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Advisory
Agreement
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Subject-Verb Agreement
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Pronouns & Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Includes rules and quizzes
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List of Pronouns
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Great, clear explanation of the rules
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Subject-Verb Agreement w/exercise
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Using Pronouns Clearly
Explanation
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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement w/exercise
American Dream Sites
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American Memory Collection (Library of Congress)
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Attitudes about the American Dream
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Redefining the Dream
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Interview with John Grisham
Scroll down to the question "What does the phrase, 'the American Dream' mean to you?"
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Is the American Dream Still Possible?
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Wealth, Well-being and the New American Dream
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The American Dream: A Biography
Images
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http://www.kristisiegel.com/american_dream1.jpg
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http://www.tfaoi.com/am/12am/12am342.jpg
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http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc3680l.jpg
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http://obrag.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/American_Dream_Just_add_money.jpg
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http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/05/25/americandream_vert-f5b91e7f0d2a0245364c5f66e8c5f66302459067-s6-c30.jpg
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http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/american-dream-1.jpg
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http://www.secretsofthefed.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-american-dream.jpg
American Dream Webquests
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Awakening, The
Cold Mountain
Crucible, The
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Dramatizing History in _The Crucible_
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BBC News - On This Day
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National Geographic Interactive about the Salem Witch Trial
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Secrets of the Dead - Crime Scene Investigations Meet History
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Arthur Miller's "Why I Wrote the Crucible"
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Tracked in America: McCarthy Era
Inclues video interviews
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17th Century New England
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Arthur Miller's The Crucible: Fact and Fiction
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Arthur Miller Society
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The Salem Witch Museum
Diagnostic Testing
Digital Storytelling Sites
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Center for Digital Storytelling
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Digital Storytelling Cookbook
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Digital History
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Beulah B Movie
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iMovie in the Classroom
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Apple Learning Interchange
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Apple Support
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Action! in the Classroom
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Virtix Video Effects
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Free Plug-ins (Slick)
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Free Plug-ins (BKMS)
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Free Plug-ins (Stupendous)
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Digital Tools for Digital Kids
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iMovie Rubric
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Video Project Rubric
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iMovie Rubric
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iMovie Resource Page
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iMovie Rubric
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iMovie Rubric
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iMovie Links***
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Circles of My Multicultural Self
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Listening to History Lesson Plan
Disillusionment
Ekphrasis Prompts
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Ekphrasis: Poetry Confronting Art
Examples of Ekphrasis
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The Poet Speaks of Art
Examples of Ekphrasis
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Site for Artwork
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Site for Artwork
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The Louvre
Site for Artwork
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American Masters - The Database
Site for Artwork
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Normal Rockwell Exhibit
Site for Artwork
Electronic Resources
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
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RiverDeep
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Smithsonian Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage
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Writing at the Threshold Site
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Jim Burke's English Companion
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Grammar Girl
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AP English Resources
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Using Excel to Analyze Surveys
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Dr. G's Lesson Plans
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Ms. E's Lesson Plans
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Writing for the 21st Century
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TeAchnology
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The World Question Center
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Standards-Based Rubrics
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Free Range Librarian Blog
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Teaching English Resources
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The Big Read
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Landmarks for Schools
Film - Teaching Movies
First Day Activities
Google Docs
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Practice Doc
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1st Period - Group 1
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1st Period - Group 2
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1st Period - Group 3
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1st Period - Group 4
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1st Period - Group 5
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1st Period - Group 6
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1st Period - Group 7
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6th Period - Group 1
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6th Period - Group 2
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6th Period - Group 3
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6th Period - Group 4
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6th Period - Group 5
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6th Period - Group 6
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6th Period - Group 7
Great Gatsby, The
International Collaboration Project
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Town of Broadway
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Broadway Wikipedia Entry
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Broadway - City Data
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Town of Timberville
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Broadway-Timberville Chamber of Commerce
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Shenandoah Valley Travel Association
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Shenandoah Valley Web
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Virginia's Shenandoah Valley Web
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West Virginia Dialect
Related to Shenandoah Valley dialect
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Appalachian English - Wikipedia Entry
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Dialect History
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Website Source & Note Page
Kite Runner, The
Links to Ms. Moyers's Other Sites
Literary Periods of American Literature
McCarthyism Webquest
Miscellaneous
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Short Story Lesson Plans
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Writing Prompts
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Education Oasis
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Community in History
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ProFusion - MetaSearch Engine
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Education World - Tools & Templates
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Common Types of Writing Assignments
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Reading Rockets - Reading Activities
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Rubrics
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Literature Activities
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SAT Word a Day
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Study Guides and Strategies
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Rocket Books
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Education Oasis
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Education World
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SuperKidsSAT Vocabulary Builder
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Study Guides and Strategies
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Study Questions
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Kim Wells's Materials
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Mr. Jeffrey's Lesson Plans
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Course Evaluation
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Discussion Methods
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Fundamental Beliefs
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Life's Little Instruction Book
Myths, Fables, Fairytales, Other Genres
NETS*T & Technology Sites
On Writing (King)
Other Lesson Ideas
Philosophy
Pledge of Allegiance Lesson
Poetry
Research Sites
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Handout on Plagiarism & Paraphrasing
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JMU Library Catalog
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Citation Machine
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Easy Bib
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Works Cited FAQs
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Internet Public Library
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NCTE Research Resources
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Works Cited Instructions
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Sample Research Essay
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Random Tips
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Plagiarism & Paraphrasing Quick Sheet
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Paraphrasing PowerPoint
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Note and Source Cards PowerPoint
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Paraphrase Craze
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Paraphrase Exercise (OWL @ Purdue)
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NY Times Paraphrasing Lesson
Romanticism
Run-ons and Fragments
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Run-ons
Explanation and exercises
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Fragments
Explanation and exercises
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Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
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Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
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Run-ons
Practice exercises
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Run-ons, Fragments, and Fused Sentences
Practice exercises
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Sentence Punctuation Patterns
SAT Prep
Semester Exam
Shakespeare
SOL Reading Materials
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Author's Purpose - Fling the Teacher
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Author's Purpose - Main Page
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Author's Purpose - Rags to Riches
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Author's Purpose - Super Shooter
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Characterization Discussion
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Characterization Item
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Characterization Quizlet
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Context Clues - Lesson Plan
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Context Clues - Lessons & Activities
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Context Clues - Popups
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Context Clues - Practice
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Context Clues - Rags to Riches
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Context Clues - Words in Context Lesson
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Context Clues - Words in Context Practice
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Context Clues - You Be the Detective
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Context Clues Activity
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Details - It's Not Important
Recognizing Salient Details in Stories
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Details - It's Not Important 2
Recognizing Salient Details in Stories
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Fact and Opinion Definitions
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Fact and Opinion Lessons & Activities
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Fact and Opinion Popup
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Fact and Opinion Quia Popup
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Fact and Opinion Quia Quiz
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Figurative Language - Identifying Similes & Metaphors
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Figurative Language - Identifying Similes & Metaphors
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Figurative Language - Metaphor Practice
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Figurative Language - Metaphors Quiz
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Figurative Language - Personification Practice
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Figurative Language - Personification Practice
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Figurative Language - Simile Practice
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Figurative Language - Similes Quiz
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Figurative Language - Using Metaphors and Similes to Enrich Our Writing (Part 1)
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Figurative Language - Using Metaphors and Similes to Enrich Our Writing (Part 2)
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Figurative Language - Writing Similes
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Figurative Language Hangman
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Figurative Language Jeopardy
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Figurative Language vs. Literal Language
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Graphic Map Lessons
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Inference - Quia Reteaching
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Inference Battleship
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Inference Ideas
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Inference Teaching Tips
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Inferences (Reading Resources)
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Literary Terms Columns
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Literary Terms Game
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Literary Terms Games
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Literary Terms Hangman
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Literary Terms Rags to Riches
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Main Idea Pop-ups
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Main Idea/Supporting Detail Activity
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Main Ideas - Battleship
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Reading Practice
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SOL - Standardized Test Prep
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Strategies - 103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading
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Summarizing Strategies
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Summary - Comprehension, Summary, & Retelling Practice
SOL Writing Materials
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Colons: Practice Sentences
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Commas & Semicolons
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Commas: Comma Rules
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Commas: Fill in the Blank
Like TEIs!
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Commas: Rags to Riches
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Fragment Game
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Fragment/Run-on Rags to Riches
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Grammar Skills
Videos & games on ALL skills (great resource!)
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Grammar: Chomp Chomp Online Exercises
Run-ons; Fragments; Irregular Verbs; Commas; Parallelism; Modifiers; Apostrophes; Pronoun Agreement, Case, & Reference; Subject-
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Grammar: English Grammar Quizzes
Subject-Verb Agreement, Apostrophes, Irregular Verbs
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Grammar: Interactive Quizzes
Has Everything!!!
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Grammar: Proofreading for Capitalization & Punctuation
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Parallel Structure
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Prompt: SOL Writing Prompts Survey
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Prompt: Understand Scoring
The keyword is VIRGINIA.
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Punctuation Practice
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Punctuation: Purdue OWL Practice
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Semi-colon: Practice Sentences
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Battleship Game
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Exercise
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Jeopardy
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Presentation, Exercise, & Game
Click on the option and level (high) to access materials.
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Purdue Owl Information
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Subject-Verb Agreement: Purdue OWL Practice
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Vocabulary: English Vocabulary Quizzes
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Vocabulary: Words in Context
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Tennessee Williams
Trifles
Understanding by Design Links
WebQuests
Writing
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TV 411
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Writing Fix
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English Grammar Connection
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Exercises at Grammar Bytes
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Grammar and Punctuation Practice
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Communication Arts - Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
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Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook
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OWL Handouts Listed by Topic
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UVA Writing Program
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Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
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Introductions
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Writing Effective Comparison/Contrast Essays
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Conclusions
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Memoir Writing (Oprah.com)
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Memoir Feast
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Writing Portfolios
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Notable Sentences
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Writing for an Authentic Audience
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I Write Like