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Big Life Journal

Read this to change your life for the better:

NCEA Reading Lists

Reading Lists for all levels

Hooked on NZ books

Find books to read that have been reviewed and possibly recommended by other NZ secondary students. Learn how to review, get free books and publish your reviews.

 http://www.hookedonbooks.org.nz/

Learn free

 Free online learning at GCF - tech, maths,
                                                                        reading, science ...

Stories from Juniors

 Ella's dinosaur story     

                                                                                                     Ella & Ruth reading

Charlotte's story

Visual online dictionary

To quote the website, "The Visual Dictionary Online is an interactive dictionary with an innovative approach.

From the image to the word and its definition, the Visual 

Dictionary Online is an all-in-one reference. Search the

themes to quickly locate words, or find the meaning 

of a word by viewing the image it represents."

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

Make online reading easier

The free extension Fokus highlights selected text and darkens the rest of your Chrome or Firefox browser window. This makes it a great tool to block out distractions online.

The extension is simple to use. In Chrome, once it's installed, you select the text you want to focus on. It will highlight that in a spotlight and fade out the rest of the page in a dark frame. You can set the opacity of the darkened background, the padding of the highlighted part, and even include a key modifier if you don't want it to be always activated. In Firefox, you will have to hit the "F" icon in the toolbar and then highlight the text.

Free digital holiday reading

Go to myOn and

• Click the Log In Now button and enter TCEA, TX District as the School Name. (Begin typing the first few letters and select from the drop-down menu.)
• Enter the user name of "read" and the password of "read".
• Click on submit, select a book, and start reading!