Welcome to English 9!
Use this website to get needed documents or study online!
Documents:
highlighting key for essay:
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Websites for Review:
Dictionary:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Below is the textbook companion site:
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=eik&wcsuffix=0900
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Links to short stories
"The Sniper," Liam O'Flaherty
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/sniper.html
"The Necklace," Guy de Maupassant
Click here for the text
"Initiation," Sylvia Plath
https://mail.bedford.k12.ma.us/~kelly_sullivan/Initiation.pdf
Non-fiction article to go along with Initiation: "The quest to stamp out hazing"
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20060903/NEWS/309039986
"Marigolds," Eugenia Collier
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.warrenjfk.com/resource/resmgr/Docs/SRH10Marigolds.pdf
"Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell
http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/dangerous_game.pdf
"Thank You Ma'am," Langston Hughes
http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/english%20department%20lvillage/rt/Short%20Stories/Thank%20You,%20Ma'am.pdf
Non-fiction
"You Speak German Well.....for an American"
you_speak_german_well.pdf
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Article for cultural relevance rubric:
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/10/kalamazoo_public_safety_racial.html#
Historical documents
Albert Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt:
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Begin/Einstein.shtml
President Johnson's Address to Congress
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25988
Link to final exam non-fiction review
http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/age-cannot-be-determining-factor-in-trying-out-new-things/?cmpid=mlive-@mlive-opinion
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Review for GRAMMAR:
http://languagearts.pppst.com/partsofspeech.html
Pronouns:
http://quizlet.com/48551737/pronouns-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/179981602/pronoun-types-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/73283574/pronouns-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/72896497/pronouns-flash-cards/
Nouns:
https://quizlet.com/149408812/types-of-nouns-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/89851322/types-of-noun-flash-cards/
Verbs:
https://quizlet.com/76886181/verbs-flash-cards/
Review parts of an essay:
https://quizlet.com/58810200/parts-of-an-essay-flash-cards/
Flashcards for short story/literary terms! Great way to learn these!
http://quizlet.com/6158701/english-one-short-story-terms-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/1194333/short-story-terms-flash-cards/
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English 9BLinks for essay:
Remember that any of these might apply in more than one category, depending on how you look at them and how you decide to apply them. You must read at least 2 and must use at least 1 to support whatever theme you chose as your thesis.
Conviction:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hong-kong-teen-democracy-activist-forms-political-party-145115838.html?nhp=1
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907_20999377,00.html
http://www.people.com/article/surrogate-moms-decide-save-unborn-baby-down-syndrome-book
Courage:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1525980/Courage-under-fire-of-teenage-medic-who-saved-life-of-sergeant.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/26/acts-of-courage-the-ordinary-doing-the-extraordinary/24029119/
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/11/uc-student-max-demby-awarded-vice-presidential-coin-of-courage/
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2016/03/full_recovery_expected_for_sho.html
Perspective:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-ready-raise-pressure-n-korea-open-talks-082910154.html?nhp=1
https://www.yahoo.com/style/sikh-style-mavens-teach-everyone-185900884.html
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-07/features/ct-narcissists-empathy-balancing-20140607_1_golden-rule-empathy-perspective
For universal relevance, you can choose any two articles and relate them to the novel. Lyrics for poetry unit
lyrics_spring_2014.pdf
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Poems you'll need for the poetry unit
love_poems.pdf
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happiness_poems.pdf
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physicality_poems.pdf
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death_poems.pdf
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education_poems.pdf
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war_poems.pdf
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conflict_poem.pdf
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Practice quiz on misplaced modifiers:
www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/misplaced_modifiers/quiz4690.html
Practice quiz on dangling modifiers:
https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/quiz/jeux-quiz-modificateurs-modifiers-eng.php
To Kill a Mockingbird:
A Web Quest into the World of To Kill a Mockingbird
Answer the questions on your Web Quest worksheet using the designated links:
Jim Crow Laws
- https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
- http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/segregation/fl/What-is-Jim-Crow.htm
Click here to go to Wikispaces which includes background info:
www.mrsl-tkm.wikispaces.com
Link to To Kill a Mockingbird audio
https://english-devaux.weebly.com/tkm-audio-tracks.html
ROMEO & JULIET:
Romeo & Juliet's Globe Theatre Website:
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf
Study Poetry Terms:
http://quizlet.com/2216650/elements-of-poetry-flash-cards/
Flashcards for drama terms & Shakespearean Language!
http://quizlet.com/51143703/drama-terms-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/19271572/english-shakespearean-language-flash-cards/