reading

and other areas of grammar. The list includes games such as noun dunk, monkey business, proof reading perfect, grammar gorillas, 2bee or nottoobee, and paint by idioms. ||  || sentences are covered from 6th-9th grade. Other students will still need the practice so this is a good tool. ||  || to the set up for that it just takes a little while. ||  || Perhaps this might be useful when helping students study for the SATS. ||  || words in books, actual vocab being studied, or help with the SATS. ||  ||
 * [[image:bookadventure.png width="204" height="68" link="@http://bookadventure.com/"]] || Book Adventure || Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning. || Pretty cool site. You put in your grade level and interests, and it comes up with a long list of books you might be interested in. There are activities and information for students, teachers and educators. ||
 * [[image:interactives.png width="251" height="33" link="@http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/"]] || Interactives || Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals—from organizing their thoughts to learning about language—all while having fun. || These interactives includes things like venn diagrams, poetry, short stories, summaries. All available online in an interactive program. Very nifty. ||
 * [[image:good_reads.png link="@http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1606.Top_100_Middle_School_Must_Reads"]] || Good Reads || Top 100 Middle School Books - voted for by users || This site also allows users to keep a running list of books they've read and want to read. ||
 * [[image:readingwars.png width="234" height="96" link="@http://www.middleweb.com/Reading.html"]] || The Reading Wars || Not so much an application as it is a place for educators to find resources for how to encourage students to read, how long they should read, how to help with literacy etc. Very interesting, lots of information. ||  ||
 * [[image:bookreview.png width="272" height="39" link="@http://library.thinkquest.org/4155/"]] || Middle School Book Review || This site has a decent list of books, reviewed by middle school students. It also has a list of links to other schools' reviewed books. ||  ||
 * [[image:cheating.png width="228" height="32" link="@http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2142"]] || Cheating || From the Scholastic site, this article is about how and why students cheat ||  ||
 * http://www.buildingrainbows.com/howto.php ||  ||   ||   ||
 * http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/swyar/ ||  ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:digitalbooktalk.png width="263" height="48" link="@http://digitalbooktalk.com/?page_id=6"]] || Digital Booktalk || List of about 100 books that have book "trailers" ||  ||
 * [[image:booktrailers.png width="261" height="39" link="@http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/2010+2011+Sunshine+State+Books"]] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:fictionnotes.png width="222" height="77" link="@http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/2010+2011+Sunshine+State+Books"]] || Book Trailers || This site shows you how to make a book trailer/digital booktalk, and it has a list of sites to go to to find some. ||  ||
 * [[image:teenzone.png width="224" height="63" link="@http://www.library.pima.gov/teenzone/trailers/2009.php"]] || TeenZone || Book trailers made by students ||  ||
 * [[image:bookshould_befree.png width="296" height="45" link="@http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/"]] || Books Should Be Free || This site has hundreds of book available online in audio format. ||  ||
 * [[image:60seconrecap.png width="242" height="69" link="@http://www.60secondrecap.com/"]] || 60 Second Recap ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:techno-logy:bball.jpg width="92" height="100" link="http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/interactive-grammar-games.html"]] ||  || Basically there is a list of popular grammer games to help students struggling with parts of speech, proofreading,
 * [[image:techno-logy:brainpop_diagram_sentences.gif link="http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/diagrammingsentences/preview.weml"]] ||  || This is a game that students can practice diagramming sentences. Depending on the school system, diagramming
 * [[image:techno-logy:words_literary_devices.jpg width="169" height="114" link="http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson2.ini&height2=296"]] ||  || This is a pretty cool game. It give the definition and the student has to pick out the literary element. The only downside is that it needs adobe shockwave player to be downloaded first. This is free and it brings you right
 * [[image:techno-logy:sc.jpg width="209" height="145" link="http://www.spellingcity.com/"]] ||  || With each spelling list, students can choose one of three options:
 * **Test Me** repeats each spelling word with a live voice and uses it in a sentence.
 * **Teach Me** spells and displays the word in ways that stimulate memory for visual and verbal learners.
 * **Play a Game** uses your spelling list in educational games that teach spelling, word meaning, vocabulary, and alphabetical order.
 * [[image:techno-logy:weboword.jpg link="http://www.weboword.com/"]] ||  || Thousands of vocab words with pictures to explain them . This would work well for unknown
 * [[image:techno-logy:poetry.jpg width="314" height="157" link="http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm"]] ||  || This site is pretty awesome. It's for creating poems. There is a whole list of poems that you can choose from to create, and the site automatically puts the poem into the correct format when you're done. ||   ||
 * [[image:picturebook.png width="320" height="51" link="@http://picturingbooks.com/design-principles.html"]] || Picturing Book || This site has a comprehensive glossary and walkthrough of all facets of picture books (and books in general). Really interesting. Illustration types, media, narrative, book format etc. ||  ||
 * [[image:audiobooks.png width="233" height="82" link="@http://download.maineinfonet.org/549E1918-8410-4CD4-A88F-430888A4E22E/10/514/en/Default.htm"]] || Audio Books || Free audio books for people with Maine library cards. ||  ||
 * [[image:learnoutloud.png width="146" height="100" link="@http://www.learnoutloud.com/"]] || AudioBooks || Free audio books. Many are contemporary, written within the past 10 years. ||  ||
 * [[image:librivox.png width="215" height="60" link="@http://librivox.org/"]] || LibriVox || Free audio books and ebooks. ||  ||
 * [[image:bookshsouldbefree.png width="303" height="62" link="@http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/"]] || Books Should Be Free || Free audio books. Most of them are classics. ||  ||
 * [[image:BookshelfMuse.png width="282" height="34" link="@http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/"]] || The Bookshelf Muse || Use this thesaurus to help you create that bestseller! Has descriptions of settings, characters, feelings etc. ||  ||
 * [[image:fakebook.png link="@http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page"]] || Fakebook || Create a facebook like page for a story character. ||  ||