Links of Interest
   Vocabulary.com This resource is amazing!  Differentiated, imaginative, rich, research-based. Spend some time exploring.                Â
     Amy's Word Sorts: A great learning center activity for cooperative learning and differentiation
VIDEOS:
Amy's Connections and Coherence
Amy's There's No Such Thing as a Hard Word
Workshop Segment: Academic Vocabulary
Workshop Segment: How to Write a Cogent ArgumentÂ
Workshop Segment:Â Deterrmining Text Complexity
Workshop Segment: About Background Knowledge
Workshop Segment: Reading Lengthy and Complex Sentences
Workshop Segment: Reading Pace
Special Feature: Short Films about Grammar by Sue Behrens:
Classroom-Ready Vocabulary Resources:
Teach Vocabulary Through Lite Verse (You'll love this!)
A Vocabulary Unit Based on a Retelling of "Cinderella"
A Vocabulary Unit Based on a Retellling of "The Emperor's New Clothes"
A Vocabulary Unit Based on a Retelling of "Snow White"
A useful site for the Academic Word List
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/index.htm
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For the list of Amy's books published by Routledge, click here.
 Amy's Books published by the National Council of Teachers of English
Grammar Alive! A Guide for Teachers
RxEdit: Prescriptive Lessons in Response to Student Writing Errors
 Students, click here for the lessons
Teachers, click here for the overview
RxRevise: Differentiated Lessons in Response to Students' Demonstrated Writing Needs in Addressing the Task, Development, Organization, and Language
Students, click here for the lessons
Teachers, click here for the overview
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Amy's List of 101 Classic Books: Various levels
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