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**Schmoop for Teachers and Students**
http://www.shmoop.com/teachers/

http://www.readthewords.com/

Plagiarism Checkers:
[|Plagiarism Detector] [|Plagiarism Checker] [|Doc Cop] [|Chimp Sky] [|Pagium] [|See Sources] [|Paper Rater]

[|Word Central] online dictionary

[|Visuword] online graphical dictionary and thesaurus

[|Read Write Think] a collection of online materials to support literacy in the K-12 classroom

Ralph Maltese and English

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/collaboration-sites-sounds-using-979.html
 * ReadWriteThink Lesson Using Protest Songs**

**MLA 7th Edition**
http://www.easybib.com/librarians

**Mrs. Felton's Wiki**
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http://www.wordia.com/
 * WORDIA** - The Visual Dictionary That Brings Words to Life

**VocabAhead Study Room** provides a distraction free environment with words explained using Vocabulary Videos and Flash Cards. More vocab videos continuously added. FREE http://vocabahead.com/

**Writing Resources**
http://integratedacademics.wikispaces.com/Writing+Resources

Poetry Resources
http://poetrystories.wikispaces.com/

Storytelling 50 Different Ways with Alan Levine's WIki[| http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools]
http://www.60secondrecap.com/
 * Sixty Second Recap**

Interactive Grammar Exercises
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[|**Book Trailers**]
https://falconroost.wikispaces.com/
 * Ralph Maltese's wiki contains a great collection of links to //Beowulf, Frankenstein, Great Gatsby//, //Of Mice and Men, Romeo and// //Juliet// and many more curriculum novels taught in high school. Look under "Literature."**

Introduce **//Frankenstein//** with this easy to follow video from Brainpop. http://www.brainpop.com/english/freemovies/frankenstein/

[|//http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.16056//] http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ An online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. ==**21st Century Skills NCTE Framework http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ Write Your Own Book [|http://www.myebook.com/index.php] Create incredible looking ebooks that include, audio and video as well as text and images. HS level students could use this tool to create and publish. All books are embeddable as well. Make sure to read the fine print too.**==
 * Shakespeare Manga**
 * Lit 2 Go**
 * Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
 * Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
 * View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
 * Print out the stories and poems to make your own book

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