Writing
- For all your graphic organizing needs: Graphic Organizers on Tap!
- If you would like to make personalized graphic organizers, click here.
- This site was contributed by Sandy and can be used as you are teaching or reviewing the parts of speech. You'll find matching, concentration, flash cards, and a word search.
- Or, click here for another grammar game.
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Make online crossword
puzzles
here or
here. These are great for reviewing vocabulary!
- Daily Grammar. Excellent site!
- At the right is a picture one of our users sent in of the sentence pocket suggested in Marcia's introductory notes. Click on the picture to see all the details up very close!
- Great writing tools for Dialectic and up! Link contributed by Anna.
- Transition tools. Link contributed by Jennifer.
- Great .pdf file!
SAT Preparation:
- SAT online question of the day
- Go to this site to answer almost any question you may have about taking the SAT, PSAT, and more.
- Joshua has sent us this test preparation site. Looks great!
- SAT Vocabulary Words
- 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions
- Lisa has contributed this great link for evaluating writing for grades 2-5. This is an interactive rubric for the student to use as a checklist.
- Click here to evaluate writing for grades 6-8. Another great interactive student checklist!
- I recommend you show a student his grading rubric (or better yet, have him help you develop one!) before he starts his project or writing assignment. Click here to develop rubrics automatically from this site for most types of evaluations!
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Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile
- Level 1: Click here for some neat online activities as you are teaching nouns. Use next week too!
- Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner has wonderful helps that you can use many times this year. Thanks to Karen S. for this great site!
- Levels 3-7: For reviewing the steps in the writing process, click here
- Levels 8-11: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process
Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids
- Level 1: Coloring pages of Moses, Pharaoh, pyramids and more
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
- Levels 4-11: Sense chart (pdf file), Describing wheel (pdf file), Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 5: Sequence chart (pdf file)
- Levels 7-8: Cluster diagram for more middle level students (pdf file)
- Levels 9-11: More advanced Cluster diagram for oldest student, T-chart (pdf)
- Level 12: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process
Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God
- Level 1: Coloring page of Israel being delivered from Egypt
- Level 2: Worksheet reviewing simple tenses in a pdf file
- Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner
- Level 3: Review the parts of speech with this online game
- Level 3: Parts of Speech song
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
- Levels 9-11: Common Proofreading Symbols
Week 4: Creation Through Noah
- Level 1: Coloring pages: Adam and Eve and Noah's Ark
- Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner
- Level 3: This site was contributed by Sandy and can be used as you are teaching or reviewing the parts of speech. You'll find matching, concentration, flash cards, and a word search.
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
- Levels 4-12: If you are beginning to learn or review prepositions this week in grammar, click here for a crossword puzzle here that will reinforce this knowledge. Contributed by Lisa in NC.
- Levels 4-12: Another review contributed by Lisa: preposition wordsearch
Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia
- Level 1: Ancient Egypt coloring pages
- Levels 3-5: Venn diagram, Cluster diagram (pdf file), describing wheel (pdf file), 5 W's Chart (pdf file)
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
- Levels 6-9: Types of paragraphs: expository, descriptive, narrative, persuasive
Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt
- Level 3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 3 - 6: dictation sentences from the Bible
Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law
- Level 1: Click here for instructions on making a game for learning prepositions. Looks like fun!
- Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner
- Level 3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
- Level 4-5: 5 W's Chart (pdf file), Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 6-7: Cluster Diagram for more middle level students (pdf file)
- Level 8: Transition words
- Level 9: More advanced cluster diagram for oldest students.
- Level 11: Go to these sites for helps and practice college application essays:
- Princeton Review has loads of helpful information, and we found this very interesting page there.
- Interested in Business schools? Princeton Review has this article on writing essays for admission to them.
- AdmissionsEssays.com. Click on "college", then scroll down and click on "FREE step by step analysis, structure, and writing guide!". Or, here is the direct link.
- Read samples of other homeschooler's college application essays at Cafi Cohen's site.
- College Application Essays: helpful hints. Written from a secular perspective, but with some helpful hints.
- Sample College Essays
Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God
- Level 2: For further help with learning the steps of the writing process, click here.
- Level 3: Describing wheel (pdf file)
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors
- Level 3: Very simple story map (pdf file).
- Levels 3 - 6: Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
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Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism
- Level 2: Sense chart (pdf file), Describing wheel (pdf file)
- Level 3: Venn diagram
- Level 6: Story Map
Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism
- Level 1: Need extra worksheets for working on capitalization? Click here.
- Level 1: Five worksheets for practicing sentences and punctuation.
- Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Venn diagram
- Level 7: How to write a report
Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas
- Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 3: Venn diagram
- Levels 4-5: Use an online dictionary/thesaurus
- Levels 4-5: Online thesaurus
- Levels 4-5: Using a Thesaurus
Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures
- Levels 3, 6, 8: For more helps in teaching your poetry unit, click here.
- Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: For further helps on teaching your poetry unit, click here. Contributed by HollyAnne.
- Levels 4-5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology
- Level 1: Greek Myth coloring pages. Click on the right side of the screen.
- Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 3, 6: You won't want to miss this site for teaching your poetry unit. Excellent!
- Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: For further helps on teaching your poetry unit, click here. Contributed by HollyAnne.
Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement
- Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 3,6, 8: AHApoetry page on haiku with links to other websites.
Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures
- Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Write an instant cinquains
- Level 7: Describing wheel (pdf file) or sense chart (pdf file)
- Level 11: Story map
- Level 12: Instructions for building your own website
Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines
- No links.
Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians
- Levels 4-5: Here is a cover that you can use for your state notebook. (pdf file)
- Levels 4-5: Click here for a ready-to-use Table of Contents for your notebook. (pdf file)
- Level 9: Grading rubric for writing a research paper
- Level 12: Review business communiques
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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Level 3: Describing wheel (pdf file), Story Map, Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 5: Story map
- Level 9: Finding and Gathering the News
Week 20: The Divided Kingdom
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Level 3: Describing wheel (pdf file), Story Map, Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 5: Story map
- Level 6: Guidelines for a business letter
- Level 8: Literary terms
Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Level 3: Describing wheel (pdf file), Story Map, Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 5: Story map
- Level 10: Venn Diagram (pdf file) to use for prewriting
- Level 11: Good site, with an example definition essay.
Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 1: Coloring page: Daniel
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Levels 3, 6: Story Map
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
- Level 5: Story map
- Level 10: Venn Diagram (pdf file) to use for prewriting
Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
- Level 5: Story map
- Level 10: Venn Diagram (pdf file) to use for prewriting
Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
- Level 5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 5: Fifth grade book report instructions and forms
- Level 8: Venn Diagram (pdf file) to use for prewriting
Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
- Level 5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 8: Venn Diagram (pdf file) to use for prewriting
- Levels 10-12: Detailed site explaining how to debate
Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 1: Coloring page of Greek pottery
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Level 5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 6, 8, 9: Venn diagram
- Levels 10-12: Detailed site explaining how to debate
Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2, 4, 7: Newspaper writing
- Level 5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 6, 8, 9: Venn diagram
- Levels 10-12: Detailed site explaining how to debate
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Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome
- Level 1, 4: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Levels 2, 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 5: Scholastic has a good site for learning to write biographies.
- Level 5: Lesli recommends Note Taking By Crayon for this week's biography paper.
- Levels 8, 9: Checklist for taking essay tests
Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life
- Level 1: Very simple instructions for writing friendly letters
- Levels 3, 5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 3: Basic information about expository writing
- Levels 8, 9: Checklist for taking essay tests
Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 3: Basic information about descriptive writing
- Level 5: Scholastic has a good site for learning to write biographies.
- Level 7: Write a book report.
- Level 10: Write a biography.
Week 31: From Republic to Empire
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 3: Basic information about expository writing
- Level 7: Checklist for taking essay tests
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form; Story map
- Level 10: Write a biography.
Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file)
- Level 6: How to write a research paper.
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form
- Level 9: Write a speech.
- Level 10: Write a biography.
Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church
- Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
- Level 2: Great site for learning about second grade book reports! Use this site until the end of the unit if you find it helpful.
- Level 4, 5, 7, 9: Write a speech.
- Level 6: How to write a research paper.
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form
Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church
- Level 4, 5, 7, 9: Write a speech.
- Level 6: How to write a research paper.
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form
Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies
- Level 4, 5, 7, 9: Write a speech.
- Level 6: How to write a research paper.
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form
- Level 10: Instructions for building your own website
Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils
- Level 4, 5, 7, 9: Write a speech.
- Level 6: How to write a research paper.
- Level 8: Writer's Toolbox has several forms that are very handy for this project, including a Character Sketch form
- Level 10: Instructions for building your own website
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