Classroom+Resources

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 * =English 9=
 * =Start of School=

== =Other Resources= > **//It's worth the time to watch!//**
 * [|How to access your school email account] student handout
 * [|How to Make a Wikispace Account] student handout
 * [|Free Wikispaces for Educators] click on this link to make a free wikispace for educational use. These spaces are advertising free!
 * Wikispace Tutorial Video This video is just under 4 minutes in length and provides a very easy to understand introduction to wikispaces.
 * How to make anchors in a wikipage
 * Social Bookmarking in Plain English video
 * [|Research Randomizer] is the website I use to randomly generate lists of vocab words for tests.
 * [|100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words] is a website with 100 most commonly misspelled words, and tricks to help you remember them.

Pay Attention: Using technology to teach video.

September 11
Halloween
 * [|Short video with compelling images of Ground Zero]
 * [|Compilation of news footage video from various networks]
 * [|CNN Video Archive]
 * [|Pumpkin word search.pdf]

Veterans' Day Winter Valentine's Day St. Patrick's Day Spring Mother's Day
 * [|Veterans' Day crossword.pdf]
 * [|Veterans' Day wordsearch.pdf]
 * [|Winter Crossword Puzzle.pdf]
 * [|Winter Word Search.pdf]
 * [|Valentine's word search.pdf]
 * [|St. Patrick's Day Word Search.pdf]
 * [|Spring word search .pdf]
 * [|Mother's Day wordsearch.pdf]

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 * [|Journal Topics Dec..PDF]

Shakespeare and //Romeo and Juliet//

 * [|Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet.pdf] Complete, published curriculum unit.
 * [|Shakespeare Study Guides] contains links to information for specific plays from wikipedia, SparkNotes, CliffsNotes, and others, in addition to general information on Shakespeare himself and related study.
 * [|Shakespeare Resource Center] an extremely helpful and complete list of links to Shakespeare on the web including many links to Stratford-on-Avon, The Globe, lesson plans, teaching resources and essays.
 * [|Shakespeare's World Then and Now] is a guided webquest for middle school students to use the web to explore Shakespeare's world. Students work in groups to explore the question "What caused a middle-class English boy to become one of the world's greatest writers?" There are few typos on the page, and of course I wouldn't have my students email their responses to the actual teacher that created the page (as it says to do in the directions), but it's a worthwhile basis for a group assignment.


 * [|Mr. Lettiere's English on the Web] is a really well done website make by an actual high school English teacher! It has reading guides, quizzes, projects, handouts, essays, etc.
 * [|Romeo & Juliet literary explorer] has simple act by act study guide questions, and more involved teacher resources, test questions, essay topics, etc.
 * [|Romeo & Juliet resource page] contains a character list, simple discussion of three themes (love, hate, and fate), essay topics, vocabulary, quizzes/games, and more.
 * [|Romeo & Juliet study guide] contains a character list, a good section on various themes of the play, explanations of language and imagery used, and famous quotes from the play.
 * [|Dire Straits Romeo & Juliet song lyrics and questions]

Ideas to Introduce Romeo and Juliet

 * Free writing based on themes found in the play: love, hate, revenge, fate, decision making, family rivalries, gangs, etc.
 * The Art of Wooing in Romeo & Juliet
 * [|R&J Social Offenses.pdf]