Useful Links

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

Free AUDIO Books Online http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-audio OR https://librivox.org/

LiveBinders http://www.livebinders.com

Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/

The Literature Network http://www.online-literature.com/

Famous Speeches http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Literary Analysis Tools http://www.learner.org/resources/series41.html

News Writing (Nonfiction) http://www.learner.org/resources/series44.html

Voices and Visions of Poets http://www.learner.org/resources/series57.html

Developing Communication Skills http://www.mindtools.com/page8.html

Problem Solving http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_00.htm

Story Creator http://www.kerpoof.com

Voki http://www.voki.com/

News http://newsmap.jp/

National Archives http://www.digitalvaults.org/

The Great Idea Finder http://www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html

Make a Quiz http://makeaquiz.net/

Padlet Interactive Brainstorm Tool http://padlet.com/

Dialogue through Comic Strips http://www.bitstrips.com/

POETRY

Attached, please find the Poetry Research and Analysis Project description and rubrics, as well as additional classroom materials.

State Standards are included in the Unit plan for reference.

Poetry for Projects or Pleasure (Alliteration!!!)

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/200?gclid=CLP7ruzDv7MCFQHonAodVlQASQ

http://www.poets.org/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.poemhunter.com/

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/

http://www.onlylyrics.com/

ANIMAL FARM

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Full text online http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm

Full AUDIO text online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4REOWdJSE&t=11s

Sparknotes Summary (Scaffolded for Readability)http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/

Joseph Stalin: Red Terror Video series (parts 1-5) http://https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DFAEF4FCFCB332B

Attached, please find the Public Service Announcement Project, as well as additional classroom materials.

State Standards are included in the Unit plan for reference.

ROMEO and JULIET

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Full text online http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/full.html

Sparknotes Version (Scaffolded for Readability)http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/

Attached, please find the "Genius Hour" Online Research Project and theNewspaper Project descriptions and rubrics, as well as additional classroom materials.

State Standards are included in the Unit plan for reference.

TKAM...To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Complete text online https://sites.google.com/site/rlatinilrhsd/english-i/literature/to-kill-a-mockingbird/read-tkam-online

Complete online AUDIO text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUMXKH4CuU

Scottsboro Boys Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RixDZhdfZJI

Emmett Till Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-X4is9jMYk

Article on Little Rock Central High School

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/11/exploring-parks-visit-little-rock-central-high-school-national-historic-site25965

Attached, please find the Online Research Project and Rubric, as well as additional classroom materials.

State Standards for the Research Project are included for reference.

FICTION/NONFICTION

For the Short Fiction/Nonfiction Unit, the COMPLETE UNIT PLAN is attached below with full details of all three required tasks and the culminating activity.

Here's a PREZI on understanding Plot Structure. http://prezi.com/7ifds1m8wjwt/the-plot-diagram-the-structure-of-a-story/

Here is a PREZI on understanding Theme. http://prezi.com/hhvwjqtkgdhl/theme/

Please see the attached GRAPHIC ORGANIZER/Study Guide that is used for every short story (fiction and nonfiction) listed below. These graphic organizers form part of the final assessment portfolio.

Here's a link for Short Stories that is great for finding a quick read.http://howardallen.hubpages.com/hub/Very-Short-Stories-For-High-School

SHORT FICTION STORIES

1. "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell...

A. Survival Activity Sites

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/quiz/quiz.php

http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/quiz-questions.html

http://www.discovery.com/search.htm?terms=survival+quiz

B. Complete text online with Guided Reading resources

http://teacherweb.com/ME/SanfordHighSchool/TibbettsELA9/Most-Dangerous-Game-PDF-file.pdf

C. Below, see the attached "Identifying Literary Devices" group activity with a Graphic Organizer. A peer, group, and self-evaluation rubric for the activity is also included.

2. "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant...Complete Text Online

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Neck.shtml

3. "The Interlopers" by Saki...Complete Text Online

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/925/

4. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe...Complete Text Online

http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html

5. "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst...Complete Text Online

http://209.184.141.5/westwood/academ/depts/dpteng/l-coker/virtualenglish/englsih%20i/english%20ia/scarlet_ibis.htm

ADDITIONAL FICTION Resources Online:

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/teen/

http://www.booksie.com/young_adult/short_story

http://flavorwire.com/272890/10-wonderful-short-stories-to-read-for-free-online/

http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-teen-young-adult

http://www.free-short-stories.org.uk/

http://free-online-novels.com/short_stories.html

http://www.wattpad.com/stories/teen-fiction/short-story?view=undiscovered

http://www.mysterynet.com/short-mystery-stories/

NONFICTION WORKS

6. "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr....Complete Text Online

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Audio: http://blog.ted.com/2009/01/18/the_greatest_18/

7. "Arthur Ashe Remembered" by John McPhee... Complete Text Online

http://misshannigan.com/Genre/nonfiction/Ashe.html

Additional NONFICTION RESOURCES Online:

http://teacher.depaul.edu/Reading_NONFICTION_Grades8-10.html

http://teacher.depaul.edu/Persuasive_Speeches_Poems.html

http://teacher.depaul.edu/Nonfiction_Reading_Resources.html

http://www.booksie.com/non-fiction/short_story

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/

http://tetw.org/menu

http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/

Scaffolded (Easier passages) http://teacher.depaul.edu/Skill_Focused_Readings.html

DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES

http://www.filmsforaction.org/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/7-places-to-find-watch-documentaries.html#.UvU32z0jKSo

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2011/07/best-free-documentary-websites.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/01/100-best-free-science-documentaries-online/

PERSUASIVE SPEECHES

RESOURCES for "Great Speeches"

http://www.history.com/speeches

http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=Famous%20speeches&fa=digitized:true

http://www.ted.com/talks

https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks.html

Rubric Used for Grading Persuasive Speeches:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources