Please check the links page regularly as I will be updated it throughout the
year.
Literature and Writing Lab Material
The textbook for this course is available online. This site also
includes reference materials and online sources for the time periods covered
in the class.
Holt Online Learning- Elements of Literature
Chastney, Denedra, Raina, and Arden's Yeats Project-this is really good!
Yeats Project
Here is the "Semester Project Rubric." Use it for your Senior Project.
Senior Project Rubric
Read the instruction carefully on how to upload your projects. As IT Team if you need assistance, but
do not wait until the last minute to do so.
Senior Projects Website
The Senior Projects list is now on Google Docs, so everyone can edit is as
their topics are developed.
Senior Projects 2012
For those of you who are thinking of entering the Shakespeare
Competition,hereare some suggested monologues, sonnets, and advice from the
judges. WSHS competition will be in January.
2012 National Shakespeare Competition
Some really good advice on what you want to do and not do to make stand out
from the others.
Tips for Writing a College Application Essay
Read this once, twice, as many times as it takes to commit the rules to
memory. You will be so glad you did.
Basic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis
Another terrific literary analysis website
Speak Literary Analysis
Dr. Mary Jo Arn- The Medieval Academy of America- Cambridge.
This is the best site for "formulating a thesis" amongst other things.
Guidelines for Presentation of Papers
Are your essay topics too general? Use this worksheet as a guide for success
thesis statments.
Narrowing a Topic Worksheet
This is the website I wish I had back in college. Since it creates the Works
Cited page for you, there is no excuse to have your sources cited whenever you
use them.
Easy Bibliography
This is not the one we will be using in class for the Beowulf papers, but this
one can be utilized for most assignments.
Harvard University Peer Response Sheet
Here is a place to read classics for free! Many of the reading selections for
this class can be accessed here.
Classic Books
This is an example of a low level version of analysis. Honors students should
be doing analysis in more depth than this, but, sadly, some did not even do
this much. Look below for a more in-depth analysis.
TPCASTT Example
This is what a TPCASTT should be, or even more in depth. You want to dazzle
the reader with your insight into the material. That often means approaching
it in a fresh, new way.
Honors Level TPCASTT
This is a terrific brief overview of the period and its key authors and
influences.
Elements of Modern British Literature
BBC overview of modern history
The Making of Modern Britain
Needed: Two copies of page one, one copy of pages six-eleven
Project Log
Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle..." format
What is a Villanelle?
Please let me know if you encounter a dead link.