Handouts/Links


Sample Intro Paragraph - Siddhartha + ARRTI Essay

Sample Thesis Statements - Siddhartha + ARRTI Essay

The Ferryman - full chapter

Essay: Siddhartha + A River Runs Through It

Siddhartha - Self Actualization Project

Engaging Story Outline

Engaging Story - PLOT sheet

Siddhartha Background Research

Persuasive Presentation - Requirements!

Romanticism Poetry Project Outline

Persuasive Research Outline - What's Required

Mary Shelley/Frankenstein Background Research

Friday's (1/13/12) Class Plan + LOGIC Quiz

Logical Fallacy Notes - for quiz

Rhetoric

Fall Semester Exam REVIEW!

Macbeth Essay - PowerPoint Outline (from class)

Macbeth Essay - Packet Outline

Macbeth Act I - III Quiz

Macbeth (with Modern Translation)

If you need to make up the warm up, click the link and respond to 
the poem.  What are your thoughts?  Are you inspired?  Are you 
part of the "lost" generation?  Be specific in your response!
Warm Up - Lost Generation

Write Your Own Sonnet!

The Canterbury Tales - General Prologue (Modern Translation)

Follow the link to take the grammar quiz over punctuation!
Grammar Quiz

Are You A Risk Taker?

The Canterbury Tales Character Chart

The Canterbury Tales Guiding Questions

Anglo-Saxon/Beowulf Test Review

Apply Texas Essay Prompts and Requirements

Resume Rubric

Follow the link to look at one sample resume to begin to get an 
idea of how you would like your resume to look.
Sample Professional Resume #1

Follow the link to look at another sample resume to begin to get 
an idea of how you would like your resume to look.
Sample Professional Resume #2

Follow the link to look at another sample resume to begin to get 
an idea of how you would like your resume to look.
Sample Professional Resume #3

Sample Student Resume 

English 4 Syllabus

Siddhartha Soundtrack Project SAMPLE

Siddhartha Soundtrack Project!

Poetry Project Outline

In a well-developed paragraph, discuss the following: do you 
think this video from Ken Robinson is fitting more for the 
Enlightenment OR Romantic time period?  Why?

In a second paragraph, tell me whether you agree or disagree with 
Ken’s message.

Please explain why and use specific examples for BOTH paragraphs.

Ken Robinson - "Schools Kill Creativity"

Don't remember when you present? Click the link!
Persuasive Presentation Schedule

Persuasive Presentation Requirements

Begin on Question 26!
2006 TAKS Practice Test

Persuasive Research Paper Outline

Novel Background Research

Thesis Samples and Analytical Essay Sample

Click this link for today's assignment!
Speech Analysis

Here's the handout you use to answer the questions on the 
chronology sheet.
History of the English Language Handout

This is the sheet on which there are 7 questions to answer.
A Chronology of the English Language

Need to read from The Hobbit but don't have a copy of the book?  
Click on this link for an online version.
Online Copy of The Hobbit

Looking for the Antigone vocabulary assignment?  Here it is.
Antigone Vocabulary Assignment

Looking for the Antigone study guide?  Here it is.
Antigone Study Guide Questions

Need the definitions for pathos, ethos, and logos?  Here they are.
Pathos, Ethos, Logos

Follow this link to look at sample TAKS essays that were given 
scores from 1-4.
TAKS Sample Essays with Rubric

Follow this link to look at sample TAKS short answers that were 
given grades from 0-3.
TAKS Sample Short Answers with Rubric

Follow the link and test your skills at repairing run-on 
sentences.
Repairing Run-On Sentences

Follow the link to read the current debate issue in
UpFront Magazine, The New York Times' magazine for students.
UpFront Magazine - Current Debate Issue

Follow the link to read past debate issues in UpFront, The New 
York Times' magazine for students.
UpFront Magazine - Past Debate Issues

Wondering what you're supposed to write about for the Who Am I? 
story?  Follow the link and find out.
Who Am I? Narrative Writing Prompt

Lost or missed the notes we took on theme?  Here they are.
Theme Class Notes

Lost or missed the notes on Archetypes?  Here they are.
Archetype Class Notes

Need the Connotation vs. Denotation activity we did in class?  
Here's the front side ot it.
Connotation vs. Denotation - Sheet #1

Need the Connotation vs. Denotation activity we did in class?  
Here's the back side ot it.
Connotation vs. Denotation - Sheet #2

This outline explains the requirements and expectations for your 
career summary, resume, and interview.
Professional Communication Outline

Follow this link to search for and find information about your 
career using the government's Occupational Outlook Handbook and 
to cite (give credit to) the web sites you used to find 
information on your career.
Career Research and MLA Citation Web Sites


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