Language+Arts+Apps

StoryKit

Create an electronic storybook. Make use of the little gaps in life - on the sofa after dinner, in the back seat of the car, or on a train - to do something creative together. See video below for more.

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Poetry Creator: Verses Poetry, Poems and Poets:

Ever wonder what it would be like to mash-up a Shakespeare poem with a Hip Hop Song? Verses is a new iPhone and iPad app that puts a fresh spin on a cherished classic: refrigerator magnet poetry. We built this app to set your creativity ablaze with Verses's limitless word mixing possibilities that allow you to become a kind of dictionary DJ. After creating a poem out of your own personal mix of dictionaries, you can send your creation to friends via email

PortaPoet

PortaPoet will help you to quickly and easily write and share rhyming poems that are sure to make a lasting impression.

Use PortaPoet for: - Writing rhyming poems easily and quickly - Finding rhymes for words - Getting syllables and pronunciation help for words - Writing notes to go with the flowers you want to send - Wedding speeches - Song writing - Easily posting your poetry on facebook or sharing via email and SMS (SMS is iphone only) - Scoring thousands of points with your guy or gal ...etc

[|iBooks] - an ereader book store. [|Book Creator] - Create your own iBooks right on the iPad. (//Allows everything except video//) [|Reading Trainer] - This app teaches you how to train your eyes and brain to read and comprehend text faster. Think of it as exercise for your reading skills. [|Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus] - A dictionary and a Thesaurus. [|Literary Analysis Guide] - Elements of literature are arranged graphically around three wheels (poetry, prose, and rhetoric). [|Kindle] - Kindle is an eReader from Amazon.com [|Shakespeare Pro] - Complete works of Shakespeare. 41 plays, 154 sonnets, and 6 poems. All works can be cross searched for anything. [|Jules Verne Collection] - Sixteen of Jules Verne's books [|MaxJournal] - A simple and elegant journal. [|LitCharts] - Link to LitCharts website. Each of the LitCharts are available on the iPad