General
- Here’s a great site to bookmark for all your graphic organizing needs and questions. What is a Graphic Organizer?
- If you would like to make personalized graphic organizers, click here.
- This site can be used as you are teaching and reviewing parts of speech. You’ll find matching, concentration, flash cards, and a word search.
- Click here for another grammar game.
- Daily Grammar Excellent site!
- Make online crossword puzzles here. These are great for reviewing vocabulary!
- Play Word Games
- At the right is a picture one of our users sent in of the sentence pocket suggested in Marcia’s introductory notes. Click on the picture to see all the details up very close!
SAT Preparation:
- The SAT online question of the day
- Go to this site to answer almost any question you may have about taking the SAT, PSAT, and more.
- Test preparation site. Looks great!
- SAT Vocabulary Words
- 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions
Writing College Admissions Essays
- College Essays: Write Ones That Get You into Every School On Your List
- 5 Ways College Application Essays and High School Essays Are Different
- College Admissions Essay Prompts
Evaluations and Rubrics:
- Great link for evaluating writing for grades 2-5. This is an interactive rubric for the student to use as a checklist.
- Click here to evaluate writing for grades 6-8. Another great interactive student checklist!
- Click here to develop rubrics automatically! Show your student his grading rubric (or better yet, have him develop one) before he starts his project or writing assignment!
Unit 1 – The Middle Ages
Week 1: Twilight of the Western Roman Empire
- Level 2: The Parts of Speech: to help you with your Grammar and Composition Notebook.
- Levels 3-11: Steps in the Writing Process.
- Levels 8-10: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process.
Week 2: Byzantine Empire & the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Level 2: The Parts of Speech (printable for your Grammar and Composition Notebook.)
- Levels 3-7: For reviewing the steps in the writing process, click here.
- Levels 2-11: Graphic Organizers on Tap!
- Level 12: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process.
Week 3: Byzantine Empire & Rise of Islam
- Level 2: Worksheet reviewing simple tenses in a pdf file.
- Level 3: Review the parts of speech with this online game.
- Garden of Praise: songs for all parts of speech
- Levels 9-11: Common Proofreading Symbols
Week 4: The Making of Medieval Europe: Charlemagne
- Levels 4-5: Want to use level-appropriate sentences from the Bible for dictation? Click here.
- Levels 4-12: If you are beginning to learn or review prepositions this week in grammar, click here for a crossword puzzle that will reinforce this knowledge.
- Levels 4-12: Preposition word search
Week 5: Developments During the Viking Age
- Level 1-3: Verb games
- Levels 4-5: Graphic Organizers on Tap!
- Level 6: Transition words
- Levels 10-11: Formal Outlines
Week 6: Medieval Life: Feudalism
- Level 1-3: Verb games
- Level 4-6: Good dictation activity.
Week 7: The High Middle Ages
- Levels 4-6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 7: Cluster Diagram (pdf file)
- Level 11: Essays for College Applications
Week 8: The Mongols, Marco Polo, and the Far East
- There are no helpful links this week.
Week 9: The Reshaping of Medieval Europe
- Level 11: Checklist for taking essay tests
Week 10: Early Lights of the Reformation
- Level 10: Business letters
- Level 10: Business memos
- Level 10: Resumes
- Level 11: Go to these sites for helps and practice college application essays:
- AdmissionsEssays.com: FREE step by step analysis, structure, and writing guide!
- College Application Essays: helpful hints. Written from a secular perspective, but with some helpful hints.
Unit 2 – Renaissance & Reformation
Week 11: Introduction to the Southern Renaissance
- Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 6: Venn diagram
- Level 10: Instructions for building your own website.
Week 12: The Southern Renaissance & the Early Explorers
- Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file).
- Level 6: Venn diagram
- Levels 7, 9: Writing a research paper
Week 13: The Southern Renaissance & the Age of Exploration
- Level 1: Need more practice on capitalization or punctuation? Click here for more worksheets.
- Level 6: Venn diagram
- Level 9: Instructions for creating an outline.
Week 14: Spanish Dominion & the New World: Aztecs & Incas
- Level 1: Another easy review for end punctuation. (pdf file)
- Levels 2, 6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 6: Writing a research paper
- Levels 6, 8: Story map
- Level 11: Cause/Effect Essay, click here and here.
Week 15: The Northern Renaissance & Its Scholars
- Levels 1: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible.
- Levels 2-3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Definition of a realistic story, tips on how to write realistic dialogue
- Level 3: Very simple story map (pdf file) and describing wheel (pdf file)
- Level 4: Here is a cover that you can use for your state notebook. (pdf file)
- Level 4: Click here for a ready-to-use Table of Contents for your notebook. (pdf file)
- Levels 7 and 9: Rubric to evaluate your work before final completion
- Level 8: Tips for writing a rough draft.
- Level 11: Cause/Effect Essay, click here and here.
Week 16: The Reformation: Martin Luther & the German States
- Levels 2-3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Tips for writing a rough draft.
- Level 7: Describing wheel (pdf file) descriptive writing Workshop
- Level 10-12: Learn about Debating.
Week 17: Reformation in Switzerland, England, & Scandinavia
- Levels 2-3: Play Word Games.
- Levels 4-5: Informal Outlines
- Level 6: Tips for writing a rough draft.
- Level 7: Expository Writing
- Level 10-12: Learn about Debating.
Week 18: Counter Reformation, French Huguenots, & the Netherlands
- Levels 4-5: Online thesaurus
- Levels 4-5: Online dictionary
- Level 8: Checklist for taking essay tests
- Level 10-12: Learn about Debating.
Week 19: Elizabethan England & the Scottish Reformation
- Levels 4-5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 8: Checklist for taking essay tests
- Level 8: Tips on Essay Test taking.
- Level 10-12: Learn about Debating.
Unit 3 – Of Crowns & Colonies
Week 20: Early New World Colonies & Eastern Europe
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 2-4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 2: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website.
- Levels 5-6: Story map for middle levels
- Level 8: Literary terms
- Levels 9, 11, 12: Story map
Week 21: Puritans in New England
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website.
- Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
Week 22: Charters, Creeds, & the English Civil War
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website.
- Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
Week 23: Restoration Colonies & the Age of Louis XIV
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website.
- Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
Week 24: Dissenters in America & the Age of Reason
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Excellent site that you’ll use all through your book report mini-unit
- Level 3: Describing Wheel (pdf file), Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 3: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
- Level 6: Story map for middle levels
- Level 8: Create your own Venn diagram.
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
- Level 11: Good site, with an example definition essay.
Week 25: Colonists & Native Americans
- Levels 1, 6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
- Level 6: Story map for middle levels
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
- Level 12: Instructions for building your own website.
Week 26: Empires at Odds
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables.
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Levels 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
- Level 6: Story map for middle levels
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
- Level 11: Writing a process essay
- Level 12: Instructions for building your own website.
Week 27: Thirteen Established Colonies
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Very simple instructions for writing friendly letters.
- Levels 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
- Level 6: Story map for middle levels
- Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
- Level 12: Instructions for building your own website.
Unit 4 – Age of Revolutions
Week 28: Shaping Influences on Colonial Culture
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Week 29: French & Indian War
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Week 30: Give Me Liberty!
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Week 31: First Battles for Independence
- Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: Upper levels especially will find this site on meter helpful during your poetry unit
Week 32: Waging the Revolutionary War
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Week 33: America under the Articles of the Confederation
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Week 34: Writing the Constitution
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Week 35: Federal Republic & French Revolution
- No links for this week.
Week 36: Perilous Times: The Adams Administration
- No links for this week.