{"id":71,"date":"2020-11-19T01:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2020-11-21T02:53:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T02:53:51","slug":"literacy-enrichment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/links-for-students\/literacy-enrichment\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy Enrichment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Writing Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westga.edu\/~aellison\/awesome_action_verbs.htm\">Thesis Verbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/research_and_citation\/mla_style\/mla_formatting_and_style_guide\/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html\">Perdue Online Writing Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shakespeareswords.com\/\">Shakespeare\u2019s Words<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Writing Contest Opportunities:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dandelion Micro-fiction contest \u2013 ongoing<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Arts &amp; Stories<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplefoundation.ca\/kids-write-4-kids\/\">Kids Write 4 Kids<\/a>: Check back in October<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rattle.com\/children\/guidelines\/\">Young Poets Anthology<\/a> &#8211; Nov 15 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarexpressions.ca\/StudentContests.html\">Polar Expressions<\/a> &#8211; Poetry on Nov 22 2020, Short Story on December 4 2020<\/li>\n<li>The First Page &#8211; CBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/poetryinstituteofcanada.ca\/?page_id=198\">Poetry Institute of Canada Poetry and Short Story contest<\/a> (usually November)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livesthatmakeadifference.com\/rules.php\">Lives that Make a Difference: Essay Contest<\/a> (usually December)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meaningofhome.ca\/students\/\">The Meaning of Home<\/a> (previously a winner from our class!) &#8211; February 19, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarys-ca.edu\/center-for-environmental-literacy\/rules-and-guidelines\">The River of Words<\/a> (usually February)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/poetrysociety.org.uk\/competitions\/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award\/\">Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award<\/a> 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/poets.ca\/stursberg\/\">Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize<\/a> (Grade 7) &#8211; April 30 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthplays.com\/submit_play.php\">YouthPLAYS <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettoknow.ca\/enter\">Rotary Get to know Contest<\/a> &#8211; June 1 2020<\/li>\n<li>Paid: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artandwriting.org\/what-we-do\/the-awards\/categories\/\">Scholastic Art and Writing<\/a> ($5 US &#8211; 29 Different categories)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recommended Book Lists:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensaforkids.org\/achieve\/excellence-in-reading\/excellence-in-reading-4-6-list\/\">Mensa Excellence in Reading 4-6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensaforkids.org\/achieve\/excellence-in-reading\/excellence-in-reading-4-6-list\/\">Mensa Excellence in Reading 7-8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensaforkids.org\/achieve\/excellence-in-reading\/excellence-in-reading-nonfiction-list\/\">Mensa Excellence in Non-fiction<\/a>\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Classical Roots Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/MsCoit\/folders\/classical-roots-book-b?x=1xqt&amp;i=3dd9l\">Classical Roots B (Grade 5)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/MsCoit\/folders\/classical-roots-book-d?x=1xqt&amp;i=3dd9l\">Classical Roots C (Grade 6)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/MsCoit\/folders\/classical-roots-book-d?x=1xqt&amp;i=3dd9l\">Classical Roots D (Grade 7)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpl.ca\/ebooks\">VPL Ebook Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Resources: Thesis Verbs Perdue Online Writing Lab Shakespeare\u2019s Words Writing Contest Opportunities: Dandelion Micro-fiction contest \u2013 ongoing Indigenous Arts &amp; Stories Kids Write 4 Kids: Check back in October Young Poets Anthology &#8211; Nov 15 2020 Polar Expressions &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/links-for-students\/literacy-enrichment\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":399,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/stroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}