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- Archeology Of The Ancient Mayan Civilization
- Avi
- The Colors of Courage
- The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
- Education place (Eduplace)
- Friendship Poetry
- Gary Paulsen
- Giggle Poetry
- Improving Reading Skills
- Jean Craighead George
- Journey To Topaz
- Kidsreads presents: Harry Potter
- Kimberly Willis Holt Official Web Site
- Landscape and Climate
- Learning Network
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
- Mrs. ABC Spelling and Learning How to Read
- Pakistan, Surely Heaven On Earth
- Polish Jews in World WarII
- Reading Skills
- Rebus Rhymes : Mother Goose and Others
- A Series Of Unfortunate Events
- Sharon Creech
- Teen Ink : Written by Teens
- Virginia Hamilton: "Welcome to My World"
- Wedding Traditions in Pakistan
- www.thelostland.com
Archeology Of The Ancient Mayan Civilization
http://www.jaguar-sun.com/maya.html
This site was amazing. I liked the visual presentation right away. It gave pictures and great info on every topic you could think of about the Mayan civilization. The content was also amazing, very detailed, information that helps me understand Heart of a Jaguar, my book. The italicized words in my book are hard to figure out and with the information from this site I can figure out what they're talking about.
- Student Author: Derek D.
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book Heart of a Jaguar?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Avi
http://www.avi-writer.com/
This web site is good for learning about Avi because it tells about Avi and his books. We looked all over this site, but we could not tell who published it. There are summaries of almost all of Avi's boooks as well as an interesting question and answer page.
- Student Author: Claire and Mara
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
The Colors of Courage
http://home.att.net/~RWfreebird/
This is a great site for learning about World War II in an easy and fun way. It is done by a fifth grader, so it's very colorful and interesting. I am reading a book called No Pretty Pictures. This was a great site for learning more about what happened to the Jews in WWII. This site has lots of time lines, facts etc. that helped me understand my book more.
- Student Author: Leila T.
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book No Pretty Pictures?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
http://eapoe.org/index.htm
I have (finally) found a site on Edgar Allan Poe that is worthy of the great author himself. In a world full to the brim with useless info,
- Student Author: Taylor G.
- Teacher: Bob Morris
- This site helped Bob Morris's class answer the question(s) "Why is Edgar Allan Poe a famous name in literature today?"
- Librarian: Renee Hoxie
- School: Thomas Jefferson Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Education place (Eduplace)
http://www.eduplace.com/edugames.html
Need help in reading or just want to read better, well you can go to Eduplace. Eduplace is a very informative web site helping kids k-8 to be better readers. It not only teaches you things but makes sure you have fun at the same time you're learning. They have games that teach you reading skills like defining words and helps you read fluently and you don't even notice because you're having fun. It's interactive, accurate, and has colorful graphics to get your attention. So try Education Place, see what you think of it.
- Student Author: Katie T.
- Teacher: Jeannette Dykema
- This site helped Jeannette Dykema's class answer the question(s) "Are there Internet web sites available to help middle school students improve their reading skills?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Friendship Poetry
www.friendship.com.au/poetry
This Australian website is a great site about friendship poetry! It's colorful and bright! It has 7 major categories! Best Freinds, Broken Friendship, Goodbye, Love, Family, General, and popular poems are grouped together on the site. This website is really great! You can even send a poem to a friend and submit your own poetry for publication. So check it out!
- Student Author: Brittany D.
- Teacher: Gail Lindberg
- This site helped Gail Lindberg's class answer the question(s) "Where can I find more of my favorite poetry?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Gary Paulsen
www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html
Our site has the top 10 survival tips, so if you can remember them you might be able to survive longer. It also tells a lot about Gary Paulsen. There is a list of all his books. You can click on any of them and get a summary of that book. There is also an interview with Gary Paulsen.
- Student Author: Max and Fred
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
This site is a wealth of funny poetry. It has numerous awards, and is completely functional. The site also allows you to rate the poems on a traditional A to F scale. The graphics are very colorful, and the interface is creative. While it has no games the rating system allows you to show your opinion of the poems. Please go to Giggle Poetry and try it out!
- Student Author: Mitch S.
- Teacher: Gail Lindberg
- This site helped Gail Lindberg's class answer the question(s) "Where can I find more of my favorite poetry?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Improving Reading Skills
http://www.how-to-study.com/
Learning how to read can be confusing if you don't have clear steps. This site gives simple, understandable steps to become a better reader. It even gives a way to see being an active reader in a different perspective. It also offers a routine to help you get more from what you read and how to understand it better. The steps are clear and easy to read. There isn't a page of boring script to read, just an introduction, steps and directions. I encourage middle schoolers to use this site to improve their reading skills because it is simple to read and level appropriate.
- Student Author: Katelyn B.
- Teacher: Jeannette Dykema
- This site helped Jeannette Dykema's class answer the question(s) "Are there Internet web sites available to help middle school students improve their reading skills?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Jean Craighead George
www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com
The official site for the author Jean Craighead George was a great site for learning about her because it included her life as an author. It also has a gallery of pictures of her from various times in her life. Also, there is a complete list of all the books she has ever written with information about each. Lastly, there was a movie about her and her dogs that you could download.
- Student Author: Magda and Roxanne
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Journey To Topaz
http://wizard.hprtec.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID=3091
The web site Journey to Topaz is a good resource for people who are reading the book of the same title. The site has pictures and maps of the internment camps for Asian-Americans. If you want to learn about Asian-Americans during WWII, visit the site and read the book and learn how life was for a little girl named Yuki who was forced to go to concentration camps in California.
- Student Author: Rachel S.
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book Journey to Topaz?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Kidsreads presents: Harry Potter
www.kidsreads.com/harrypotter/jkrowling.html
This web site is all about Harry Potter. This web site tells you about Harry Potter, the books and J.K. Rowling. Anyone who likes Harry Potter would like this web site. They even have games!
- Student Author: Maia and Jasmine
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Kimberly Willis Holt Official Web Site
www.kimberlyholt.com
On this web site, the computer mouse has a butterfly flying behind it. You can read the first chapter of many books, and if you want, you can also see pictures of Kimberly and her family when she was little.
- Student Author: Princess and Jalesha
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Landscape and Climate
http://cwr.utoronto.ca/Cultural/english/stvincent
/landclim.html
Have you ever heard how great it is in the Bahamas or how cool the landscape is? Have you ever wanted to see a close up map or beautiful pictures? Have you ever read the book The Cay and wanted more information on that time? Well here's a site for you. This site has lots of pictures, maps, and fun facts. This site also tells about many volcanoes and animals that live in the Bahamas. This site explains the geographic location and some history on the island.It is basic site for lots of information.
- Student Author: Matt J.
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book The Cay?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Learning Network
http://www.funbrain.com/
Do you like fun games? Well at Fun Brain you can play these while learning to read. This site is great for becoming a better reader. It is also very interesing and has good accurate facts that teach you to read. It is for children of our age because it is stated on the site that it is for k-8. This site is very interacteie and it has cool games that teach you to read. All these links are easily accessible and the games don't even need any downloading. In conclusion, I would recommend this site to anyone who needs help with learning to read.
- Student Author: Anthony K.
- Teacher: Jeannette Dykema
- This site helped Jeannette Dykema's class answer the question(s) "Are there Internet web sites available to help middle school students improve their reading skills?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.Palomar.edu
People looking for poetry by William Shakespeare should try to look through this site first. The web author is always updating it with true, new inforamtion and is always open for suggestions to improve the site. There are also tons of links to other sites that are all about William Shakespeare and his work. The time line and history of Shakespeare's life and work are also included on this site. I'd recommend moving this site to the first on your search list.
- Student Author: Joshua H.
- Teacher: Gail Lindberg
- This site helped Gail Lindberg's class answer the question(s) "Where can I find more of my favorite poetry?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Mrs. ABC Spelling and Learning How to Read
http://www.mrsabc.com/
What rhymes with cat? Well, you can learn what does rhyme with cat at this site. On this site you can see tricks to reading and capitalization. It has some pictures and easy to read words. You can also take a skills review. I recommend this site to all.
- Student Author: Nicole B.
- Teacher: Jeannette Dykema
- This site helped Jeannette Dykema's class answer the question(s) "Are there Internet web sites available to help middle school students improve their reading skills?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Pakistan, Surely Heaven On Earth
http://www.jabbar.free-online.co.uk/pakistan.html
If you want information and pictures about what it's REALLY like to live in Pakistan, this is the perfect site. It has lots of information on things such as history, climate, land, people, goverment, etc. You can see pictures of Jabbar's (writer of the site) homeland and the people that live there! I am interested in this web site because I am reading a book called Shabanu about a girl in Pakistan.
- Student Author:
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book Shabanu?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Polish Jews in World WarII
http://www.cyberroad.com/poland/jews_ww2.html
This site is full of information on World War 2 and the Warsaw Ghetto. It tells about lives of the people living in the ghetto during World War 2. It tells how and what they ate, how they slept and how they lived their lives. It has links to other sites with more information on the topic. I liked this site because it gave a lot of information about my book, The Man from the Other Side, and it helped me understand it.
- Student Author:
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book The Man from the Other Side?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Reading Skills
http://www.bookadventure.com/
This is an interesting web-site with great colorful graphics. This site has more graphics than other sites. This site is good for all grade levels, but better for middle school students. It's easy to read and learn how to read in this web-site. Also it's easy and quick to understand words or other stuff in this site. This site could be run on any computer. All the links connected to this site work and you can get on it quickly. In this site you can play games that you have to print out, papers with a game on it and cut it out and play. It's fun once you cut out the game and play it. Also this site has a map of it's own site; you can look at. I like this site the best for reading skills, because of it's quizzes and books you go look for on your own. Everything you click on works, when you click on to some thing, it get's you there quick.
- Student Author: Jerry T.
- Teacher: Jeannette Dykema
- This site helped Jeannette Dykema's class answer the question(s) "Are there Internet web sites available to help middle school students improve their reading skills?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Rebus Rhymes : Mother Goose and Others
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes.html
If you are looking for a website that has many appropriate nursery rhymes, Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes is the place for you. This website has a variety of rhymes from "The Ants Go Marching" to "The Old Lady Who Lived In a Shoe." The nursery rhymes that are provided on this website have many pictures to go along with the words. The pictures will be a big help if the person reading the rhymes is just learning how to read. I recommend this website to you people who are interested in nursery rhymes. Check this website out for yourself.
- Student Author: Chi O.
- Teacher: Gail Lindberg
- This site helped Gail Lindberg's class answer the question(s) "Where can I find more of my favorite poetry?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
www.lemonysnicket.com
This site is about the author Lemony Snicket. He also created the site. It is fun for students because there are lots of games to play and you can read all about the terrible books of Lemony Snicket
- Student Author: Ted and Kham Thee
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Sharon Creech
www.sharoncreech.com
We looked on the internet and found Sharon Creech's official web site. It is a good site if you want to know about Sharon. There is information about her, pictures, summaries of books and writing contests. The site also has inspirations for young writers and the inspiration for Sharon Creech's writings. We would recommend this site to anyone!
- Student Author: Jordan and Elena
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Teen Ink : Written by Teens
http://www.teenink.com/
This is an online magazine that targets teens and young adults. This magazine has a special poetry section with 2,550 poems. When you click on a poem it gives other poems that were in that one issue. "Teen Ink" is a real magazine and Teen Ink has also published many books for teens. Other features of this web site are sports, short stories, fiction and nonfiction books, movie reviews and an art gallery. Young poets can even get published. This is great site to look at teen poetry.
- Student Author: Amanda K.
- Teacher: Gail Lindberg
- This site helped Gail Lindberg's class answer the question(s) "Where can I find more of my favorite poetry?"
- Technology Teacher: Jill Cohan
- School: Ray F. Sennett Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
Virginia Hamilton: "Welcome to My World"
http://www.virginiahamilton.com/home.htm
You should use this web site because it has lots of facts about Virginia Hamilton, games and pictures of her and her family.
- Student Author: Molly
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
Wedding Traditions in Pakistan
http://www.world-wedding-traditions.net/asia
/pakistan_wedding_traditions.htm
I read the book Shabanu. It is about a girl named Shabanu living with her family of a father, a mother, and a sister, who is preparing for her arranged marriage. The book described some of the events of marriages that occur. After reading this website, I learned a lot more on arranged marriages. The website is small... but it has loads of information. It is very detailed, and is easy to understand. The website also includes other pages on weddings from all around the world.
- Student Author: Amy B.
- Teacher: Marjorie Passman
- This site helped Marjorie Passman's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the topic dealt with in the book Shabanu?"
- Librarian: Laura Holt
- School: Cherokee Middle School
- Year: 2001-2002
www.thelostland.com
http://www.thelostland.com/
This is Susan Cooper's official site. You can find all the books, movies and plays written by or based on Susan Cooper. It has a biography that is great for writing reports, and has information on all of Cooper's books including what the books are about, when and why they were written and what inspired Susan Cooper. We really like the graphics and the information.
- Student Author: Lia, Lillian and Margaret
- Teacher: Betsy Weber
- This site helped Betsy Weber's class answer the question(s) "Where can students learn more about the authors of books they are reading? "
- Librarian: Betsy Weber
- School: Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School
- Year: 2002-2003
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