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• Alphabet • Myths and Fairy Tales
• American Sign Language • Reading skills (improvement)
• Book Reports • Speeches
• English Vocab, Grammar & ... • William Shakespeare
• French Vocabulary • Word Puzzles
• Poetry  


Alphabet

Alphabet Action - Learn the alphabet interactively, online.

Alphabet Order - learn and test your knowledge of alphabet order..."a, b, ?"

Sign Language Alphabet - images to help you learn how to produce the letters of the alphabet in American Sign Language. See letter spellings in action.


American Sign Language

American Sign Language alphabet - info and an alphabet chart.

American Sign Language charts - alphabet and number charts.

ASLanguage finger spelling - great for practicing and testing your finger spelling skills.

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Improving reading Skills

Advice from experts include:
- improve reading skill by reading a lot, especially on topics you like
- practice reading when you are awake and free from distractions
- try reading 'actively' (aware of your own thoughts/feelings on the topic you're reading about)
- take frequent breaks to think about what you've read.

Online reading comprehension - an exercise to test your reading comprehension

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English vocabulary, grammar & punctuation

The Basic Elements of English - English language/vocabulary from the University of Calgary

English Vocabulary Guide - with pictures and sound

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French Vocabulary

Beginning vocabulary - French for beginners from About.com

Another way to learn a lot of French words on the Internet is to visit a translation website. This one is called the Alta Vista Babel Fish.
Just type anything you want in English (even whole sentences), select 'English to French' and click on 'Translate'.

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Poetry

The Poetry Archives - Poetry from many poets, you choose.

Poet's Corner - Tons of poetry, great resource.

Columbia University Bartleby Library - poems and quotations from famous authors. Be sure to check out the "verse" dropdown menu, for different genres.

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Book Reports

Writing a Book Report - template for a standard book report

How to Write a Critique of a Novel

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Speeches

Speech Tips - Need to write a speech? Here are some tips.

Speechwriting tips from Scholastic - Tips from the pros.

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William Shakespeare

There is a whole lot written about Shakespeare on the Internet. The hard part is wading through it all to find the information you actually want!

Bardware - full of great information on 'the Bard', easy to understand.

William Shakespeare Facts - lots of facts

Shakespeare is Elementary - Here is a site made by kids at an elementary school in Nova Scotia. (Check out the 'Timeline of Shakespeare's Life' link.)

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Word Puzzles

A perfect site for those extreme word puzzle challenges: www.oneacross.com

On the top right hand corner you can do one of two things:

You can just enter the "pattern" of the answer - in the example you gave (__e__ __ __ at __ __ __) you'd just replace the blanks with question marks like this: ?e???at??? and then hit go.

OR

You can enter the clue and the pattern. (If you didn't know any of the letters, but knew the number of letters in the answer, you could just enter that number in the pattern space)

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Myths and Fairy Tales

Encyclopedia Mythica - Mythology and legends

Folktales and Legends - Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World.

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Fairy tales from the brothers Grimm.

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