I had completely forgotten about this! I used The Onion in high school; it's a satirical based newspaper about politics, local events, entertainment and other various topics. This is a great way to test students' understanding of satire in a fun way.
Stuck? Are your students stuck? This website offers a plethora or creative writing prompts to jog any writer-blocked mind. Could also serve as a bell ringer/exit ticket assignment.
Great for students being able to recreate a scene or aid visual aids to reading. Easy enough for me to navigate, so students will have no trouble. They can even add characters and write dialogue for more interactive productions.
Students can work in groups or individually to create media-rich timelines. This is a great tool for not only English, but also for historical events or scientific processes.
Grade specific website that has everything from lesson plans to student interactives and mobile acts. They even have professional development tools that every teacher can benefit from.
Automatically convert any list of your words, phrases, or sentences into an online mindmap. Print it, save it, share it! Great for any subject and study aids/organizational tool for all students.
This might sound a little elementary, but can definitely work on a secondary level. Have students to build characters based off of their descriptions in text and watch them interact.
This is an easy way to make those cool vocabulary word clouds that you have been seeing. Great printable for students to learn literary device terminology and even essay writing techniques.
This site is great for a calculus, physics, biology, chemistry, and any other class that could possibly relate to space. It has supplemental problems regarding NASA and space for students to try.
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Quizlet is a great resource for students that benefit from studying with flashcards. You can make your own flashcards and then view them in multiple ways to help you study. After you have review the notecards, the website will create a practice quiz to test the information you have been studying.
