Student Resources

Grammar
Diagramming Sentences interactive site
Grammar Rock videos:
Subject and Predicate (Mr. Morton)
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections
Articles: no video, but it's the easiest part of speech to remember--just a, an, & the.

Vocabulary
Latin and Greek Roots Help Sheets
Root Words Wikipedia Page
Numeral Roots Wikipedia Page

Writing Tools
Lead Sentences 1
Transition Words 1
Transition Words 2
Lesson on using transition words

Public Speaking
Kirk Cousins Big Ten speech
Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960 presidential debate

Research Help
ELPL research search engines (some will need a library account; Gale Virtual Reference Library is great)

8th grade research paper schedule

Purdue  OWL (MLA formatting)
www.citationmachine.net

Sample first page (MLA format)
Sample body paragraphs
Sample quotations/citations (MLA format)
Using quotations PowerPoint
Sample Works Cited page

PowerPoint for intros and conclusions (Look at slides 13, 14, 16, 39; 24, 25, 27, 40.)

Cool Technology
Glogster EDU
Wordle
Google Blogger
StudentPublishing.com
Instant Poetry
Tagxedo

Parent Resources