Resources--AP Lang

Zoom Quick Reference Sheet

Goldin's Writing Feedback Symbols


Google Read & Write Quick Reference Guide



Students may use the following websites for learning purposes while in my class:

Activities

These websites provide various instructive and supplemental activities to our in-class learning.

  1. This American Life's Captain's Log: Cookies and Monsters Students use this podcast to make connections between its story and our independent reading book Man's Search for Meaning. Find This American Life's privacy policy here.
  2. The Library of Congress "It's No Laughing Matter" Political Cartoon Activity Students use this website to learn how to read and analyze editorial cartoons. Find The Library of Congress's privacy policy here.


Credible Sources of Information:

These publication websites contain information about current events as well as commentary on these current events. We often use articles from these sites in order to analyze and interpret samples of purposeful writing, to identify and explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies, and to create and sustain original arguments based upon our reading. Each publication has its own privacy policy, which can be found on each publication's homepage.

  1. The Denver Post Opinion
  2. The New York Times Opinion
  3. The Washington Post Opinion
  4. The Wall Street Journal Opinion
  5. USA Today Opinion
  6. Bloomberg Opinion
  7. Newsweek Opinion
  8. The New York Times Homepage
  9. The New Yorker
  10. The Atlantic
  11. Time
  12. The Economist
  13. The National Review
  14. The Skimm
  15. Chatfield Senior High School Library Databases

Good Reads

During the selection of independent choice reading, students may use Goodreads.com to read brief summaries and reviews for selected texts. Find Good Reads' privacy policy here.


Grammar & Spelling Checker (An AWESOME Editor, but it doesn't get everything.): Grammarly.com


Google: Sites, Classroom, Calendar, Docs, Quizzes, and Forms

Students will use these various Google sites for many purposes: checking our class agenda; obtaining makeup work; writing and revising essays; completing and submitting in-class activities, quizzes, and questions; etc. Find Google's privacy policy here.


Khan Academy and College Board

Students will create and link accounts to both of these websites in order to practice for the SAT. Find Khan Academy's privacy policy here. Find the College Board's privacy policy here.


MLA Formatting Help

All typed assignments for English classes must adhere to MLA format. These links to Purdue University's Online Writing Lab provide basic information about MLA requirements for formatting a paper and a Works Cited page, citing sources within a Works Cited page, and using parenthetical citation within an essay.

  1. MLA Page Format
  2. MLA Works Cited Page Help
  3. MLA Parenthetical Citations Help


Turn It In

This is an anti-plagiarism website where students upload their essays to verify their academic honesty. Teachers can also grade and comment directly through the site. Find Turnitin's privacy policy here.

turnitin.com


Vocabulary

These websites provide vocabulary help for various assignments.

  1. The New York Times Word of the Day
  2. Poetry Devices Definitions
  3. "A Modest Proposal" Vocabulary Help