Summer Reading Audible Audiobooks
Summer Reading Audible Audiobooks
Embedded Files
Study Sessions on YouTube
Study Sessions on YouTube
The study sessions found above are designed to help students focus on work who might otherwise struggle on their own. You may want to search up your own, depending on whether you prefer ambient sounds, music, people "working with you" or working alone in a pleasant atmosphere. Chunk your work time into 25 minute sessions and then take a break, starting again after a five minute break. Unless you are a YouTube subscriber, however, ads will interrupt the video session from time to time.
Libraries, eLibraries and Research Services
Libraries, eLibraries and Research Services
Clairbourn Library Search Engine
Grolier - Scholastic Go! A comprehensive source of nonfiction content.
Open Library: A free digital library, offering ebooks, PDFs, audio books and help locating books in local libraries.
World Book Online: Reference, research, and learning tools to help students with their school work.
Reading Tools and Inspiration
Reading Tools and Inspiration
Folger Library: The world’s largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world.
Shakespeare Navigators: Annotated texts, dedicated search engines, and scene indices with brief summaries.
Spark Notes: A source for help with Shakespeare and English literature in general.
Writing Tools and Inspiration
Writing Tools and Inspiration
NaNoWriMo for Young Writers: Write a novel during the month of November with the National Novel Writing Month program.
Turn It In: A platform for cultivating academic integrity.
In-Text Citations from the MLA, condensed
EasyBib: a comprehensive tool for how to use citations in MLA style.
Bibliography.com: Another resource for using MLA style, including the use of in-text citations.
MLA Style Guide: Straight from the Modern Language Association itself, their style guide is highly detailed. Not easy to understand, but thorough.
Essay Analysis Key Words: Definitions of key words you find in essay prompts. Understanding these key words will help you prepare for addressing the prompts.
Expository Essay Variations: Tips on writing an expository essay.
English Language Learning
English Language Learning
INPUT, INPUT, INPUT! The best way for students to expand and deepen their conversational vocabulary and grammar is first to listen and read as much as possible in English. To do this, watch television with the subtitles on. This way, you are listening and reading at the same time. Here are some recommended family comedies available online: Full House, The Wonder Years, Home Improvement and Boy Meets World. The INPUT COMES FIRST. Then, you can try speaking and writing in English with family, friends and classmates. But--like money in a bank--you cannot spend what you do not have. If your vocabulary and grammar are not rich enough, then you will not have anything "to spend" in conversation. So fill that word bank! Listen to and read in English as much as possible.
Additionally, listening to the audio books of assigned novels in English class is very helpful. As the student reads the text along with the audio recording, input is maximized.
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