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A great site with beautiful pictures, paintings, and images for 
each of Shakespeare's works.  A great site for gathering visual 
aides for presentations and reports!
Shakespeare Illustrated

Feeling talkative?  Here's your chance to talk with others in 
online discussions about Shakespeare's plays,  or just meet 
others with similar interests in the Bard!  You can post 
messages, participate in contests, or ask questions.
Shakespeare High Chat

For everything else...Anything you need, you can probably find 
here.  Famous quotes, pictures, critical reviews, explanantions 
for all of the major works, facts about Shakespeare's life, 
films...you name it!  A wonderful site to search.  A wealth of 
information!
Everything you ever wanted to know about Shakespeare

Here is a fairly inclusive list of many common literary devices, 
their definitions, and pieces of literature (all different 
genres) that are good examples.
Literary Devices

A quick online dictionary/thesaurus.  Just type in your word!
dictionary.com

This website has audio clips by "Grammar Girl" about common 
grammar mistakes and questions that people have.  Each clip is 
only a few minutes, and will help you brush up your usage.
Quick and Dirty Grammar Tips

Paul Hamilton Hayne was a prolific writer of poetry; if you want 
to explore his writing beyond what we cover in class, here is a 
full text link to all of his poems on various subjects.
Paul Hamilton Hayne Poetry (South)

Another site for those of you who want to read more Poe; you can 
also listen to "The Raven" on audio.
Edgar Allan Poe

Helium.com is a website for writers.  You can write about any 
topic you want, and others view the articles in a category and 
rate them.  If your article is one of the top ranked, you can 
even earn money or get articles published!  It's totally free to 
sign up.
Write now!

Take a virtual tour online of the Globe Theater in London, 
England.  Also, learn about the different events that happen at 
this historic theater.
Shakespeare's Globe Theater

For those who love poetry, this site is wonderful!  You can read 
hundreds of classic poems by well-known poets and even listen to 
them read in audio.
A Plethora of Poetry

Another great poetry website!
More Poetry!

Do you need to practice your vocabulary skills?  Or, do you like 
a good challenge?  At this website you can race against yourself 
to choose the correct synonym for each word, and the best part is 
that you can donate to charity at the same time!  For each answer 
you get correct, this organization will donate 10 grains of rice 
through the UN to a hungry person somewhere in the world.
Vocabulary for charity!

Rachel's challenge recently came to our school as a presentation 
for freshmen and juniors.  This was an amazing program based on 
the life and inspiration of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student 
killed in the Columbine shooting of 1999.  Rachel was 17 years 
old and had an amazing vision for her life, which has been 
accomplished through this program.  The assembly had a major 
impact on the students and faculty of AHS.  If you missed the 
program, or just want to learn more about it, click on the link 
below to take you there!
Make a difference in someone's life!

An old-school Nintendo-style game based on The Great Gatsby (with 
LOTS of differences from the book...)! If the link below doesn't 
work, go to www.greatgatsbygame.com
The Great Gatsby Game


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