Middle and High School English

Middle and High School English
An Internet Hotlist on Tech Tools

Introduction
Here are some resources for Tech Tools you can use in your Middle or High School English classroom to support the Virginia standards of learning. Links for a cross-curricular project using many of these tools are included at the bottom of the page.

The Internet Resources

How to Submit an ISR - Remember - if you need help, please submit an ISR!!

Filamentality

Filamentality - Create your own web-based activity and publish it immediately - for free! Sponsored by AT & T
Filamentality - Formats - An overveiw of the different kinds of web pages you can make with Filamentality
Filamentality Guided Tour - Click here for more information on how to use Filamentality
Filamentality Posting Policy - Your Filamentality site(s) will remain online as long as you update them at least every 12 months. Read more here.
Little Dorrit - Here is an example of a Webquest - a collection of sites students use as a starting point to complete a project – can include collaboration
Macbeth - Here is an example of a Treasure Hunt, or Scavenger Hunt - students answer questions based on content from links provided
Mythology - Here is an example of a Scrapbook - a collection of multimedia links students will use to create something new
Oceans - Here is an example of a Subject Sampler - which is similar to a Treasure Hunt, but there are more questions
The Original Goth - Edgar Allan Poe - Here is an example of a Hotlist (like the list of links you are looking at now)

Student Websites

Publisher Tutorial - Click here for an online tutorial on using Publisher
Website Template - Author or Novel Study website template - MS Publisher

Expository Writing

Newspaper Template - MS Publisher newspaper template
Newspaper Template2 - Newspaper template in Word
Newspaper Template3 - Newspaper template in Word
Tabloid - Front page - Word template
Tabloid - Middle page - Word template
Tabloid - The Last page - Word template

Google, Citations, and Rubrics

Google's Wonder Wheel - Free online tool - really cool for narrowing down topics and webbing
Rubristar - Create your own rubric – which can be imported to Excel and saved as a .pdf
Rubristar Guide - How to create a Rubristar rubric and save it as a .pdf file
Word - Create Citations - How to write Works Cited entries using the Word Reference Tab
Word - Track Changes - This could be used for peer editing or for proofreading exercises
Word - Track Changes Exercise - Click here for a practice exercise using the 'track changes' feature in MS Word

Multimedia

01 - Audacity - Audacity user guide
02 - Sound Recorder - How to use the Sound Recorder - step by step
03 - Photostory - Long - Step by step Photostory guide
04 - Photostory - Short - The 'Quick and Dirty' Photostory guide
05 - Movie Maker - Free, online video tutorial for using Movie Maker
06 - Small Wonder Camera - Quick Start Guide
07 - Small Wonder Camera to DVD - User Guide
08 - Wikimedia Commons - Great place to search for media (especially images) that are in the public domain or are under a creative commons license
09 - Freeplay Music - Terrific resource for finding background music for your movie - free for educational use
10 - Solo Piano - Free piano music you can download and add to your movie
11 - Solo Guitar - Free music you can download and add to your movie

Pearl Harbor (example project)

Analyze Information - Cartoon Analysis Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives
Analyze Information - Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives
Analyze Information - Photo Analysis Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives
Analyze Information - Poster Analysis Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives
Analyze Information - Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives
Analyze Information - Written Document Analysys Worksheet - Writable .pdf form from the National Archives - teaching with documents
Analyze Primary Source - 'Buy War Bonds' Poster - Avenge Pearl Harbor
Analyze Primary Source - Messages and Dispatches - Messages and Dispatches leading up to and including the attack on Pearl Harbor
Analyze Primary Source - Museum of WW 2 - Images of primary source material
Analyze Primary Source - Naval Dispatch from the Commander in Chief, Pacific - Primary source document - Pearl Harbor
Analyze Primary Source - Political Cartoon - Pearl Harbor
Analyze Primary Source - President Roosevelt - Image - Photograph of President Roosevelt signing the Declaration of War
Analyze Sound Recording - FDR - 'A date which will live in infamy...' - Audio and text of the President’s speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war
Analyze Sound Recording - Man on the Street Interviews - Audio (click additional audio formats to access .mp3 and .wav versions) and transcripts – Interviews taken in Bloomington, Indiana on December 10, 1941
Analyze Video - DE Streaming - Pearl Harbor - Color video footage
Analyze Video - DE Streaming - Pearl Harbor - Teacher's Guide - Teacher's Guide - .pdf
Interviews - Eyewitness to History - Attack at Pearl Harbor
Interviews - Ginger's Diary - The diary of a 17 year old girl living at Hickam Field during the time of the air raid on Pearl Harbor
Interviews - John McGoran - US Navy Seaman’s account of the air raid on Pearl Harbor
Interviews - My Story - Pearl Harbor - Scholastic site includes timelines and eye-witness interviews
Journalism - The Pearl Harbor Newspaper Archive - Examples of newspaper articles written just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Presentations - Five Minute Mysteries - Examples of radio show scripts
Presentations - Old Time Radio Shows - Drama - Examples of Old Time Radio Shows - audio
Presentations - Old Time Radio Shows - Mysteries - Examples of Old Time Radio Shows - audio
Presentations - Radio Broadcasts - The bombing of Pearl Harbor

Content by Caroline LaMagna, carlamagna@spsk12.net
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Last revised Thu Dec 17 11:59:26 US/Pacific 2009