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The Panasonic Academic Challenge is a highly academic national high school competition modeled after Florida's statewide tournament. Each team consists of six students (four players and two alternates) and one coach. As many as six teams may compete against each other in one competition. This is not a quick response, trivial pursuit contest. Instead, it is a slower-paced tournament in which players are asked questions from the areas of mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, the fine arts, foreign language (French and Spanish) and ...
http://www.polk-fl.net/ac/PAC.html
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In this competition, created by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation, high school students memorize and recite the work of great poets. This competition helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage. Students compete at the classroom level, and then winners move on through school-wide, city-wide and regional competitions. Each winner at the state level receives $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington (with a chaperone) to compete for the national cha...
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The Davidson Fellows scholarship program recognizes outstanding achievements of profoundly gifted young people who have developed their talents by contributing a significant piece of work in one of these submission areas: Mathematics, Science, Technology, Music, Literature, Philosophy or Outside the Box.
http://www.davidsonfellows.org
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This organization features lessons based on fold tales, poems and letters from the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers. Examine writing techniques: vivid images, powerful descriptions, balanced sentences, parallelism and more.
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CARLA offers lessons and classroom tasks for teachers of French, German and Spanish. A virtual assessment center helps teachers develop proficiency-oriented instruction and performance measures. Their database tells where (in North America) students may study less commonly taught languages.
http://www.carla.umn.edu/
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This organization provides teenagers a communication outlet for addressing important issues in their lives. It helps them develop their reading, writing, thinking, and reflection skills by: training teens in journalism, publishing a number of teen-written publications and providing a public forum. There are a number of resources for educators related to reading and writing, and many of the articles are gifted-related.
http://www.youthcomm.org/
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This organization is one of the top youth poetry, spoken word and creative writing programs in the country. Youth Speaks provides teens an excellent opportunity to share and compare their writing; some of their events include poetry slams, festivals and reading slams. Other features include a free after-school workshop, press resources, and a merchandise section. An underlying mission of Youth Speaks is to give teens the tools they need to apply their voices in creating social change.
http://www.youthspeaks.org/
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This site gives personalized English instruction on-line to students of all ages using the parents' curriculum of choice. A full English program (reading, literature, composition, language and research, and communications) is taught via e-mail and fax. Students begin exactly at their ability level and are guided towards excellence in the above areas. There are links for dictionaries, thesauruses, and grammar databases.
http://www.englishpage.com/
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This online curriculum reatiler features an alphabetical list of classic novels that Glencoe has developed into literature study packages. They provide a brief description of each book along with a list of related readings and a downloadable study guide. The related readings include poems, articles, essays and short stories. The study guide is in a PDF format and can be downloaded and copied. They sell the packages complete with a hardcover copy of the book, the readings and the study guide.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/index.html
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"Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) is the easy way to teach pre-printing, printing and cursive! It was developed by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR, an occupational therapist and handwriting specialist. She has more than 25 years of experience helping children and training teachers and therapists. HWT is an inclusive method for teaching children of ALL ability levels. Children love it. Also, it doesn't take any special training to teach the Handwriting Without Tears method. Parents and new teachers enjoy the simple and clear directions that make it easy to h...
http://www.hwtears.com/
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Inspiration Software®, Inc. is recognized as the leader in visual thinking and learning. We develop and publish innovative software tools that inspire learners of all ages to brainstorm, organize, plan, and create. With more than 10 million users worldwide, our award-winning software is revolutionizing visual learning in education—inspiring students to develop strong thinking and organizational skills and improve their academic performance.
http://www.inspiration.com/companyinfo/index.cfm
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This vendor provides curriculum guides and staff development for English/Language Arts teachers.
http://www.curriculumguides.com/
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This mixed media line of learning tools uses printed books and electronic gadgetry to help along young kids who have academic interest but are still early readers. There are programs that are focused on Science, Social Studies, or even books on tape. The programs have a read aloud feature for children who are still developing reading vocabulary. They have 5 levels of "Leaps" for varying abilities and interests.
http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findpage?pageID=leappad_systems
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This online catalogue offers course materials in many math subject areas and in phonics. Placement tests are available to help when deciding where to place students.
http://www.saxonpub.com/
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This website is home to Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company, and has a corporate mission of instilling the love of reading and learning for lifelong pleasure in all children. Recognizing that literacy is the cornerstone of a child’s intellectual, personal and cultural growth, Scholastic, for more than 83 years, has created quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them. This website offers resources for teachers ...
http://www.scholastic.com
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Welcome to Stevenson Learning Skills, the company that publishes the Stevenson Reading Program, Semple Math and other materials for teaching essential skills to both regular and learning disabled students. Our methods are unusual and innovative. We use established techniques like mnemonics (memory aids) and multisensory instruction in imaginative new ways. The materials accommodate common learning problems, such as attention deficits, phonological processing difficulties, memory weakness and sequencing confusion. In addition to publishing, w...
http://www.stevensonsemple.com/index.htm
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Here you’ll find reading instruction and literature-based materials to teach reading skills and language arts to students from pre-kindergarten through high school. Sundance has provides educators with the highest quality reading instructional materials to help your students succeed. Sundance has an array of innovative and creative teaching materials to help kids of all ages develop a lifelong love of reading!
http://www.sundancepub.com/
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This website offers a FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.
http://www.bookadventure.com/
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The Children's Literature Web Guide is a website that gathers together and categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
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Daily Grammar no longer provides an 'email a day' service. You can however view the archive section of our web site to enjoy the Daily Grammar lessons at your own pace. Mr. Bill Johanson is the author of the lessons. He has taught high school and junior high school English classes for thirty years, doing a great job of preparing his students for college. Teachers have our permission to duplicate and use the lessons in their classrooms so long as the copyright information is preserved.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/
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The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. The user should be a librarian or a teacher intervening for a child-reader, however anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults themselves.
The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL) has over 4,500 records from 56 awards across six English-speaking countries (Unit...
http://www.dawcl.com
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ECCE ROMANI is an online Resource for students interestes in studying Latin.
http://abney.homestead.com/ecce1.html
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. A magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines—history and politics, theology and exploration, law and the arts. Included in the collections are over 310,000 books and manuscripts; 250,000 playbills; 27,000 paintings, drawings, engravings, and prints; and ...
http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html
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This website contains 5000 collegiate words with brief definitions designed to help you communicate effectively, be more persuasive, and even score higher on the SAT, GRE and other tests. An audio CD is also available for purchase.
http://www.freevocabulary.com
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This website provides links to a number of gifted websites, including a listing of professional associations and news publications. There is also a listing of specific subject matter links on such topics as math, science and social studies.
http://www.giftedsources.com/index.htm
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This website, designed by the Great Books program at Mercer University, provides links to academic sites with background information about the historical eras represented by the Great Books. This timeline and accompanying websites provides useful background information to accompany the reading of the Great Books.
http://www.mercer.edu/gbk/gbk/gbktimln.html
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This website provides reviews for all the major Latin curricula available, with a special emphasis on Latin curricula specifically designed for, or commonly used by, homeschoolers. A link directly to each publisher is included. Also included on the site are other links to Latin and Greek resources on the internet.
http://www.classicalhomeschooling.org/celoop/latin.html
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Fast ForWord programs are based on years of scientific research on how the brain learns, and use patented technologies to build oral language and learning skills in a highly efficient, structured way. Fast ForWord exercises help students master the sounds, structures, and patterns of oral language, giving them the tools to develop an automatic mastery of the fundamental skills that they will need in all aspects of learning.
http://www.scientificlearning.com/
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The comprehensive language lessons teach you how to speak and read new languages at your own pace. There is no subscription, monthly fee or software to download to learn a new language. Loquella developed this language course based off the Foreign Service Institute's language lessons. FSI has been using this methond for over 30 years to teach thousands of serious language students. You choose your own level of difficulty as well as your own way of learning.
http://www.loquella.com/
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The Reader Rabbit Kindergarten Series is a group of interactive computer adventures in which the child is tasked with accomplishing a "big-picture" effort (rebuilding a carnival, cleaning up a park, etc.) by performing a series of educational tasks such as spelling, math, and sorting. The software is designed to advance your child when they master a task, but also properly review areas where more work is needed. It makes learning fun through humorous but challenging exercises.
http://www.readerrabbit.com/
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This web site features live tailor-made French lessons with a trained teacher through your personal computer. All you need is a webcam and headsets. Take your lessons as you wish according to your free time, your needs or your desire, without being forced to book at set times.
http://www.telefrench.com/
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The National Storytelling Network (NSN) is a "member driven organization, with a Board of Directors elected by members from six regions across America. It offers direct services, publications and educational opportunities to several thousand individuals, local storytelling guilds and associations. These services are designed to improve the quality of storytelling at all levels - in entertainment venues, in classrooms and libraries, and wherever storytelling can make a contribution to quality of life. To facilitate that process, NSN sponsors the...
http://www.storynet.org/
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The Great Books Foundation offers people of all ages an exciting way to read and discuss outstanding works of literature. As a nonprofit educational organization, we publish reading series for children and adults and conduct training in the shared inquiry method throughout the United States and abroad.
http://www.greatbooks.org/typ/
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This interactive website is devoted to Lewis Carroll's two famous Alice books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. There are numerous games, activities and quizzes.
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/index.htm
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This is a game where you compare cards with nouns to other cards with adjectives. A judge picks a red card (noun) that is humorous compared to the green card (adjective). Everybody gets to be the judge. It is for 4-10 players.
http://www.otb-games.com/showcase/apples.html
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"This game takes its name from the writings of a grand master of word games, William Shakespeare. Players take turns moving around a board trying to land on the appropriate letter-spaces to spell the particular Game Word chosen for each game. There are over 1000 cards with questions from 30 different categories divided into 6 levels of difficulty. Although the difficult questions are quite tricky, many of the questions will often prove you actually know more about words than you think. Fun for everyone, but a must-have for any English major. "
http://www.bethumpd.com/index.html
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"Recommended by the National Association for Gifted Children, this edition of Bethump'd with Words® is expressly designed for parents and children, teachers and students to play together. It tests strategic skills and knowledge of everyday words, including many from the lingo of today's youth, and will entertain and challenge both participating age groups. It enables teachers to stretch brain muscles while stimulating a fundamental interest in words, language, and, ultimately, reading."
http://www.bethumpd.com/betwitwordis.html
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"This is truly the game of reading and remembering". This game consists of reading short passages from famous books aloud, then you have your partner answer trivia questions about what they just heard. Excellent for improving reading comprehension and memory skills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookworm_(game)
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A series of computer games that teach many different subjects and things. The series includes The Castle of Dr. Brain, The Island of Dr. Brain, The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, Dr. Brain's IQ Adventure, Action Reaction, Puzzleopolis, Mindventure, and The Time Warp of Dr. Brain. Subjects covered range from math to antonyms and synonyms, logic and reasoning, astronomy, weights and measures.
http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,218/
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This website provides numerous activities for the young and interested child. From the easy arts to more complicated activities, this site can accommodate young children and their parents with several hours of educational entertainment.
http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm
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This distance learning program through EPGY offers English courses from the fourth-grade level through the Advanced Placement level. Students are placed into English Expository Writing courses based on age and standardized test scores.
http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/english/
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This guide supplies the modern reader with background information on topics which Shakespeare assumed were familiar to Elizabethan audiences. Shakepeare provided "horseplay and slapstick comedy for the less educated in his audiences, while providing a wealth of allusion for the more educated." He assumed the educated members of his audiences were thoroughly grounded in Greek & Roman mythology and history; that they were knowledgeable about England's history and the geography of 16th century Europe. Dr Asimov does not intend this to be a litera...
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Beyond Five in a Row contains literature unit studies for ages 8 to 12. Chapter books, rather than picture books, are used, but families of profoundly gifted children will probably wish to use these unit studies before age 8 (they may begin anytime the child is ready to read chapter books). Literature selected includes such children's classics as The Cricket in Times Square, Homer Price, The Boxcar Children, and Sarah Plain and Tall. Instructions for the homeschooling parent and interdisciplinary hands-on activities are included.
http://www.fiveinarow.com/beyond/
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The Bob Books are tiny sets of 4" x 5" books, perfect for little fingers. The series builds early reading skills incrementally starting with the beginning phonics sounds and uses a logical, structured method that has children reading right away. Part of the draw of these books is that young children can say they read the "whole book," thus increasing confidence. Clever and engaging black and white line illustrations are used (a child might even enjoy coloring them). The clever and humorous drawings help maintain attention.
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This is a workbook to improve writing and communication skills. Builds skills in descriptive vocabulary, directionality, compare and contrast, classification, organization, similarities and differences.
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Implement inquiry in the classroom with this book from Jeffrey Wilhelm. Engaging Readers & Writiers with Inquiry leads educators in using research-based techniques to meet mandated content-area standards while engaging students in productive, meaningful learning experiences.
http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=60246&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10004&sa_campaign=internal_ads/scholastic3_0/search
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This is a simple, multi-sensory teaching system for the etymologies of the English language, focusing on Greek and Latin roots. Much of the program uses colored, bordered cards, which may either be made by the student or teacher, or purchased separately for use with the program. All teaching tips are included for instruction in 63 Latin root words and 37 Greek root words. The word roots can be mixed and matched to make new words.
http://www.cunepress.net/book/index.cfm/GCOI/88594100384060
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This workbook is great for homeschoolers. It helps students master the Latin and Greek roots by providing sequenced activities, practice sets and reviews. A separate response key is also provided. It has over 275 word bases, including the variations. For example, FAC (FIC), FACT (FECT) (FY) all mean "to do, to make." Each lesson has five sections: "Touching Base", "Branching Out", "Words in Progress", "Words in Action" and "Word of Interest". After every 3 lessons, there are review activities and practice sets. There is also a list of Latin...
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This textbook discusses the three major questions: why we read, what we read, and how we interpret. The author lays out the major debates currently taking place within English departments and selections including: new historicism, feminism and gender studies, reader-response criticism, ethical criticism, and postcolonial and cultural studies.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/book.asp?1124001259
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This book is filled with writing from different authors' childhoods. "Each of the forty-two chapters in First Words includes a brief introduction to the author, the juvenilia with commentary by writer and editor linking the childhood and adult work, photographs of the author (then and now) and, in some cases, facsimile reproductions of the original manuscripts and drawings." It includes John Updike, Amy Tan, and Michael Crichton.
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Designed by an educator who has taught grammar and writing from grades seven through the first year of college, this workbook emphasizes practice. It contains six separate topics: parts of speech, sentence structure, word usage, case, agreement, and style. Each page presents a brief lesson followed by related exercises. The book is available with or without answer keys following each section. Because the workbook arose from real classroom situations, it has been widely field-tested and is practical and effective
http://www.handleassociates.com/products.htm
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We've all been told that children need lots of exposure to books and reading. What we haven't been told, is that learning to read is not a natural process. It requires skillful, systematic instruction. It involves understanding that the words we speak are made up of individual speech sounds (phonemes), and that letters and pairs of letters are the symbols that represent the sounds.
The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System provides this systematic instruction with engaging games and lively graphics. As children progress through the 40...
http://www.readwritetype.com/product_tour.html
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This CD tests math and language abilities in a fun setting of rescuing Reader Rabbit in a castle. There is also hand-eye coordination games as well.
http://www.broderbund.com/
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Grades 10 & 11; 2 weeks; residential. Open to advanced students who wish to refine their writing in a particular genre.
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/cww/
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Advanced middle and high school students can experience this one- or two-week summer reading program where they will read great works of literature, converse with distinguished college professors and explore a whole new world of ideas through college-style seminar discussions on the campuses of Amherst College or Stanford University. High school students will have the opportunity to sharpen their writing skills, prepare for the new verbal SAT, discuss college choices with professors and admissions officers, and tour local campuses.
http://www.greatbooksprogram.com/index.asp?=1&campaignno=gifted&adgroup=adgroup1&keywords=gifted+and+talented+education
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