Frosh English
Introduction
- Introductory Letter
- Syllabus/Course Description
- Daily Lessons
- Public Displays of "Latin-fection"
- Roots Rules
- Random Number Generator
- Weekly Widgets
- "Daily Dose" Tracker
- College Freshmen Not Ready!
Assignments/Projects
Literature Intro & Short Stories
- Journal Journey
- Lit Elements PowerPoint
- West Wing Lit Analysis 1
- West Wing Lit Analysis
- Laying Claim to the Literary Landscape 1
- Laying Claim to the Literary Landscape 2
- Short Story Scavenger Hunt
- Your Short Story
- Your Short Story Rubric
- Literary Analysis Notes Template
Student Selected Reading
- Intro Assignment
- Parent Approval Letter
- Word Diary
- Final Presentation
- Need to Read
- Page Rage
- Outstanding Books for College Bound
A Christmas Carol
Romeo & Juliet
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fences
Poetry
- Poetry Intro Quotations
- Poet's Palette
- Poetry Expectations
- Poetry Portfolio
- Poetry Portfolio Evaluation
- Poetry Search
- Poetry Exhibition & Interpretation Project
Writing & The Grammar Grind
(see links page, too)
- Grammar Grind Bonus
- Fix it Fast-Fix it Right (Fragments & Run-ons)
- MLA Documentation
- Research Paper - A Visualization
- Research Intro Model
- Research Issues - prejudice, injustice
- Research Critique Sheet
Frosh English Links
Lit Intro
Writing, the Grammar Grind & Research
- Online Writing Lab (OWL) Purdue U.
- A Friendly Grammar Guide (J. Deacon)
- Guide to Grammar & Writing
- Hypertext Guide to Grammar, Mechanics, Usage
- Help & Handouts from Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Grammar PowerPoint Presentations
- PowerPoints from Purdue's OWL
- Grammar Practice at Writer's Choice Grade 9 (If you need more basics, try a different grade level)
- How to test for certain parts of speech
- Common Usage Errors in English
- MLA Documentation
Grammar Giggles
- Spellchecker Poem (Official Version!)
- The Importance of Proofreading (Taylor Mali)
- How to Punctuate (Russell Baker)
- The Fumblerules of Grammar (William Safire)
- Supreme Court Nominee Cares About Grammar
A Christmas Carol
- Full text of A Christmas Carol (click on book cover)
- The Dickens Project
- Examining Scrooge
- Victorian Web - Dickens
- More Dickens Biography
- Learn about A Christmas Carol (includes trivia)
- Dickens & Christmas
- Dickens on PBS
Poetry
- Can Poetry Matter? by Dana Gioia
- From the Mummy's Breast by Paul Zimmer
- Untamed Poetry, Loose Onstage (NY Times)
- Extra Poetry: Teens & Others (PBS)
- Poetry Daily
- The Original Poetry Slam (Green Mill, Chicago)
- SpiritOne Poetry Page
- Favorite Poems Project
- The United States of Poetry
- Poets.org
- Poetry Outloud
- BigSnap - Billy Collins
- English 88: Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
- Laurable's Poetry Audio Links
- How to Make Poetry Comics
- Rhyme Zone
- Taylor Mali
- Zu Zu's Petals
- PennSound - Poetry Mp3s
- UbU- Poetry Mp3s
- Flash Poetry by Peter Howard
- "Low Probability of Racoons" by Peter Howard
- "Carving in Possibilities" by Deena Larsen (flash poem)
- The American Poetry & Literacy Project
- Neurotic Poets
- Small Spiral Notebook
- Burning Word
- Magnet Poetry - "Play" online
Shakespeare Links
Go to Education section for Student Resources & a great PDF file
- Take a Virtual Tour of the Globe Theater
- A less virtual Tour of the Globe
- Shakespeare On-Line
- The Shakespeare Mystery
- Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet
- Talking to William Shakespeare
- Absolute Shakespeare
- Ye Olde Official Shakespearean Insult Kit
- Romeo & Juliet - A Parady
- MacHomer (Shakespeare meets the Simpsons)
- More MacHomer (NPR)
- Bard Behind Bars
To Kill a Mockingbird
- TKM Student Survival Guide
- TKM & Harper Lee - An Overview
- Alabama History Online
- Voices of Civil Rights - Save Our History
- What's a Mockingbird & What's It Sound Like?