Integrating Quotations Effectively: This site shows you how to use quoted material effectively to avoid the dreaded "hanging quotation!" http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcrcm8s7_11gr7n6p
"This, I Believe" This series from National Public Radio (NPR) has been airing for 50 years. You will write your own "This, I Believe" essay. Click on the link below to hear lots of examples. This, I Believe
Wordle: the coolest way to view a poem. Make word clouds out of your favorite poems! http://wordle.net/
Plagiarism: What is is and How to Avoid it This site has great examples of correct and incorrect paraphrases, and it reinforces the point, that, yes, Mrs. Chance is teaching you this because you WILL need to know it. :-) http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Feed the world with vocabulary power! Get the questions right and help stop world hunger. http://www.freerice.com
Grammar Girl's Tips for Better Writing http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx
Podictionary: A cool daily podcast about word origins. http://podictionary.com/
An online graphic dictionary! This is so awesome, especially if you love to watch things bounce around. The connections among words just keep growing and growing; it's a word extravaganza! http://www.visuwords.com/
Vocabulary Workshop iWords: Contains MP3 files of our vocabulary words so you can hear the pronunciation and the definitions. Vocabulary Workshop iWords
Social Darwinism article: Read this article (2 pages) and write down three questions or thoughts you had about the concept. Social Darwinism article
Story Functions: Did you know that there is a method to the madness of storywriting? Find out about it here. What a Plot Is and What a Plot Does
Freytag's Pyramid...or How to Plot a Short Story Freytag's Pyramid
Online Textbook: Here you can access our textbook from home in a pdf file, so you don't have to bring your textbook home! http://www.glencoe.com/ose/
Bloom's Taxonomy: Use this website to construct your Socratic Seminar questions according to this model. http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
Comic Generator: You can create your own comic book using this website. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Types of Poetry http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
Online Etymology Dictionary: You can find the origins of many words in the English language here. Online Etymology Dictionary
This guide will be very helpful to you as you write your literary analyses this year. Remember--you always want to stay in active voice! Active vs. Passive Voice
You will need this to look up the Edgar Allan Poe allusions in "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury. Happy hunting! Summaries of Edgar Allan Poe stories