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
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
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
This includes everything you need to know about MLA format, including
the most recent 2009 changes.
MLA Instructions--OWL Writing Lab at Purdue
Other Resources