Just in case you're wondering...

• ACT & ACT Aspire:  Test Items  Exemplars  New ACT Writing

FREE Online Tools

• Lexile Analyzer:  Find the level of any text. Search for a title, or upload a plain text file.
• Google Drive  (Create documents, forms, & lots more.)
• Padlet.com  (create sticky note walls)
• Slideshare.net (upload PowerPoints and embed on web pages) 
• PBworks or Wikispaces to create a your own wiki 
• TodaysMeet.com  (create a Twitter like channel)
• PollEverywhere.com (Create polls, quizzes...have students text responses, and more) 

Images for Analysis

• 10 Intriguing Photos
• "What's Going on in the Picture?" from The Learning Network (New York Times) 

Text Set on Greed/Wealth

"Ka-Ching" music video

Ka-Ching.docx (song lyrics + music video)

BlackberryPicking.docx (poem)

GreatGatsby.docx  (excerpt from novel)

The Whistle.docx (essay)

My Wood.docx (essay)

Who Owns the Mountains.docx  (essay)

Other fun texts that fit this theme:

"The Paper Bag Princess" (chidren's story)

"Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStick(R)" (children's poem) 

Sources for "Challenging" Texts

• 60 Essays arranged by theme, author, title
• The Learning Network Text to Text (companion texts)