Sophomore English
Introduction
- Introductory Letter [Word]
- Day 1 [PowerPoint]
- Syllabus [Word]
- Daily Lessons [Word]
- Daily Plans CALENDAR Apr-Jun 07 [Word]
- West Wing Two Cathedrals Relevant Characters [Word]
- Public Displays of "Latin-fection"
- Roots Rules
- Random Number Generator
- Weekly Widgets
- "Daily Dose" Tracker
- College Freshmen Not Ready!
- Electronic GradeTracker for Student to copy from [Excel]
- Paper GradeTracker for Student to print [Excel]
- West Wing Latin
- Deep Dive
- Thinking About Theme [Word]
- What’s Theme Mean?
- Reading Radar
Assignments/Projects
Literature Intro & Short Stories
- Journal Journey
- Lit Elements PowerPoint
- West Wing Lit Analysis 1
- West Wing Lit Analysis 2
- "Boys & Girls" full text
- "Boys & Girls" Group Analysis
- "Yellow Wallpaper" full text
- "Daughters" by John Mayer
- Laying Claim to the Literary Landscape 1
- Laying Claim to the Literary Landscape 2
- Short Story Scavenger Hunt
- A&P Made for TV Movie
- "Mad World" lyrics (Gary Jules)
- Your Short Story
- Your Short Story Rubric
- Literary Analysis Notes Template
- Independent Reading Gallery Final [Word]
Student Selected Reading
- Intro Assignment
- Parent Approval Letter
- Word Diary
- Final Presentation
- Need to Read
- Page Rage
- Outstanding Books for College Bound
Julius Caesar
Lord of the Flies
- LOTF Bonus CD Project
- LOTF Bonus CD Sign Up
- Welcome to Survivor Island
- Survivor Excursion Evaluation
- Good, Bad & Ugly Project
- Good, Bad, Ugly Model
Anthem
Animal Farm
- Propaganda Critic
- Spin of the Day
- Video News Releases
- Propaganda Resources on the Web
- Spin & package design
1984
- Big Brother & Students
- Big Brother Poster
- Free Will
- Dystopia Day 1
- Dystopia Day 2
- Dystopia Day 3
- Dystopia Day 4
- History Digitized & Abridged
- Winston Character Analysis
- Truman Meets 1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Mapping Out Mockingbird - Chapter Assignments
- Texas Convict Exonerated by DNA
- TKM Character Analysis
Slaughterhouse Five
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 topics - gender issues
- Research Critique Sheet
- Sandwich Model
- Sandwich Within Paragraph
- Fine Art of the Snippet
SophomoreEnglish Links:
Lit Intro
NPR 100 Best Fictional Characters since 1900
Bruce Springsteen on "Character" (25 min. into extended audio interview)
Writing, the Grammar Grind & Research
Online Writing Lab (OWL) Purdue U.
Fix it Fast-Fix it Right (Fragments & Run-ons)
A Friendly Grammar Guide (J. Deacon)
Hypertext Guide to Grammar, Mechanics, Usage
Help & Handouts from Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Grammar PowerPoint Presentations
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
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
Animal Farm
Comparisons to Russian Revolution
Literature resources & the film
Video News Release (VNR) Propaganda
1984
Political Writings of George Orwell
The Agency That Could Be Big Brother
Skinner & Behavior Modification
A Half Century of Surveillance
See your house from a satellite!
Fahrenheit 451
Slaughterhouse Five
Political Writings of George Orwell
Freedom of Information Act-John Lennon
To Kill a Mockingbird
TKM & Harper Lee - An Overview
Voices of Civil Rights - Save Our History
What's a Mockingbird & What's It Sound Like?
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)
The Original Poetry Slam (Green Mill, Chicago)
English 88: Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
"Low Probability of Racoons" by Peter Howard
"Carving in Possibilities" by Deena Larsen (flash poem)
The American Poetry & Literacy Project
Shakespeare Links
The Globe Theater 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
Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet
Talking to William Shakespeare
Ye Olde Official Shakespearean Insult Kit
MacHomer (Shakespeare meets the Simpsons)
Julius Caesar 1
Julius Caesar 2
Julius Caesar 3
Lord of the Flies
Thomas Hobbes Political Philosophy
Jean Jacques Rousseau on Education
John Locke's Two Treatises of Government
The Look of British School Boys circa 1940
Marxist take on LOF & Survivor
Video: The Power of the Situation
Zimbardo’s Lucifer Effect: Good People Turned Evil