Topic of the Week: BIOGRAPHIES
"There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography."
- Thomas Szasz
Spotlight Site of the Week!
Biography Maker
The Biography Maker is meant to inspire lively story telling and vivid writing which will make your readers want to know more about your subject.
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Additional Sites:
- Infoplease Biography
Features biographical profiles and special features about newsworthy people around the world. Searchable by subject or category.
Click here to visit resource - A&E Classroom Biography®
Features classroom manuals, activities, videos, lessons and more to aid in the teaching of biographies.
Click here to visit resource - Scholastic.com: Writing Biography
Here you can learn how to research and write a biographical sketch — and along the way, you'll find research and writing strategies from us as well as a warm-up exercise to get you started.
Click here to visit resource - Biography Center
Biography-center is a huge directory of biographies available on the Web --both listed aphabetically and searchable.
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Judi's Corner
This week features a new offering from The Old Farmer's Almanac:
The Old Farmer's Almanac For Kids
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids is proud to offer kids, teens, teachers, and parents a safe place to visit. Here, you'll find a special Activity Guide, with suggestions for ways that parents and teachers (and kids, too) can put this publication to more interesting use both inside and outside of the classroom.
Spotlight Class of the Week!
Riverside Middle School Bands
Riverside Middle School
Riverside, Rhode Island
Our Other Web Sites
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That's all for this week! "Remember...the Web is a terrible thing to waste!"