Resources

AP Exam Practice

• • Generic Writing Rubric

  • Multiple Choice Practice Exam Data Tracking

  • Writing Practice Exam Tracking

Analysis

• • Annotations Bookmark

  • Literary & Rhetorical Devices

  • SOAPSToneM

  • 203 Tone Words

  • Tone & Mood Words

Arizona Department of Education (home page )

• • AZCCR Standards

  • For Parents

  • Graduation Requirements

Book Resources

• • Amazon

  • Barnes and Noble

  • Bookmans

  • Changing Hands Bookstore

  • GoodReads

  • Half Price Books

Business Letter

• • Click here for help regarding how to properly format a business letter and reference this sample .

Diagnostic Chart for Six-Way Paragraphs

• • See this document.

Dialectical Journal Template

• • See this document.

Dialogue and Direct Quotation Formatting

• • See this document.

Education

• • A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes With a Laptop

  • Don't Listen to Music While Studying

  • Dysart Unified School District

  • TED Talks

  • The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom

  • What Students Really Need to Hear

  • What's Lost as Handwriting Fades

  • Why I'm Asking You Not to Use Laptops

  • Why the Demise of Field Trips Is Bad News

  • Why Teens are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone and Should Protect Their Brains

Letters of Recommendation

• • Fill out and submit this form if you would like Mrs. Roberts (or really, any teacher) to write you a Letter of Recommendation for college admission, scholarship applications, etc.

MLA Formatting

• See here for step-by-step instructions (screenshots of menus in Word and Google Docs)

• Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

• Models to follow (hand-written and typed)

Post Secondary Options (an extremely limited list)

• • Arizona State University

  • Arizona State University (West Campus)

  • Estrella Mountain Community College

  • Glendale Community College

  • Grand Canyon University

  • Maricopa Community Colleges

  • Michigan State University

  • Northern Arizona University

  • Ottawa University

  • Paradise Valley Community College

  • Phoenix College

  • Rio Salado Community College

  • University of Arizona

  • University of Kentucky

Proofreading Marks

• • See this document.

Reading

• • To Read or Not to Read

  • Reading for Pleasure

  • 10 Benefits of Reading

  • Reading is Fundamental

  • Basic Reading Statistics

  • Teenagers & Reading

  • Scholastic for Parents

  • World of Possible

Scholarships

• • https://www.arizonamilk.org/scholarship

Scholarship Searches

• • https://www.fastweb.com/

  • https://www.scholarships.com/

  • https://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app

  • http://www.scholarshipmonkey.com/

  • https://www.niche.com/

  • https://www.petersons.com/#/sweeps-modal

  • https://www.salliemae.com/college-planning/

  • https://www.unigo.com/scholarships

  • raise.me

  • jlvcollegecounseling.com

Shadow Ridge High School (home page)

SRHS Guidance & Counseling Office (home page )

Testing

• • ACT

  • Advanced Placement (AP)

  • AzMERIT

  • SAT

Underline, Italics, or Quote Marks? What do you use?

• • See this document.

Writing

• • Using the Right Word

  • Wheel of Feelings

  • Word Choice Lists