In order to gain online access to our Literature book, you must log onto www.classzone.com. You need to create a student account for Maryland, Language Arts. You'll see a picture of our textbook on the site. Use the code 2731201-30 to create your account.
Listed are a few websites that you may find interesting. If you happen to find another site that enhances your understanding of Language Arts, please notify your teacher so that he/she may add it to our list.
Check out this article from CNN.com about a new Grammar Girl podcast. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/22/grammar.girl/index.html If you click on the link to the podcast and have a subsription to itunes-you can listen to grammar rules. Just a new way to review important grammar rules.
PARENTS
The Reading/Language Arts Office designed our county’s Middle School Reading/Language Arts Curriculum to provide all Grade 6-8 students with instruction based on the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum for reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as other skills essential and related to language arts, such as spelling, word study, grammar, and language. (Maryland curriculum documents are accessible on the MDK12 website.
There are websites for parents from the Language Arts/Reading homepage http://www.aacps.org/AACPS/BOE/instr/curr/readla/resources.asp Go to AACPS Homepage>Instruction/Curriculum>Language Arts/Reading>Resources (on the left)>scroll down to Parent Resources.
Library Media Services… Virtual Field Trips Go to AACPS Homepage>Instruction/Curriculum>Library Media Services>Teacher Resources>Useful Websites>Virtual Field Trips.
Another links is: http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/comed/searchengines_oit1.asp Go to AACPS Homepage>Instruction/Curriculum>Instructional Technology>e-Learning (on the left)>Approved Search Engines.
http://www.scholastic.com/ http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html http://www.familyeducation.com/home/ http://www.eduplace.com/parents/index.jsp Exploring Challenging Independent Reading (PDF)
STUDENTS
www.thesaurus.com
http://vocabulary.com/
Many authors maintain their own websites:
http://www.avi-writer.com/mystery.html (Avi) http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-caroline.asp (Caroline Cooney)
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/ (Lemony Snicket) http://www.spiderwick.com/ (Spiderwick) http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-paolini-christopher.asp (Paolini) http://www.lisiharrison.net/ (Lisi Harrison) http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-stroud-jonathan.asp (Jonathan Stroud)