https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk My choices for best resources! en-us 2017-10-27 16:52:18 UTC 2025-11-17 06:02:24 UTC hello@padlet.com nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353311899 Citation Machine: Modern Language Association 8th Edition Format Citation Generator for Journal Article, www.citationmachine.net/bibliographies. Citation Machine is a online bibliography generator for middle school students and above. This utility helps the user create quick citations for papers or longer annotated bibliographies. The user can cite periodicals, books, online sources, pictures, speeches, and more. Citation Machine shows how to parenthetically cite a source and gives tips and pointers on writing. It can also scan papers for grammar, though it is limited. The user can choose a free account or sign up for added utilities including unlimited grammar and plagiarism checking. This program takes several steps to get an actual citation,  would be better if it could be installed as an add on in Google, and forces the user to turn off ad-blocker to get citations.]]> 2019-04-23 11:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353311899 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353313266 Purdue Writing Lab. “Purdue OWL // Purdue Writing Lab.” Purdue Writing Lab, owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html. Purdue Owl is an online resource to improve writing and grammar. It is geared for high school students and older. It has menus down the side that include general writing help and research help. This source is really easy to use because the side menu then opens to a drop down menu for very specific services such as grammar and mechanics which then open to more choices.This resource covers examples of resume writing, research writing, writing prompts and many more. There is an abundance of information here which might bog down people looking for quick information.]]> 2019-04-23 11:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353313266 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353314290 “Balanced News via Media Bias Ratings for an Unbiased News Perspective.” AllSides, 29 Nov. 2018, www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news. Allsides is an online news resource that shows the reader multiple perspectives on the same topic. It is readable for high school students and above. It has a menu bar at the topic that includes bias, topics, and conversations to name a few. The conversations tab asks the user to listen before posing one's own point of view. That is what makes this site special, not only does the user get news from various points of view, he or she can also present his/her own ideas.]]> 2019-04-23 11:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353314290 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353381791 “The Collegeboard Homepage.” The College Board - College Admissions - SAT - University & College Search Tool, www.collegeboard.org/. This is an SAT preparation resource. It is for high school students who want to practice for their SATs or build standardized test taking skills. It contains: SAT practce, college planning, scholarship opportunities,  study groups,  sample questions, and  individual scores from the user's previous tests. Key user features include a menu with different programs to use to study and links to other websites that can help the user study. This site is well organized, easy to access and offers free SATs and PSATs practice tests. ]]> 2019-04-23 14:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353381791 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353390908 This resource leads to other resources, so there is a good selection of activities depending on what practice is needed.]]> 2019-04-23 14:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353390908 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353395624 This websites has lots of fun games that are simple to play and teach the basics.]]> 2019-04-23 14:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353395624 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353399877 I love words, so this is fun!]]> 2019-04-23 15:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353399877 nraymond2 https://padlet.com/nraymond2/gnxyk14k40bk/wish/353434233 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. In this book, the protagonist, Junior, lives on an Indian Reservation in western Washington. He decides to leave his native school and attend an all white school in the next town over, so he can fulfill his hopes and dreams.

Anthem, by Ayn Rand, is a dystopian novel about a society where there is no individualism. Only very select people get education, electricity, or choice in life. Most are not allowed to think. The main character, Equality 7-2521 must refer to himself as "we". He dares to break the rules to show that individualism and individual choice are some of the most important factors in a healthy society.

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is about a female high school student who survives a mass murder, school shooting done by one of her early childhood's closest friends who has no become a loner. The motives behind the shooting become evident at the end of the book.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Greene. Near Chicago, two very different guys with the same name, Will Grayson, have lives which happen to cross the same paths.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers is about a 16 year old, black male, living in Harlem, charged with murder. The story is told both as a narrative through diary entries he makes while in jail and as a play with an 3rd person omniscient looking down at the court proceedings.

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Okay for Now
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Great Gatsby
The Life of Bees
Orphan Train
Al Capone Irons My Shirts
The Fault in Our Stars
Of Mice and Men
Life of Pi
That was Then, This Is Now
The Giver
The Chocolate War
A Separate Peace
The Hunger Games
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tuesdays With MorrieApril Morning
The Brothers Karamazov
The Stranger
The Adventures of Ulysses
Speak
The Hungry Ocean
Into Thin Air
The Joy Luck Club
Insomnia
Bag of Bones
The Kitchen God's Wife
Pink Chimneys
The Kite Runner
Zeitoun
The Day No Pigs Would Die
The Brethren
The Poisonwood Bible
Romeo and Juliet
Raisin in the Sun
Night
The Lonely Bones
The Seven People You Meet in Heaven
The Beans of Egypt Maine
The Bridges of Madison County
Athletic Shorts
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Perfect Storm
Have a Little Faith
Johnny Got His Gun
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Cirlce
The Associate
She's Come Undone
Three Cups of Tea
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
The DaVinci Code
Gone Girl
Intention
Reading Non-fiction
How to Read a Book
Make Just One Change
Write Like This
Readacide
Teach Like a Champion
Square Peg
A Match on Dry Grass
All Souls
On Writing
Notice and Note
Understanding by Design

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