The School District of PALM BEACH COUNTY

Secondary

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GREAT BOOKS TO READ

Suggested Reading Lists

Florida Book Winners

Online Reading Collections

READING AND WRITING ACTIVITIES

Reading Activities

	This personalized online reading program is available for District students in grades 6-12. This adaptive program helps students to improve comprehension, reading rate, and vocabulary. Available until July 31st.
	This site combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.
	Students will be prompted to login to their student portal to access Discovery.
	Current events, biographies, videos and more.
Read Around the Text (RAN)	Secondary Reading Strategy Activity
KIM Vocabulary	Secondary Reading Strategy Activity

Writing Activities

	Don't Know where to start? Try some of these story starters to fire up your imagination!
	Use the story starter ideas and "mix and match" to create and share your own stoires (NY Libraries)
	Pixar and Khan Academy teamed up to teach you the art of storytelling.
	Pixar and Khan Academy teamed up to teach you about the structure of writing stories.
	Find answers to all your writing conundrums with a simple guide to English grammar rules.

ONLINE ACTIVITIES & DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Online Literacy Activities

Find additional ways to stay engaged in reading this summer.

CNN 10-News in 10 Min	Khan Academy - Creating Characters	Newsela - Read News at Your Level
Common Sense Media Writing Apps	Khan Academy - Grammar	Scholastic
FL Students - ELA (K-12)	Mensa for Kids	Smithsonian Tween Tribute (English & Español)
Google Lit Trips	Mensa for Kids-A Year of Living Poetically	Vocabulary.com

Digital Storytelling

Be creative and share what you have read with friends and family!

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