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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject On-Line Enrichment Ideas – Language Arts by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2008 A sampling of free online activities and games for grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and word roots (etymology) Free Online Poetry to Enjoy Poetry Archive -- free online audio clips of poets reading their poetry Haiku Garden -- children's poems with illustrations (great inspiration!), submitted from the US, UK, Auatralia, and Japan Poetry 180 -- a list of poems aimed at high school aged students, intented to be read aloud, one each day, from the Library of Congress Magnetic Poetry Online -- play with poetry sets on a virtual fridge Poem Hunter -- search for a particular poem by title, poet, or keyword An Interactive Poetry Finder -- choose the type of poetry and this site from ETTC will find a fill-in-the-blank form to make that kind of poetry Free Online Vocabulary Games and Resources Prefix and suffix wordworks -- elementary to middle school level Rooting Out Words -- free online word root game (elementary level) Latin and Greek Root Concentration -- find the matches Open-Hand Concentration -- an easier matching game Free Rice -- test your vocabulary while helping feed the hungry (with every correct answer the sponsors donate money for rice) Wordmaster's Challenge: Analogies -- high school level More Wordmaster's Challenge: Analogies -- high school level Analogies Jeopardy Game -- upper elementary level Analogy Battleship -- middle to high school level Word Vine -- place words on vine to show relationships in meaning Etymologic -- a free online word-origin game that offers 4 possible origins of a word, then gives the correct answer VocabTest.com -- free online SAT-type vocabulary questions Vocabulary Builder free online from Number2.com Sheppardsoftware.com -- free online vocabulary games Dunk a Duck -- a free online hangman game, a duck makes funny comments while you play and gets dunked if you lose. if you register (FREE) you can enter your own list of words to play with!! Do You Speak American? Perspectives on Written and Spoken Sez Who? -- "experts weigh in on the American penchant for creating new words and expressions" Fun Latin -- funny modern phrases translated into Latin Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric by Brigham Young University -- examines the art of effective writing and speaking, "...a discipline for training students 1) to perceive how language is at work orally and in writing, and 2) to become proficient in applying the resources of language..." Free Online Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation Resources Wacky Webtails -- fill in the parts of speech to create a story Mad Libs Jr -- click on words and parts of speech to create a story Funbrain.com Word games -- free online grammar practice Capitalization Key Concepts -- a quick refresher at 6th grade level from McDougal Littell Punctuation Made Simple by Gary Olsen -- free online summary Punctuation Paint Ball -- free game, shoot paint balls at sentences to add punctuation, easy level needs only capitals and ending marks Sentence Clubhouse -- free game, for a given sentence, type in corrections as needed. Daily Grammar -- sign up and you will receive a free, fun grammar lesson each day, Monday thru Friday, and a quiz each Saturday. A Word A Day -- by Wordsmith.org, free service delivers a new vocabulary word to your e-mail every day Merriam-Webster Word A Day -- a new vocabulary word e-mailed to you each day for free Kid's Daily Buzzword -- from Word Central by Merriam-Webster, free service e-mails you a new word every day with definition and history of use, also, kids can build their own online dictionary Little Explorers Picture Dictionary from Enchanted learning -- a free online picture dictionary for kids to explore and learn The Scripp's National Spelling Bee Study Resources -- includes free downloads of the Merriam-Webster's "A Dictionary of Pre-fixes, suffixes and combining forms", an audio version of the Paideia, and word lists (everything you need to be a spelling guru! ;-) Puzzlemaker -- from DiscoverySchool.com, free way to make your own spelling list crossword puzzles Dunk a Duck -- a free online hangman game, a duck makes funny comments while you play and gets dunked if you lose. if you register (FREE) you can enter your own spelling list to play with!! Why is English Spelling so Mixed-Up, Crazy, and Irregular? -- an article for kids from the Simplified Spelling Society For vocabulary-building curriculum and books, go to Vocabulary and Etymology (Word Root) Resources For curriculum and books on grammar and spelling, go to Language Arts for Homeschoolers Looking for curriculum and helpful resources for Writing, Reading, Literature or Handwriting? Check out Language Arts for Homeschoolers Looking for enrichment ideas for creative writing? Check out Creative Ideas for Writing -- Free Online Enrichment |
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