Ms. Kelley Hensley
"All good teaching is subversive."
It's like reading the news but without all that boring stuff! And, you can change the reading level! Crazy interesting topics.
Search poems by topic or title and even find author information. Sometimes they even have the author reading the poem on audio. This site is huge!
contests, author readings, & resources
used by college kids and secondary students, this is the go to place for how to format your paper, formatting a quote or grammar questions
Afraid your writing is too wordy, awkward, or boring? This app will check all that for you and tell you what to fix.
More resources coming soon.
English Language Arts Tools
Want to speed up your reading?
The best way to get faster is to be exposed to words more. Your brain gets used to their length, vowel patterns, and how they are used in sentences just by seeing them used. It’s easy!
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Read more- anything and everything will build your Lexile.
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Add the subtitles to YouTube videos or television shows.
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Memorize Fry Words—these are some of the most common words in all English texts. Some may be too easy for you, but they go all the way up to some pretty complex vocabulary on level 10. Visit for a free list and resources. If you learn the first 300 words, you can read 65% of any text!
Words or phrases you don't know?
The sites on this page do not represent my personal beliefs or the beliefs of my school. They are resources for students and should still be monitored with parent supervision and students' best judgment.
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The images on this page are borrowed from their host sites with the sole intention of making the tool linked easily identifiable for students and should fall under “Fair Use” laws. Their home sites are credited below.
Tween Tribune https://www.tweentribune.com/
Poetry Foundation http://www.northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/2017/08/job-opening-part-time-features-editor-for-the-poetry-foundation-with-the-option-to-work-remotely/
NC Poetry Society http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/page/35/
Hemmingway App https://turnerwebservices.com/blog/blogging-tools-for-photographers-rev-and-hemingway-app/