, listening to the sound, learning how to write the letter.

Videos for Writer's Worskhop

"This interactive activity helps students to learn the five parts of a friendly letter. By following this step by step guide, students can create a letter and then print it. Kids can focus on the content while the letter maker takes care of formatting.

180 alternatives to the book report.

Spin the wheel for a story idea. Then create a letter, story, postcard or newspaper article.

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