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=__Literature Links for Independent Readers:__= [|NJCU Library Online Texts]: (complete classics from all time periods) BEOWULF PROJECT [|SHAKESPEARE INSULTER] [|WRITING CONTEST!] (750 words or less-- winner gets published in Writer's Digest magazine!) [|STUDENT PUBLISHING CONTEST] -- WEEKLY READER ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY (How have grocery costs changed since the Depression? Try the spreadsheet & you'll see for yourself! RIKKI TIKKI TAVI PROJECT __THE RIFLE (Revolutionary War Resources)__ [|PRIDE AND PREJUDICE] -- Here's the text online! [|ONLINE CROSSWORD PUZZLES FOR STUDENTS] (New York Times Learning Network)

WHITE FANG RESEARCH LINKS (see below):
 * 1)  [|National Geographic:] Wolf basics
 * 2) [|Animal Diversity Web:]  Detailed Wolf facts
 * 3) [|US Fish & Wildlife:] News, Information and Recovery Status Reports
 * 4) [|Wolfpark.org] Info on the wolves in different packs across the country
 * 5) [|Wild Arizona] This site focuses on the Mexican Gray Wolf, but the information, both pro and con, also relates to other wolf populations in the country.

|| Here's how you can find some videos that should inspire you to write:
 * = __Writing Prompt of the Day:__ =
 * * After you sign in (see info below) you can click on today's featured video and find a segment that interests you. (You don't have to watch the whole movie: after you click on the movie, you can see the short segments on the side.)
 * * Click on the download icon on the right side & it should open up in the Quicktime viewer. (Don't try to stream it directly from the website because it may take a long time to load...)
 * Once Quicktime opens you can view the segment and then write down your thoughts. If you have a partner you can discuss it and find out if you have a difference of opinion. Don't forget to give your teacher a copy of your work.
 * sign in ID = __**Lawschool**__ Password = **__Hille__**

|| * Click [|here] to try this online game that may teach you some new stems. You'll be surprised... even the "easy" ones can be tough! [|Latin/Greek stem puzzles] (includes matching games,synonym & antonym encounters,crosswords, word searches, True/False & word stories) [|Scrabble Zone] (you'll like this online version of the classic game) || [|Poetry Splatter] (splatter words on the screen and drag them into your poem!) [|Scholastic Spelling, Naming &amp; Rhyming Page] [|Internet field trip] (read some silly jokes or try to figure out some visual riddles called "droodles!") || = =
 * __** [|Click here to begin] **__ ||
 * = __Stem Games:__ =
 * = __Stem Games:__ =
 * or try [|Word Within a Word Stem Games]
 * When you're done, write down your score and some of the new stems you've learned so your teacher can congratulate you. ||
 * = __Vocabulary Games:__ = || [|Top 216 SAT/ACT words to know] (5 different puzzles/games to help you learn them)
 * = __Vocabulary Games:__ = || [|Top 216 SAT/ACT words to know] (5 different puzzles/games to help you learn them)
 * = __Vocabulary Games:__ = || [|Top 216 SAT/ACT words to know] (5 different puzzles/games to help you learn them)
 * = __Reading Games: [[image:brain.gif caption="brain.gif"]]__ = || [|Free Rice.com] (Check out this fun vocab game... for every word you get right, they donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations to help end world hunger!)
 * = __Reading Games: [[image:brain.gif caption="brain.gif"]]__ = || [|Free Rice.com] (Check out this fun vocab game... for every word you get right, they donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations to help end world hunger!)