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Think you’ve conquered every lexicon challenge out there? Do you stay up late at night picturing Words with Friends letter combinations in your mind? Oh, maybe that last one is just me. If word games are your thing you’ll want to check out Word Off. Read on and I’ll help you determine if you’re up for the challenge of going head-to-head with friends or complete strangers in this vocabulary throw down. Like the article? Getting Your Word on (Er…Off) The first thing you notice after creating an account (or signing in with Facebook) is that Word Off has a whimsical, halftone design complete with bright colors.
There are several options for starting a new game. Once you login you're given an overview of your current games and options for starting new games with friends. One nice feature is the ability to set a notification for when a friend begins playing Word Off. How to Play Each turn you form a word to gain new territories. Word Dynamo - Free Study Guides, Quizzes, Games, and Flashcards. StoryKeepers - iPad StoryTelling APPS. Literacy Resources For Teachers. The Literacy Shed - The Literacy Shed Home.
: Quick and Dirty Tips ™ Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and creator of Grammar Girl, which has been named one of Writer's Digest's 101 best websites for writers multiple times. The Grammar Girl podcast has also won Best Education Podcast multiple times in the Podcast Awards, and Mignon is an inductee in the Podcasting Hall of Fame. Mignon is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" and six other books on writing.
She has appeared as a guest on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" and the "Today Show" and has been featured in the New York Times, Business Week, the Washington Post, USA Today, CNN.com, and more. She was previously the chair of media entrepreneurship in the Reynolds School of Journalism in Reno, NV. She hates the phrase "grammar nazi" and loves the word "kerfuffle. " Mignon believes that learning is fun, and the vast rules of grammar are wonderful fodder for lifelong study.
Awards Media "By the end of that week, Ms. Understanding How Words Work. 15 Grammatical Errors that Make You Look Silly. Inanimate Alice - About the Project. Born-digital Created as a reading-from-the-screen experience for the digital generation, Inanimate Alice stands alongside the best novels for pre-teen and emerging teen readers.
Interactive Requires the reader to drive the action forward at their own pace and encourages readers to co-create their own versions of the story, either filling in the gaps or developing new strands. Multimedia Uses text, images, music, sound effects, puzzles and games to illustrate and enhance the narrative. Reading A-Z: Free Book Samples. The Princess and the Pea. Posted on Jul 2, 1997 by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by Edmund Dulac There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess.
He travelled right around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong. There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real princesses he had great difficulty in discovering; there was always something which was not quite right about them. So at last he had come home again, and he was very sad because he wanted a real princess so badly. One evening there was a terrible storm; it thundered and lightninged and the rain poured down in torrents; indeed it was a fearful night. In the middle of the storm somebody knocked at the town gate, and the old King himself sent to open it.
It was a princess who stood outside, but she was in a terrible state from the rain and the storm. ‘Well we shall soon see if that is true,’ thought the old Queen, but she said nothing. ‘Oh terribly bad!’ Now this is a true story. Non-Fiction Readings with Skills Development.