Curated OER
Valentine's Day Poems
Roses are red, violets are blue, poems are sweet, and educational too.
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WORDS FRANKLY SPOKEN
Students visit appropriate websites to discover quotes from Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. Working in pairs, they choose three quotes on which to elaborate and then write two original quotes.
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Putting it On Paper
Students locate and print samples of two different business letter formats. They write rough drafts of business letters inquiring when, where, and how math is used.
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Toontime
Pupils examine and discuss how editorial cartoons are made and their role in society. They research and write about Andrew Jackson's presidency, and create an editorial cartoon of a modern presidency.
Other
Zozanga: Nouns
A brief overview of what a noun is. Click on Main Page to get the more detailed explanations listed under NOUNS.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Word of the Day
Links to seventeen different word lists under the following categories: common words, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and interjections.
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Reading From Scratch: Spelling Rules
The "Reading from Scratch" site provides a list of spelling rules with examples.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Words for Clothes
Play Teddy Dresser and learn the English words for articles of clothing. Game reinforces the learning of common words for clothes (hat, jeans, and shirt) and of more challenging clothing words too (helmet, tiara, and trousers).