TEXT BOOKS:
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE
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PEARSON WRITING & GRAMMAR - COPY AND PASTE THE LINK FOR THE ONLINE EXERCISE BANK: http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=ebe&wcsuffix=3000
DELTA TEAM:
LOST A BOOK? BUY REPLACEMENTS HERE: YOU MAY BUY USED BOOKS AS LONG AS THEY ARE COMPARABLE (LIKE NEW CONDITION, HARD COVER FOR HARD COVER, ETC.).
WRITING:
essay types
expository or analytical?
expository
analytical
GRAMMAR NOTES:
ChompChomp.com grammar terms list links - Go here for a more comprehensive list.
nouns notes
verbs notes
verb phrase notes
adjectives notes
adverbs notes
conjunctions notes
prepositions notes
interjections notes
interjections notes 2
subject notes
complete sentence notes
clause
phrase
GRAMMAR QUIZZES:
Parts of speech QUIZ
Grammaropolis noun types QUIZZES
State of being verb GAME
Helping verb GAME
Linking or action verb QUIZ
Verb phrases QUIZ 1
Verb phrases QUIZ 2
Adjectives QUIZ
Adverbs QUIZ
Adjectives or adverbs QUIZ
Prepositional phrase QUIZ
Conjunction QUIZ
Science Fiction...or Science Fact?
The Mantell Incident - Analysis of crash
The Mantell Incident - Youtube video
FBI Vault Reveals UFO, Roswell files - article & brief videos
FBI Vault - Roswell primary source
FBI Vault - Project Blue Book primary source
FBI Vault - UFO reports
FBI Vault - Guy Hottel's letter to the FBI regarding UFO & alien sighting - Why do you suppose this is the FBI Vault's most popular file?
CIA - UFO's: Fact or Fiction? "This collection catalogues CIA information on this subject from the 1940s through the early 1990s."
Poetry
Dramatic reading tips
EXAM REVIEW
DO SPECIFIC SEARCHES FOR "ONLINE GRAMMAR GAMES," "SENTENCE STRUCTURE HELP," "COMMAS ONLINE QUIZ," "LITERARY TERMS DICTIONARY," ETC., OR TRY THE LINKS BELOW.
Figures of Speech
Poetry handbook
Poetic structure notes
Story Elements Quiz
Story Elements Quiz - Go here to review literature terms.
Story Elements Quiz - More literary terms practice.
Reading comprehension quiz
Reading comprehension practice - Select HIGH INTERMEDIATE links.
OWL (online writing lab)- Grammar / mechanics info & examples. Use menus or enter search terms (i.e. "commas").
Comma practice
There-They're-Their quiz -HINTS: There = You can go HERE or THERE. They're = Does THEY ARE make sense? Their = possession
There-They're-Their quiz
There-They're-Their music video - Let's do this on karaoke Friday!
Its-It's quiz - ITS = shows possession; IT'S = contraction for IT IS or IT HAS.
To-Too-Two quiz - TO = in a direction toward; TOO = in addition or more than enough; TWO = the number after one.
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/punctuation/apstrphe.html
Plurals and possessives rules
Apostrophes quiz
Apostrophes quiz
Apostrophes quiz - This one has the general apostrophe rules. You add apostrophes in each section as they pertain to the specific rule.
Quotation marks quiz - Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Quotation marks quiz - Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Sentence structure quiz - Choose simple, compound, or complex.
Sentence structure quiz - Choose simple, compound, or complex.
Sentence structure quiz - Choose simple, compound, or complex.
Sentence structure quiz- Choose the correctly written sentence.
Proper punctuation quiz - Choose the correctly written sentence.
Grammar quizzes* - Choose applicable exercises from this list of 174 online quizzes OR see above.
Rules for capitalization
Apostrophes & quotation mark rules
*REMEMBER, SOME GRAMMAR RULES HAVE EXCEPTIONS; READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE SERIAL COMMA. FYI: WE DO USE THE SERIAL COMMA.
YES: I like apples, bananas,and pears.
NO: I like apples, bananas and pears.
NIGHT JOURNEYS
Indentured Servants info
Westover Plantation
HATCHET
Mrs. Taylor's Hatchet Scavenger Hunt - Please see me if you'd like to do the supplementary activities here for extra credit.
>>>You MUST get prior approval first!
DIVERSITY UNIT
WEB EVALUATIONS:
- Boys Life
- Dihydrogen monoxide
- Exploratorium
- Girls, Inc.
- Penguin Warehouse
- Save the Northwest Tree Octopus
RESEARCH UNIT
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA RESOURCES:
- ONLINE BIOGRAPHY DATABASE SEARCH - Get home access to reference books and magazines!
- ONLINE BIOGRAPHY DATABASE SEARCH - IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE ABOVE LINK, TRY THIS ONE.
- Albert Wisner Online Catalog - Search your local library to see if they have books you can check out.
- Ms. Flansburg's Media Center site - Click "Research Databases" for helpful sites.
- INFOTRAC - Direct link to magazine articles.
2. Select "Student Resource Center."
3. Click "Subject Guide."
4. Enter your subject's name & search.
5. Click "subdivisions."
FORMAT HELP:
- MLA Citation Generator - Be sure to select the correct source type.
- MLA Citation Generator - Here is another option.
- Purdue Online Writing Guide (OWL) - Go here for writing format help.
ANALYSIS SECTION (GREEN SHEET) RESOURCES:
- Famous People of the American Revolution - Does your subject compare to anyone here?
- BRAINY QUOTE - quotation database
- Historical timeline of people, events, and eras - Use this as a starting point to read about people & eras.
>>>YOU MUST COMPARE YOUR SUBJECT TO SOMEONE WHO FALLS BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1000-1860'S.
- Internet Movie Database (IMDB) - Change "All" in the drop down menu to "Keywords" and do a search of your subject's character traits.
>>>DO THE SAME FOR SONGS OR POEMS ("SONGS ABOUT COURAGE").
- Look to the Stars - Use this website to find out what charities and organizations celebrities support.
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NEWS FEATURES:
>YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THE BELOW SITES, BUT YOU MAY.
>REMEMBER, SOME ARE GEARED TOWARD ADULT AUDIENCES.
>YOU CAN TRY SEARCHES SPECIFIC TO YOUR FEATURE (E.G. "SCIENCE NEWS").
>YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THE BELOW SITES, BUT YOU MAY.
>REMEMBER, SOME ARE GEARED TOWARD ADULT AUDIENCES.
>YOU CAN TRY SEARCHES SPECIFIC TO YOUR FEATURE (E.G. "SCIENCE NEWS").