Resources

Class Information

• Homework

• Aeries Portal (check your grades)

• Course Description

  • Independent Reading

• Minimum Day Tuesday

• Password Organizer

• Renaissance Place: STAR Tests

  • You can use this link for both the Reading and Math Tests.

• www.Turnitin.com

  • • Period 1 Class ID: 31679928

    • Period 2 Class ID: 31679939

  • Class Key: Read

Reading

• Comedy, Romance, Tragedy Genres

• Dictionaries:

  • Merriam-Webster

  • Dictionary.com

  • Macmillan

• Hero's Journey

• Irony

• Quizlet

Writing

• Essay Exam Rubric

• Essay Revision Checklist

• Grammar Bytes

  • The Semicolon

  • Grammar Exercises

• Model Paragraph

• Model Quotation Reflection

• OWL at Purdue: Citations and Quotations

• Quotations VS Italics

• Sample Essay Outline

• Typing Club (a fun way to practice your keyboarding skills)

College and Career

• College Board- College Search Tool

  • • Use the filters to narrow down potential campuses that might meet your needs.

• www.yourfreecareertest.com 

• • This assessment takes no longer than 5 minutes and gives good results.

• www.16personalities.com

• • This assessment test does a personality test and provides career ideas based on your personality. The test is free and takes around 15 minutes to complete.

• www.careerwise.minnstate.edu/careers

• • This test is free as well and takes about 10 minutes. It will not give you a personality assessment, but will steer you towards careers based on your answers.