Internet Sources for Help With Studying
Study Skills
http://www.studygs.net/
Homework Help - Quizzes to Help You Study
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
Keyboarding - Want to improve your typing speed?
http://www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/llinks/typing%20games.htm
Reference Desk Information of All Kinds
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids-homework.html
Vocabulary Games
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Information about Words - Thesaurus, Dictionary, Technical Terms
http://www.itools.com/lang/
Possible books to read - Reviews from other students by grade
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/swyar/index.htm
More possible books to read
http://www.middlebooks.com/
Spelling Rules - The Basics
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/spelling.htm
Speed Reading - Ways to Do It
http://www.42explore.com/skim.htm
Homophone quizzes - see how well you do!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious2.htm#quizzes
Another source with book recommendations (you don't need to sign
in to use it)
http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
Rhyming Dictionary Online
http://rhyme.poetry.com/
Brainbooster Games
http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/
Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Sentence combining. Putting sentences together with greater
ease, so you sound like a grown up, not a little kid.
Quizzes at the bottom of the page. Try them out!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm
Comma rules. All those tricky rules about where to put commas.
Quizzes at the bottom of the page. Try them out!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
Comma and sentence combining quizzes.
http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
Google Earth Lit Trips. Takes you to the places where the
stories actually take place. These include Macbeth, My Brother
Sam is Dead, The Odyssey... Click on Download Lit trips.
(Remember, you must have Google Earth loaded on your computer,
which is true of the Computer Lab computers).
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
Presidential Timeline. Pictures, background, and many resources
about US presidents.
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/
Vocabulary games for grade 7, using vocabulary text words
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/games.cfm?sp=&level=B
Vocabulary games for grade 8, using vocabulary text words
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/games.cfm?sp=&level=C
Study skills - teach yourself to study better
http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=9871
More study skills and guides - available in many languages
http://www.studygs.net/enews/index.htm
Some fun ways to work on your grammar skills.
Grammar Man
More fun ways to work on your grammar skills.
Grammar Bytes
Grammar Girl Tips
Grambo
Test of the Emergency Grammar System
Grammar Gorillas and parts of speech.
Funbrain - Grammar Gorillas
Another place to find words that rhyme...
Rhyming spot
Even know the definition, but just can't think of the word????
Reverse look up dictionary
Other sources for help:
Don't forget
1) dictionary, the old-fashioned paper kind.
2) your study buddy.
3) your parents. They do know some stuff.
4) your teacher. If you don't understand something, ask. Teachers
actually like to give extra help to students who want to understand.