"A Worn Path" by Welty
A Raisin in the Sun
- "All of it" scene: Mr. Linder visits
- "Ocean Liner" scene
- "Thank You Walter" scene
- "This is Business" scene
- A Raisin in the Sun Text
- A Raisin in the Sun: Introduction
- Interview between Mike Wallace and Lorraine Hansberry
- Soundtrack for A Raisin in the Sun
- Trailer for A Raisin in the Sun (Spoilers…)
- Video: 10 minutes About Lorraine Hansberry
- Video: Introduction to A Raisin in the Sun (Some Spoilers)
- Watch After the Play
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ACT Practice
- ACT English Practice Tests
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- ACT English: Pronoun Usage
- ACT English: Who, Whom, That, Which, Where (Relative Pronouns) Video
- ACT Exam Practice Tests–write your answers down and compare them to the answer key
- ACT Reading Passage Practice
- ACT Student—Sample Test
- Chomp Chomp–English ACT prep
- Explore English Test for ACT–pdf with answers at bottom
- Inside the ACT: Getting to Know the ACT
- MH Practice Plus Act Prep–GREAT VIDEOS TO HELP YOU!!! Use headphones if you view these in library
- Practice ACT Test
Books Online!
College Essay Tips
Creative Writing
- 10 Talks from Authors—Ted Talks
- 13 Inspirational TED Talks for Writers
- A Year's Worth of Pictures to Write About
- Free Writing Prompts
- How to Avoid VERY words
- http://www.everypoet.net/element/display.php?symbol=Mo
- Instead of using LOOK use…
- Periodic Table Poetry Ideas
- Playwriting: Creating a character
- Plot Point Generator
- Poetry Prompts
- Prose Prompts
- Random Character Generator
- Random Scenario Generator
- Raymond Carver: Short Story and Poetry Writer Chapter 1
- Said is Dead
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- Words to Describe Someone's Voice
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Death of a Salesman
Historical Documents
Links You Can Use!
- 60 Second Recap 3: Themes
- Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses Video
- Concrete Nouns
- http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/text-to-text/
- Phrases and Clauses Shmoop
- Prepositions Video (Schoolhouse Rock)
- Text to Text: Real Life Connections to Novels and Plays We Read
- Tony Hawk: Do What You Love
- Video of
- What are claims and counterclaims?
Night Links
- Introduction to Night–60 Second Recap Lady
- Night: Context Analysis
- Night: Final Analysis
- Night: Motifs
- Night: Plot Summary and Analysis–Watch when finished with novel
- Night: Summary Overview–Watch before you begin
- Night: Symbols
- Night: Theme 1
- Night: Theme 2
- Night's Characters by 60 Second Recap Lady
Nonfiction
Of Mice and Men
- Audio of Gary Sinese Reading Of Mice and Men
- Audio of Of Mice and Men
- Of Mice and Men Video Summary by Sparknotes
- Of Mice and Men: Characters
- Of Mice and Men: Extra Credit
- Of Mice and Men: George (Don't watch it until you are done. Spoilers.)
- Of Mice and Men: In Conclusion
- Of Mice and Men: Message
- Of Mice and Men: Motifs
- Of Mice and Men: Setting
- Of Mice and Men: Symbols
- Of Mice and Men: The Plot–All found in chapter 1! (Watch after chapter 1)
- Of Mice and Men: Themes
Research Help
Shelby County Schools Related
Short Stories Online
Teacher Links...
Tennessee Williams
The Crucible
- From Farm Boy to Fearmonger: Senator McCarthy Video
- LeRoy High Hysteria: Dr. Drew Video
- Mass Hysteria—Girls at LeRoy High Video 1
- Overview of The Crucible
- The Crucible Characters
- The Crucible: Context
- The Crucible: Final Analysis
- The Crucible: John Proctor
- The Crucible: Motifs
- The Crucible: Plot
- The Crucible: Theme 1: Hysteria
- The Crucible: Theme 2: Guilt
The Great Gatsby Links
- 60 Second Recap 1: The Overview
- 60 Second Recap 10: Protagonist
- 60 Second Recap 2: Symbol 1–The Valley of Ashes
- 60 Second Recap 3: Themes
- 60 Second Recap 5: Plot
- 60 Second Recap 6: Overview and Analysis
- 60 Second Recap 8: Characters
- 60 Second Recap 9: Final Analysis:
- 60 Second Recapt 7: Symbol 2–TJ Eckleberg
- An Index to The Great Gatsby
- Audio of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 5 in The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby
- Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby
- Crashcourse Pt 1: The Great Gatsby
- Fads of the 1920s
- Great Gatsby Poem
- The Great Gatsby ELL
- The Great Gatsby Music
- The Great Gatsby Online!
- Video of the Setting of The Great Gatsby
- Vocabulary for 1
- Vocabulary for 2-3
- Vocabulary for 4-5 The Great Gatsby
- Vocabulary for 6-7 The Great Gatsby
- Vocabulary for 8-9 The Great Gatsby
- What was it like to live in the 1920s?
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Daily Archives: November 13, 2014
Friday, November 14
1. Bellringer—parallelism (1) (Worksheet instead of regular bellringer.) 2. Parallelism–Power Point we will use Friday. 3. Went over Making Meanings Part One and Reading Strategies Part One on NIGHT (is number 12 in your folder) 5. Reading page 66–84 for weekend reading.
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