English

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Wikispaces
A collaborative wiki for PA English teachers who are involved with CFF: http://cffenglish.wikispaces.com

This is a wiki created by a PA teacher for her creative writing students: http://brickwall.wikispaces.com Check it out for ideas for using wikis with your English classes.

Vocab
An interactive vocab game that gives a word and 4 definitions to choose from. You can click a button to hear the word spoken. An added bonus: for every correct definition, they will donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program. http://www.freerice.com

Websites
Graphical Dictionary - this is really cool! Put in a word (or click Random for more fun) and this site create a diagram that displays the definition and all associated words. You have to try it to see just how cool it is! http://www.visuwords.com/

Grammar Girl - the online home of the famous podcast http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

Shakespeare - a fun sonnet "mashup". Select lines of sonnets to create your own original sonnet that follows the correct rhyming scheme. http://www.bookrags.com/sonnet/

Research site - "over 5.8 million pages of literature summaries, biographies, literary criticism, essays, encyclopedias, and eBooks sourced from over 100 respected education databases. http://www.bookrags.com

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