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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/167567/Grace-Hoadley-Dodge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hoadley_Dodge

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/grace-hoadley-dodge/ a good site!

A Book by Grace H. Dodge: http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/2585742?n=1&s=4

Numerous mentions about G. H. D. in this text!! http://www.archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsofasso00wilsrich/fiftyyearsofasso00wilsrich_djvu.txt

Information from a book by CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON: Full text of "The social spirit in America"

If you find any other sites with information not covered here, please send the link to my email: mistersullivansclass@hotmail.com!!

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/hsregents.html

http://www.lyrics.com/ checks songs titles for keyword

http://music.yahoo.com/library search title and song lyrics for keyword!

http://www.azlyrics.com/ search title and lyrics!

http://www.elyrics.net/ search title and lyrics!

http://www.highschooljournalism.org/ 

www.highschooljournalism.org/images/teachers/principalsguide.pdf 

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b858/dept/english/teachers/journalism.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/educate/journalism_k12/index.html

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/toolbox/high_school_journalism/high_school_journalism/ 

http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/curriculum/_doc/lajourn.pdf 

http://www.mtzion.k12.il.us/Resources/Curriculum/high%20school/English/Journalism.pdf

This page has explanations of how to use several techniques: http://pickbrains.com/mnemonic-devices

Check out this one! http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/mnemonics.htm

An excellent site with examples: http://web-us.com/memory/mnemonic_techniques.htm

A searchable archive of mnemonic devices!  http://www.mnemonic-device.eu/index/

Another source of already created mnemonic devices! https://members.tripod.com/~ForgetKnot/

More ready made devices! http://www.ict4us.com/mnemonics/

English and writing mnemonic devices: http://www.rebeccastmartin.com/mnemonicdevices/index.htm

A mnemonicizer!!! http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/cognition/tutorials/mnemonics/index.html

I would like to thank the educators of William Turner Technical High School of Miami for their generous hospitality.  They shared with us many of the ideas they used to turn their school around, one of which is the Skill of the Month!

For the first Skill of the Month, we will be working with something we all know to help us ease into the year: Graphic Organizers.  Ok, so it is not new and exciting, but Graphic Organizers (GO) can be an easy and fun way to introduce the idea of Skill of the Month and help our students organize and analyze information better!

Check out the flier/bookmark!  Graphic Organizers

Check out these links to ready-made GOs:

This site has some of the research behind GOs - http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html#applications

These are very basic GO sites. - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm

http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/drafke/Graphic organizers.htm

Has GOs categorized by possible uses. - http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

Scroll down the page to see the GOs (There are 8 pages of useful GOs here!) - http://www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/index.php

This page has a long list of GOs and links to other GO sites! - http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/graphic/

This site offers GOs and completed samples! - http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm?gclid=CIOz8LLm1Y0CFRHzPgodpGrF2g

Great site with many GOs and ideas for how to create your own! - http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic73.htm

Feeling adventurous?  Why not make your own GO using Microsoft Word?  Here are some online tutorials:

http://www.schoollink.org/twin/Creating Graphic Organizers Using Microsoft Word.pdf

https://members.tripod.com/janeconstant/CreatingGraphOrg.htm

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial095.pdf

http://lifestyle.msn.com/Relationships/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=27876&GT1=10013 

Don't forget to add a rubric for letter writing:

http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/tolenas_writing_letter.pdf

http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2002/rsampedro2/letter_writing_rubric.htm

http://www.bernardsboe.com/wams/Academics/isaacs/computers7/busletrubric.html

http://www.tcde.tehama.k12.ca.us/rubrics/Bus8.pdf

Here is a letter writing lesson with many options and resources:

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=397

Creating a PowerPoint Presentation

Adding Animation to a PowerPoint Presentation

Writingfeedbackform.doc

Here is a blank lesson plan form I created.

LessonPlanBlank.doc

This site has multiple links to grade book software!  http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/grading/ 

I have been testing this software.  It is an ongoing process, so if you are interested, ask me what I think when you see me.  http://www.thinkwave.com/ 

I have my Ramp Up students create their own handmade crossword puzzles using words they collect during their independent reading and others from class instruction, and they enjoy the challenge.  There are two Word documents: a crossword blank and directions. Both should be printed on legal sized paper.  Enjoy!

Crosswordblank.doc   CrosswordPuzzleDirections.doc

Software

http://www.crosswordweaver.com/

http://www.crossword-compiler.com/

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/crossword/

Online 

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html 

http://www.edhelper.com/crossword.htm

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2450/ Check it out! New! 

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/3/93.03.02.x.html

 http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/classmyth.html

 http://www.mythweb.com/

 http://baldwinets.tripod.com/persephone.htm

http://www.harding.edu/USER/dlee/WWW/unitplanmodel2.pdf

http://www.need.org/needpdf/GreekTeacherGuide.pdf

http://www.us.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195153448/instructorresources/?view=usa&view=usa

 http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/unitthemes/myth/home.html

http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/Builderv03/LPTools/LPShared/displayunit.asp?UnitID=1854

 http://members.aol.com/leesixthgrade/speechmonologue.html

 http://www.milforded.org/schools/harborside/sstair/myth/navbar.htm

 http://www.42explore2.com/myth.htm

 http://www.neiu.edu/~cejanzen/mythology.html

 http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/southeast/pprojects/

 http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/

http://fp.uni.edu/cryer/images/7th%20Grade%20L.%20Arts/World%20Mythology/world_mythology_unit.htm

http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths.html

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/creationmyths/a/CreationMyths.htm

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/ariel.htm

http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/ very cool!

http://www.crystalinks.com/creation.html

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/miranda.htm

http://folkloreandmyth.netfirms.com/creationmyths.html

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa010698.htm

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/monsters/Monsters_Greek_Mythological_Monsters.htm

http://comptalk.fiu.edu/myth.htm

http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/app/ecentral/3explore/myth.htm

http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/info/attributes.html

http://www.mythweb.com/ 

http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/a/257872.htm

http://thanasis.com/modern/

http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Unit_Planning_101.htm

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bce/plan.htm

http://www.usd.edu/~vschultz/unit_planning_map.htm

http://mathstar.nmsu.edu/exploration1/unit/unit_plan_tool.html

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/unit_plan.html 

http://www.intel.com/education/designprojects/index.htm 

http://health-careers.org/resources/Project_Handbook.pdf 

http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/pbl.htm

http://college.hmco.com/education/pbl/

http://www.edutopia.org/php/biglist.php?id=037

http://www.iearn-canada.org/guideontheside.html

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/rubrics.htm

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

http://www.edselect.com/rubrics.htm

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric&module=Rubistar&

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/rubrics/4586.html

http://www.gaaap.org/CodingandCompliance.htm

http://info.med.yale.edu/yfp/ymg/comply/staffcompliance/scglossarytest.htm

http://www.usc.edu/health/uscp/compliance/tocdc.html

http://www.carefirst.com/pages/mdmedicare/provider_relations/qa_pps_cpt_coding_32700.html 

http://codingtoday.com/?gclid=CKb27sfAmokCFTlFGgodggllLg

http://www.scitraining.com/Courses_US/Medical_Billing_Specialist/Outline.htm

http://www.e-medbill.com/introductory_training.htm