Websites

• Project Gutenberg - "Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS, or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats."

• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - A great collection including resources for writing, grammar and mechanics, and styles (MLA, APA, etc).

• Sparknotes - Sparknotes provides reading guides and analysis for many books that we study in class. They are a great source to use to help you understand your reading, but never use them in place of reading the actual book!

• Mortifying Monday - This is a fun, choose your own adventure story created by PBS.

• Make Beliefs Comix - Get creative and make your own comic strips with images and text. 

• Learn Out Loud - Access free audio books of classic works of literature. Available as streaming pod-casts or as downloadable files.

• Learning Games for Kids - Word games to help build vocabulary based on classic literature such as David Copperfield and Huckleberry Fin.

• Midlink Magazine - An online magazine highlighting exemplary student work from the most creative classrooms around the globe.

• Common Craft - Source for RSS feed explanation video.                                                                                               
• Super Summary - Ultimate Guide to Reading Comprehension                                                                                       
• Math Worksheets 
   

Helpful Downloads 

Below you will find links to download free helpful software for your home computer:

• Adobe Reader X - Allows you to open and view .pdf files.

• Adobe Flash Player - Allows you to view flash animations, videos, and play flash games.

• Microsoft PowerPoint viewer - Allows you to open and view slide shows created with Power Point.

• Microsoft Word viewer - Allows you to open, copy, view, and print documents created with Word.

• Java - Java software allows your computer to run online games and applications.