Notes and Information
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- Here are some websites that can help you write a good comparison and contrast essay
- http://webpages.yosemite.cc.ca.us/jensenb/Handouts/Essay_Help/Compare_Contrast_Explanation_and_Examples.pdf
- http://www.wju.edu/arc/handouts/compare_contr.pdf
- http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/handouts/Comparison%20and%20Contrast%20Essays.pdf
- http://go.hrw.com/eolang/pdfs/ch10-2.pdf
- Here is a series of websites that express Tone/Mood words
- http://www.mshogue.com/AP/tone.htm
- http://www1.fccj.org/shughes/tone_words_to_know.htm
- http://www.fallriverschools.org/Tone%20and%20Mood%20words%20(unedited).pdf
- http://users.elite.net/runner/eld/tone.html
- Literary Elements: Short note on the literary elements and how they can be used to critically analyse literature
- Literary Analysis Format: Information on how you must format your analysis paper in order to earn as much points as possible.
- Short Stories and topics for Quarter One: Information on the short stories that we shall cover and the pages they are in the literature book
- Common Core State Standards: Information on the Standards in the Common Core Curriculum
- The Pacing Guide For Literature 11 the grade: Information on skills and concepts that should be mastered during eleventh grade year of high school
- Classic Literature: This link provides you with an opportunity to read classic literature on the go. There are many short stories and novels, both fiction and nonfiction stories. There are also poetry and plays from all periods.
- Library of America titles: Here you will find titles of novels, short stories, fiction and nonfictional works of the major authors and trends in American literature. Many of them are samples and you can browse through as many of the information that are available to you.
- Using Microsoft Word to Write an M L A Paper: I just retrieved this simple but very applicable method of writing MLA style. This is word document is by Glen Peterson, and it was retrieved from the following website www.bccc.edu/.../MLA.../Using_Microsoft_Word_to_Write_an_MLA_Pap...
- Transitions: Here are examples of transition words that can really help you move from one stage of your writing to the other.
- Paragraph Writing Technique: This technique can be used to remember what you need in a paragraph from the beginning to the end or conclusion.
- The Guest by Albert Camus: A short video on the unity between humans
- Identifying Themes: Here is a simple clarification on how to state your themes in your analysis.
- Writing a Critical Analysis: Here are some samples of how to write a critical analysis paper.
- List of Literary Terms to know: Here are the list of Literary Terms with which you should become acquainted for this class.
- Literary Terms Winter Break Project: Here is the formatting for your Literary Terms Project.
- Some Websites for Samuel Beckett:
- http://www.egs.edu/library/samuel-beckett/biography/ http://www.gradesaver.com/author/samuel-beckett/
- http://www.samuel-beckett.net/CH_2.HTM
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*SBECKETT&n=22082 - http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00140.xml
http://critique-magazine.com/article/beckett.html - Act 1 Waiting For Godot Questions
- Act 2 Waiting For Godot Questions
- Poetic Terms Project
- Great Gatsby Study Guide Questions By Prestwick
- PowerPoint Rubric
- Presentation Rubric
- Poetic Terms For Final Exams: Please review the poetic terms as they will be used to ask questions in your final exams.
- Rubric for Winter Break Essay Writing Assignment
- OWL Purdue MLA Writing Style
- Journal Essay Grading Rubric
- Requirements For Noting What I have learned
- Annotating Things Fall Apart
- Death of Salesman Questions for Oral Quiz
- How to annotate a text: http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/hopewellHS/Documents/how_to_annotate_a_text.pdf
- Reader's guide to annotation: http://www.dsisd.txed.net/DocumentCenter/Home/View/14072
- Lesson Notes for Madame Bovary