PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
450 Masten Ave.
Buffalo 14209
716.816.4220
716.888.7136 (fax)

Last updated: 6/19/09

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Media Links
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Archive of Images, Videos, Texts and Audio A great site to find images/video/audio for projects. (Most of the text comes from very old books.)
BBC motion gallery Type in the type of footage you want to view in the search field--it has almost everything. But remember it's "British" Broadcasting Company (BBC) so everything centers on England.
Comic Life Download a free trial version of Comic Life for use with vocabulary projects.
Brown Eyes Blue Eyes (race and descrimination video) Take notes on what happened in the first two videos. (You may print out the handout from the "My Calendar" page).
Poetry
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Poetry 180 Read a poem a day. (Or just check out some great poetry at your own pace)
View Poems from other Jr.High students. Compare your poems to those on the site--you may be able to do better (enter your own).
Poem of the Week
Daily Poetry
Poetry/Writing Conests
Writing
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Submit your writing A great site to submit your work. Editors will look over your selection and even give you feedback for resubmission (just like a real publisher). Who know's you might make it into their annual book relese!
Writing Prompts Having trouble getting started? Check out this website.
Writing Prompts
Visual Writing Promts Short video clips that will inspire you to write!
Reading
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Online Romeo & Juliet text Not only a full verson of R & J, but also a detailed explanation of words, setting, etc.
Romeo & Juliet (modern English side by side) Having a hard time understanding Shakespeare, click on this side by side comparison of the original text and how we would say it today.
Online text of Animal Farm
Holes trivia & games
ELA TEST PREP
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Practice for the ela test If you scroll towards the bottom of the page this site breaks down all the different skill sets that you can study.