http://wordle.net 
Word Clouds? Strategically type in (or paste) a passage of text and let this Web site create word clouds for your students. It manipulates the size of words based on how frequently they are used in the passage. The artistic word clouds that are created resemble concrete poetry.
www.graves.k12.ky.us/tech/jeopardy_instructions.htm
Use this PowerPoint template to build your own Jeopardy games to review content.
www.vocabularycartoons.com
Use this site to download free vocabulary cartoon samples that can be used as a template for any new vocabulary you are teaching. An evaluation sheet for this project is available in Frequently Requested Forms.
www.wordmasterschallenge.com
A national contest that uses analogies as a way to teach vocabulary. There is an entry fee. There are two levels of competition: blue and gold (gifted).
www.rd.com/nwpc/index.jhtml?wtGroup=RDCOM_FOOTER&wtID=NWPC_SITE&lid=99
This is the Reader's Digest National Word Power contest site. This contest is relatively new, and I have not had much luck finding out who across Alaska has experience with it. If you decide to participate, send me your feedback.
www.webenglishteacher.com/vocab.html
This web site is a full spectrum site that will be useful to teachers in all aspects of teaching language arts, but this link takes you right to vocabulary ideas.
www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm
A comprehensive list of very rare words to challenge your students. I found this link off of Mardell Kiesel's web site. Have you been there recently? www.asdk12.org/depts/reading/pages/index/LitLinks.htm
www.wordsmith.org/awad/
A Word A Day (AWAD) for word lovers.
www.vocabulary.com
Vocabulary University has interactive vocabulary puzzles and Greek and Latin root activities separated into three levels.
www.literacy.uconn.edu/compre.htm#vocab
The Literacy Web at the University of Connecticut has an excellent compilation of vocabulary strategies for you to consider.
http://puzzlemaker.com/
Generates various kinds of word puzzles based on word lists you input.
