English & Language Arts: Homeschool English & Language Arts Links
Welcome to the MorningStar Academy's Homeschool Resources section on Language Arts. We are very dedicated to assisting our families with the finest available education resources. The MorningStar Academy's Academic Counselors and staff have compiled these resources to provide our visitors with links to homeschooling sites all about Language Arts.
(American) English Spelling: Great site that gives you tips on spelling correctly.
2-Bee or Not-too-bee: Play this cool online game to help you learn verbs, great for young homeschoolers.
4Learning: Great interactive games for young children to learn reading and spelling skills.
Apostrophe Catastrophe: Cool game where you're the detective!
Write On Reader: Do you love reading and writing? Click here to start the fun.
AZ AALL - Learning the Alphabet: Click on a letter of the alphabet and hear its sound.
Bedford School- What is an Adverb-: All about adverbs. What are they and how are they used?
Beginner's Tense Tests: Try this beginner's tense test so see where your skills are at.
Better English- Prepositions: Test your knowledge on prepositions with this quiz.
Between the Lions: Great games by the gang from Between the Lions TV show!
Billy Bear 4 Kids: Click on all the letters of the alphabet and see a picture of something that begins with each letter.
Bunnie Ed Alphabet: Words are made up of the ABC's so its time to learn them all here.
English Grammar from ThinkQuest: Communication is one of the keys to knowledge. It is ideal to learn correct grammar at a young age.
English Listening Room: Listen to the songs then fill in the blanks to the story.
ESL Kids Stuff: This site offers a selection of fun online educational games.
ESL Quiz- Prepositions: Sentences that will help teach you prepositions.
Exploring English- Conjunctions: This site explores English conjunctions.
Exploring Prepositions: This part of the site explores English prepositions.
Fact Monster: Homework Center- Speaking & Listening Skills
Fake Out: Choose a word and guess its definition.
Fisher-Price - Learn Your ABC's: Help your young homeschooler learn the ABC's with this great site.
Fun 'N' Learn: Helps your child learn the alphabet the and numbers the fun way.
FunBrain - Word Confusion: Confusing words is common when learning them for the first time. Try to tell the difference.
GameGoo: Great games that address education and fun that sticks!
iVocabulary.com: Great vocabulary workshops that stick.
Jan Brett Alphabet: Manuscript, cursive and modern manuscript.
Jazzles: Fun children's song lyrics, with alteration and rhyme.
Joj oy: Numbers, letters, pictures and words. Great for elementary homeschoolers.
Joys of Punctuation: Punctuation is very important when writing. Get some key tips here.
Kidport - Synonyms: Do you know what a synonym is? Find out.
LD Online- Spelling Strategies: Five guidelines to learning to spell and six ways to practice.
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun: Learn vocabulary and have fun doing it!
Play Kids Games: Great learning games for your homeschooling kids.
Practice Tests- Synonyms: Practice getting to know the many synonyms.
Prepositions: The most common prepositions and how they are used.
Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs: Take tests testing your knowledge on preposition basics and phrasal verbs.
Preschool Coloring Book - Number: Print out coloring pages of numbers. Great for kindegarten homeschoolers.
PrimaryGames.com Language Arts Games: English fun and educational games online.
Pro Nounsense: This site has information, graphics, and quizzes to help you review pronouns.
Prof. Finkel Alphabet: Awesome resource for your homeschool child all about the alphabet and numbers.
Pronoun Reference: Great site teaching you all about pronouns and more.
Punctuation: Includes abbreviations, metric symbols, titles, and much more.
Punctuation Chart: Learn the importance of correct punctuation. Ideal for homeschoolers.
Punctuation Reminders: These reminders will help you avoid the most common punctuation mistakes.
Punctuation Tips: Commonly used and misused punctuation marks.
Quia - A Feast of Homonyms: A cool matching game of homonyms.
Quotations and Correct Punctuation: When to use quotations and what correct punctuation is.
Learning Planet: Choose a level from K-6th grade.
Poetry Workshop Pages: These pages are intended to help you actively write and respond to poetry, whether you're just beginning or are an experienced writer.
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky: Listen to poetry, then follow techniques to have fun with poetry and writing.
Preparing Speeches: If we fail to prepare--we prepare to fail. Here is some information to help you prepare.
Purdue University - Avoiding Plagiarism: The best ways to avoid plagiarism
Rhyme Zone: Type a word to find its rhyme, synonyms, definitions, and more
School of Education, Indiana University: This tutorial will help you recognize plagiarism
Silver Chips Online: Montgomery Blair High School's online student newspaper
Student Guide to Book Reports: How to write a book report well.
Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained: An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: This is just one of Mark Twain's amazing stories. Click here to read in full.
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: A great story by Mark Twain. Click here to read.
The News - The Process Behind the Presentation: This site will take you on a tour behind the scenes of three major popular media outlets.
The Pulitzer Prizes: History of the Pulitzer prizes. Resources, archive, and forums.
The Tongue Twister Database: This page is dedicated to those who want to have a fun time with tongue twisters, for people who want to get rid of an accent of who need speech therapy.
The Write Site: An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle school students.
Tongue Twisters Collection: Tongue twisters for kids.
What is an Adverb-: What is an adverb? Learn what adverbs are and when they are used.
What's the Word: FUNBRAIN will show you a picture. Click on the word that best describes the picture