The following are approved sites to visit if you finish your work early. Simply click on the orange links below:
Fun with Words - Fun-with-words.com is dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. Here you can have plenty of fun with words with over 500 pages of word puzzles, games, amazing lists, and fun facts.
Figurative Language Games - Play games to practice figurative language.
Grammar Ninja - *TURN SOUND OFF or use headphones* a game for students to play as they develop a working knowledge of the parts of speech. Grammar Ninja has three levels for students to work through. As long as you answer questions correctly, they continue through the game, but answer incorrectly and the words explode.
10th Grade Vocabulary Games - Games for analogies, context & definitions, antonyms, synonyms, spelling, prefixes, root words, homophones, parts of speech, word play, idioms.
DoWriteCampaign.com — A global literary magazine started by a 15-year-old girl who goes to high school in Massachusetts. Click "Global Teen Literary Magazine" to read other students' work or write something and submit your own!
Vocabulary.com - Create a free account to enter your own vocabulary list or play games with lists they've created to build your vocabulary.
Khan Academy - Learn just about anything for free using the KhanAcademy’s bank of exercises and videos. For English, go to the grammar or SAT sections. Use headphones if you are watching videos!
Brain Pop - Great animated games to keep your brain in shape! They offer a small selection of free English games: "Theme" & "I vs. Me."
Quizlet.com and Quia.com — Create quizzes to help study
FreeRice.com — Vocabulary practice for a good cause. Change the level to make it more or less challenging.
Word Twist - an online version of the popular board game, Boggle. Word Twist comes in two versions a four by four grid and a five by five grid. The purpose of Word Twist is to identify as many words as possible using the letters in the grid.
Dictionary.com Daily Crossword Puzzle
NY Times Daily Mini Crossword Puzzle
Typing Practice:
Speed Typing Test
Typing Cat
Test Preparation:
Power Score Test Preparation - Official practice tests and questions for the ACT & SAT
Free ACT Practice Test
Fun with Words - Fun-with-words.com is dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. Here you can have plenty of fun with words with over 500 pages of word puzzles, games, amazing lists, and fun facts.
Figurative Language Games - Play games to practice figurative language.
Grammar Ninja - *TURN SOUND OFF or use headphones* a game for students to play as they develop a working knowledge of the parts of speech. Grammar Ninja has three levels for students to work through. As long as you answer questions correctly, they continue through the game, but answer incorrectly and the words explode.
10th Grade Vocabulary Games - Games for analogies, context & definitions, antonyms, synonyms, spelling, prefixes, root words, homophones, parts of speech, word play, idioms.
DoWriteCampaign.com — A global literary magazine started by a 15-year-old girl who goes to high school in Massachusetts. Click "Global Teen Literary Magazine" to read other students' work or write something and submit your own!
Vocabulary.com - Create a free account to enter your own vocabulary list or play games with lists they've created to build your vocabulary.
Khan Academy - Learn just about anything for free using the KhanAcademy’s bank of exercises and videos. For English, go to the grammar or SAT sections. Use headphones if you are watching videos!
Brain Pop - Great animated games to keep your brain in shape! They offer a small selection of free English games: "Theme" & "I vs. Me."
Quizlet.com and Quia.com — Create quizzes to help study
FreeRice.com — Vocabulary practice for a good cause. Change the level to make it more or less challenging.
Word Twist - an online version of the popular board game, Boggle. Word Twist comes in two versions a four by four grid and a five by five grid. The purpose of Word Twist is to identify as many words as possible using the letters in the grid.
Dictionary.com Daily Crossword Puzzle
NY Times Daily Mini Crossword Puzzle
Typing Practice:
Speed Typing Test
Typing Cat
Test Preparation:
Power Score Test Preparation - Official practice tests and questions for the ACT & SAT
Free ACT Practice Test
Map Out Your Future: High School, College, & Career Planning
- Access our school's official program for developing post-secondary plans--Naviance: connection.naviance.com/southmeck
- Create an account on College Board: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/ College Board is a great resource to start exploring careers and colleges—it even allows you to keep track of your findings.
- Try this career quiz to gauge what might be interesting to you: https://www.princetonreview.com/quiz/career-quiz (If you read a job title that is unfamiliar to you, Google it to find out more about it.)
- Visit the following site to help you map out your future: https://www.mappingyourfuture.org/middlehighschool/
- Another awesome school/future planning tool: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/career-planning/checklists/high-school.shtml
- Read this information from our government about steps to take NOW to get ready for your future: https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2015/article/career-planning-for-high-schoolers.htm
- Although this packet was prepared for students in Oklahoma, so it references OK schools, it is a great way to keep track of your planning!
- How much money will you need to make to support your future lifestyle? It depends on where you want to live when you grow up! Check out this Living Wage Calculator.