language arts: resources & ideas

Teaching Language Arts

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Themes

Characterization

Plot Figurative Language

Motif Context Vocabulary

Grammar

Culture

Support Materials

Visual Aids

Dictionaries

Multimedia

Literacy Strategies

Reference Tools Translation

Consider the choice of

reading materials!

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Harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/app

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Emojidick.com

Penguinrandomhouse.com/series/OGS/omg-shakespeare

Pride & Prejudice by Raquel León Jimenez, Pixton.com

Idea: Transform a piece of literature

Character Texts

Classtools.net/SMS

Fakebook

Classtools.net/fb/home/page

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Video Booktrailers

Touchcast Thinglink Video

Powtoons

Bit.ly/claystoryboard

Booktrailersforreaders.com

60secondrecap.com

Kidzvuz.com/topic/fiction

Apps & Tools

Google Drive

Bookmarklet Extension

Read & Write Draftback

Tackk.com/googledocsquickcreate

Quick Create

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Class Newspaper

or Magazine

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Current Events

Food

Comics

Sports

World News

Movies

Fashion

Innovations People

Politics

Business

Class Newspaper

or Magazine

Bookcreator

Flipsnack

Issuu

Web Tools for Creating Newpapers & Magazines

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Social bookmarking, curation & annotation

Diigo List.ly

Storify

Pearltrees Scoop.It

Genius

Pinterest

Livebinders

Educlipper

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Genius.com

Language Arts Sites

Googlelittrips.org

ReadWriteThink.com

Rewordify.com

Curriculet.com

Hemingwayapp.com

@ShellTerrell Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell

Gum.co/learn2go

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