Monday, February 25, 2013

Middle School Writing

Which Writing is Right?

sorting expository and other kinds of writing

a lot of reading, but useful training in understanding the characteristics of expository writing


creative writing games

the Everybody Writes collection

Although designed for use in the classroom or a workshop setting, they will be of interest to anyone looking for fun and stimulating creative writing exercises.

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/search/?skip=0&search=games&resource_type=&activity_type_2=&activity_type=12&professional_type=&misc_list_1=&misc_list_2=&audience_type=&sort=title



BBC games: Lang Arts

State of Debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/games/english/

interesting video based game in which the player has to navigate social situations

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Filler: math/geometry/visual puzzles




Grow your own lovely balls, Fill your space. Don't touch little balls while you're growing! You can move while growing to avoid them. But with every level, there's more of the little brats...

Phit: strategy/geometry/task processing


fit ("Phit") shapes into a space

also available via Coolmath.com

50 States: Social Studies/Geography

50 States, via Addicting Games

Click and drag the 50 states to their locations.