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Congratulations to everyone for surviving the first semester. This website will be undergoing some changes because I am switching positions. I will be moving to the middle school to work with a revived at-risk program. Miss Lindsey Capobianco, a former teacher at MCHS, is coming back to finish the year with my previous classes. She and I will be co-sponsoring the Speech and Drama Club. I can be contacted by email (skorman@mc-wildcats.org) if you have any questions. |
The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words interactive quiz Poetry 180 - How to Read a Poem Out Loud Representative Poetry On-line: Version 3.0 Signal Words for Determining Text Patterns (words that help you determine the organization of a text) Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading Education World ® Professional Development Center: Strategy of the Week: Reading Response Journals Graphic Organizer Worksheets - EnchantedLearning.com What are graphic organizers, what do they look like, how do you decide which one to use? Classic Short Stories Online - read, read, read. Master Texts - complete books online. No overdue fines. EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it Page By Page Books. Read Classic Books Online, Free.
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Caves to See in MO2000v.pdf sample for LA2 magazine article Feature article research notes.xls sample for LA2 magazine article The Short Story: Read to Write: Close Analysis [English Online] Main Page - Gutenberg Project - not just the classics to read online Free Online Spelling Course - spelling counts!!!! Interactive Grammar Quizzes For more practice. Use the self-checking quizzes on these sites to help you prepare for the SEMESTER EXAM. Interactive Grammar Quizzes | Punctuation Quizzes | Capitalization Quiz Grammar Bytes! Interactive Grammar Review
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Links to help with writing:
Avoiding Grammar Errors NEW!! NEW link!! Frequently misused words and other errors. Easy to understand explanations. SpellingRules.com: The SPELL500 Method Glencoe Online Writer's Choice: Site Map This is a great site for practicing skills to improve your writing. Start with the sixth grade and test yourself on proofreading and revision. Try the exercises and check your answers....all online. Work your way up until you "graduate." Then choose a different skill to work on and start all over. Parentsite: Glencoe Online Writer's Choice: Annotated Writing Models OWL at Purdue University: Proofreading Strategies: Printable Handouts How to do a research project Step by step instructions, easy to understand. Avoiding Plagiarism - The OWL at Purdue VERY IMPORTANT info Daily Writing Tips a blog with plenty of related articles all about the real rules for writing well.
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Links to help you with the current unit generally go here: Quotes Most people give up just when they're about to
achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last
minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. Success is dependent on effort. All things are difficult before they are easy.
The only place success comes before work is in the
dictionary. While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
---Kingman Brewster, Jr. Real education must ultimately be limited to men who
insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay
with problems longer. In order to succeed, your desire for success should
be greater than your fear of failure. There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm
successful now. I might as well take a nap."
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Games to improve your language skills
and other fun stuff: Etymologic: Brain Twisting Word Origins Grammar Bytes! Interactive Grammar Review Just for Fun @Web English Teacher Eye Exercise: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html
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