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October 02, 2009 Hits: 42  0
From site: The 60second Recap wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today's teens. Through our 60second Recap video albums, we seek to help teens engage with the best books out there ... not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives.
Smirk if you must. Consider this yet another mile-marker on civilization’s road to perdition. But here's the fact: You won't get non-readers to read by forcing them to read more. You'll get them to read by opening their eyes to the marvels awaiting them between the covers of that homework assignment.
With the 60second Recap, teens finally have an alternative to the boring, text-based study guides that have burdened them for generations. And -- who knows? -- maybe that's just what they'll need to begin a love affair with literature, one that will last a lifetime.
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November 19, 2008 Hits: 422 0
From site: Our online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed. There are many more on the way. Most were translated into English by Rev. George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900) and Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) the rest are from Jean De La Fontaine in French and translated to English by several good internet souls.
Included are Real Audio narrations, Classic Images, Random Images, Random Fables, Search Engine Message Forum and much more on the way. Recently added are 127 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, with 209 Grimms Fairy Tales coming soon along with much more mythology and stories for your reading pleasure.
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April 22, 2008 Hits: 258 0
From site: A collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators saying their names. Hello, my name is . . .
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Have authors and illustrators introduce themselves
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Learn correct pronunciations of hard-to-pronounce names
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Reveal stories behind the names
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October 14, 2009 Hits: 14 0
From site: The purpose of a booktalk is to "sell" the book. You want to give enough of the plot to interest the listeners but you are not giving a summary of the book. You don't want to give away the important parts of the book. You certainly never want to give away the ending. You want to highlight the interesting points. You may want to read certain passages to your listeners. The main purpose of a booktalk is to grab the audience's interest and make them want to read the book. It's always a good idea to end the booktalk with a cliffhanger. Booktalks are usually presented to groups of students. The booktalker presents the booktalks orally and usually has the book as a visual prop.
The database is updated monthly. I try to add the monthly updates as close to the beginning of the month as possible.
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January 23, 2008 Hits: 77 0
From site: This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
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June 10, 2009 Hits: 113 0
From site: The CCBC has created bibliographies and booklists of recommended books on a wide range of themes and topics. We have organized them into the following categories:
Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Books for Elementary Age
Books for Middle and High School Age
Complete List (All CCBC Bibliographies of Recommended Books)
Many of the lists include books for a wide range of reading ages and will be found under more than one category.
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July 05, 2009 Hits: 64 0
Read and write reviews of fiction books you've read.
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June 11, 2009 Hits: 25 0
From site: FunnelBrain is an academic question-and-answer site that provides an environment for team-based learning and multimedia flashcards.
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February 23, 2008 Hits: 92 0
Take your students on a literary adventure to explore the locations in your favorite works of literature. Jerome Burg's lessons use the trip planning feature Google Earth to help students travel with the characters from a 3-dimensional perspective. The site includes short podcasts explaining the pedagogy, with screen shots to illustrate the journeys.
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October 14, 2009 Hits: 13 0
From site: Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast which promotes and celebrates literacy and great children’s books.
Each weekday morning, we take a few minutes out of our morning coffee ritual to discuss one of our many favourite children’s books. We also feature weekly interviews with authors, illustrators and experts and enthusiasts in the areas of children’s literature and literacy as well as listener-submitted audio reviews.
Through this podcast and its website, we are building a lively, interactive community linking children’s book authors, illustrators, readers (children, parents, educators and librarians) and publishers.
Episodes range in length from 5 to 30 minutes and can be played directly from our web page or downloaded to an iPod for listening on the go.
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October 14, 2009 Hits: 17 0
From site: Many readers are curious about the creators of the books they enjoy. The more than six hundred links to author/illustrator sites included here will help to satisfy that curiosity. Young people especially want to know about their favorite authors/illustrators because they often feel that an author/illustrator is speaking directly and personally to them through the work. Learning about authors/illustrators can also help young people see possible connections between a creator's life and the works created and encourage them to consider different techniques and approaches to the compositional act.
Included in the sites below are children's and young adult authors and illustrators as well as many adult authors commonly read by young adults.
The author/illustrator sites included in this website are not intended to contain comprehensive information about particular authors/illustrators. Rather some contain biographical, bibliographic, and critical data along with personal responses to selected works, while others provide a small taste of an author's/illustrator's work. The intent is to give site visitors an introduction to and a flavor of the author's/illustrator's work. Additional author/illustrator sites are added on a regular basis.
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April 08, 2009 Hits: 171 0
From site: The Lord of the Flies educational game is about the book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding. Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".
Have you read the book Lord of the Flies? William Golding's first novel, Lord of the Flies, published in 1954, rapidly became a world success and has been read by tens of millions of readers. If you are one of them, you may challenge your memory with this game. If you haven't read the book, read it and come back! It's an exciting book about a group of young boys who are isolated on a desert island.
This game presents one possible interpretation of Golding's book, which is no more legitimate than any other. As Golding himself claimed, "The right interpretation is the one that rises to the reader the first time he reads the book."
The aim of this game is to introduce some basic analytical aspects of the book and to challenge the reader's memory through play.
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January 27, 2009 Hits: 53 0
From site: Novelguide.com is the premier free source for literary analysis on the web providing study guides as an educational supplement. Whether you call them book summaries, literature guides or novel guides, our hope is that this material will guide you to a better understanding of classic and contemporary works. Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analysis, and Author Biographies are all here. In addition to free book notes we now have even more material incluiding general biographies, sample study questions, sample essays, etc. A true helper... a "novel" guide here for you and best of all "It's all free - always!"
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April 21, 2009 Hits: 43 0
From site: If you've ever written a love poem, seen a horror movie, or enjoyed a murder mystery novel then you have experienced a part of popular culture inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. In fact, he is still influencing popular culture 160 years after his death. Locked door murders, romantic poetry, and trips to the moon are just part of who Poe was and what he wrote.
Activities in this section of the website will introduce you to Poe's life and works. Watch one of Poe's stories brought to life or solve the mystery of his death. Check out the links below to learn more and submit your own theory about Poe's untimely demise.
Teachers - This web page provides a biography of Edgar Allan Poe to use in your classroom before making your visit. In addition to the biography, information about Poe’s literary contributions and writing techniques are also available by clicking on the links on the right side of this page.
The website also offers a complete Educators Packet, which includes a biographical timeline of Poe’s life and several fun and informative lessons plans for the classroom. To receive the packet, middle and high school teachers may use this link to fill out the request form and provide their school’s address.
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February 06, 2009 Hits: 42 0
Project Gutenberg has a collection of more than 27,000 free downloadable electronic books, eBooks, in their online catalog. You can search the catalog by author or title, and many titles can be downloaded in mp3 format. Please note that many titles have copyright restrictions in how they can be used beyond personal reading, such as for display or copying and distribution.
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LearningReviews.com is a directory of mostly free interactive K-12 educational resources for parents, teachers and students. Fee-based resources included here are award-winning or highly rated by education and parent organizations.
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