Useful Links
Exciting news: a trip to Denver. Twelve students get to enjoy a weekend of theater!
Is it possible to live without a cell phone?
Would you like to be more productive? Work better, focus more!
Hey, look, local poetry readings! Open Bard at the Sherbino Theater! Let's go!
Magic Circle Theater is always doing fun plays!
Been to a live performance recently at the Wright Opera House?
Are you wondering about the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts? Here they are.
Here are the traditional Colorado State Standards in English.
Are your school assignments hard for you? That's awesome. Read this article to see what I mean by that.
Look: adults struggle with this too...
For help with your process of writing, refer to this page.
Our list of common errors to help with your flossing.
Possibly the best Online Writing Lab around: Purdue University's exhaustive clearinghouse of resources.
A useful grammar meta-site, full of links to all the resources you could hope for on language and usage.
Yet another grammar site.
The Oatmeal's contributions to the genre. Funny, useful grammar stuff.
Easybib, for instructions on citing sources. Remember that you will want to use MLA formatting for most school assignments.
And here is a CITATION MACHINE to make it all automatic.
Oh, and BibMe, in case the others aren't doing it for you.
Here is the Ouray School Library site, which is full of resources.
A model for persuasion, using ethos, logos, and pathos.
What are Ethos, Logos, and Pathos, you ask? Here's a nice explanation.
How to do a CLOSE READING, courtesy of Dickinson College and Dr. Seuss.
Kurt Vonnegut, hilariously, on the shape of stories.
Some brilliant storytelling advice, from Hamilton creator Lin Manual Miranda.
How to read a poem!
Nancy Duarte on MLK's I Have a Dream speech: persuasion at its best.
The Wall Street Journal... login ID: nixonouray@gmail.com ... password: ourayschool
The Washington Post online.
The New York Times online.
Montrose Daily Press
The New Yorker Magazine, chock full of some of the best journalism, cultural writing, fiction, and poetry published anywhere.
The Sun Magazine, a source for excellent "personal, political, provocative" writing.
Consumer Reports will give you reliable data about anything one might want to buy... login ID: ouray library password: trojans
Ebsco is a database of articles from periodicals. login ID S8568981 ... password: password
No Holds Bard, the Shakespeare company Mr. K. runs. The site has a great deal of information about Shakespeare, as well as links to other cool Shakespeare sites. And here's UpstART, our theater company.
The best site I've found for Shakespeare resources.
Want to be insulted, Shakespearean style?
Or for a nice menu of insults...
Mythweb's The Odyssey. Fun to read.
Looking for something to read? How about some of the greatest books of all time?
Many books are available free, online, here at Bibliomania.
Here's one reason to read carefully, according to Stanford researchers.
A resource to explore college decisions.
When you visit Denver, bring your student ID. An hour before curtain, the Denver Center Theater Company will sell you any available seat for $10. Then write yourself a review for extra credit!
Asimov's The Last Question.
some College essays