Rules to Work by:
1) remember when beginning a class project or paper to thoroughly read the
instructions
2) ask questions
3) you become the teacher when doing a presentation - share what you know
4) below are basic websites to help with the process
This will be an ever expanding section
lots of helpful material here
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Student dictionary, daily buzzword, rhyming words, a thesaurus
and interactive word games
http://www.wordcentral.com/
interesting information and maps of the world
good to explore
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
Kid-friendly clip art sites - lots of images
http://childparenting.about.com/od/artscraftsprojects/a/clipartfree.htm
Great site for students of all ages - from Shel Silverstein to
Langston Hughes and many others in between- referenced
Have a poetry project or just love poetry ( yes, I do!)
this site walks one through movie making on line-
This is a wonderful site that I constantly send students to- not
just students preparing for specific tests but anyone who could
benefit from vocabulary challenges and on-line practical
flashcards - create your own and then challenge yourself.
http://quizlet.com
the complete dictionary of Literary terms- forgot what a metaphor
is? click here-
Oh and please don't confuse "Literary" with "Literal"
Literary has to do with literature- literal is the dictionary
defintion of something- very basic - A person with an
understanding of Literature and who references novels, etc., is
literary, a person who interprets everything from the direct
meaning of the words is literal. To understand poetry one needs
to become familiar with figurative speech- (literary) this
website can help.
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xLitTerms.html
for moms to enjoy (yummy muumy click here) while students are studying
Other Resources
Here are some other resources that you can't find on the internet.
Your NOTES: Teachers expect you to be aware of what they have considered
important. For this reason they may routinely do a notebook check, or
surprise students with questions that are directly related to a classroom
lesson/discussion and that are not from the texts. Remember, according to
the Ontario Curriculum, participation in class on an ongoing basis is worth a
percentage of your mark.