The Great Gatsby
General Links 2017 Vocabulary Studies √+ Summer Reading Study Guide√+ Course Overview √+ Setting Up WHS Gmail √+ Anchor Activities √+ Final Exam Review √+ BYOD Setup
Fashion of the Times: An Intro to the 20s √+ Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Jazz Age √+ The Lost Generation √+ Chapter One √+ Chapter Two √+ Chapter Three √+ Gangsters √+ Two Parties/Chapters Two Through Four √+ Chapter Five √+ Chapter Six √+ Chapter Seven-NIne Questions √+ Recurring Ideas √+ A Critical Lens √+ Gatsby and Franklin √+ Franklin Video √+ My Gatsby Notes √+ Gatsby Vocabulary
Catcher in the Rye
Holdenspeak and Slang√+ Catcher Slang Glossary √+ How to Write Like Salinger √+ NYT Teaching Materials √+
Short Stories for Writing Lab
Qualities of Character/For Esmé Class √+ Mules and Bare Feet √+ Spunk Questions √+ In the American Society Activity √+ Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff, Story Lesson √+ Blizzard Under Blue Sky Questions √+ Welding with Children by Tim Gatreaux √+ Welding Class √+ Last Words on Earth √+ Spunk Questions √+
Poetry Lessons √+ Poem Idea √+ Poems About Growing Up
MCAS Links
MCAS Review √+ MCAS Long Composition Scoring Guide √+ Long Comp Homework √+ MCAS Sample Answers and Essay (Choose a year to look at, then click on the "writing prompt" link until you see the prompt and the scoring rubric. Click on the blue numbers on the left of the table to see the student work that corresponds with that score)
Writing Instruction √+ My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing √+ Tools for developing scenes and characters:
Character Development Lesson √+ Character Notes/Criteria √+Notes after reading character descriptions √+ Cause and Effect Scenarios √+ Cause and Effect Outlines √+ Symbols, Themes and Motifs √+ Compare/Contrast Essay √+ Persuasive Appeals √+Persuasive Considerations: Getting Off to a Good Start √+ Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings √+ Writing Introductions
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Literary Terms √+ What is Satire? √+ UTM Dr. Strangelove Page √+ Dr. Strangelove Reflection √+ Assignment Schedule √+
Dating Lesson √+ Dating Do's and Don'ts: An Instructional film from the 1940s and 50s √+ Shy Guy (1947) √+ The 1950's: Fads, Fashions and Song √+ Robert Burns's Poem Comin Thro' The Rye √+ Chapter 1-2 Activities √+Chapter 5-7 Activities √+ Chapters 8 -9 √+ Chapters 10-11 √+ Chapters 12-19 √+ Catcher Skits 17-19 √+ Chapter 20 √+ Catcher Wrap √+ Essay Rubric
Frederick Douglass
Chapters 1-5 √+ Chapters 6-9 √+ Chapter 10 √+ Chapter 11 √+
The Crucible
Act 2 √+ Puritan Artifacts √+ Life in the New England Colonies √+ A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials √+Witchcraft in Salem √+ The Salem Witchcraft Papers Primary documents, transcriptions, historical maps, and archival collections related to Salem Witch trials. √+ Secrets of the Dead This site contains interactive map profiling individuals involved in the witchhunts and provides a timeline. √+ Characteristics of Moral Panic V+ The Crucible and McCarthyism √+ Crucible Reading Questions √+ Act IV Questions
Born to Trouble: The Adventures of Huck Finn √+ Controversy Surrounding the Novel √+Teacher Resources for Huck Finn √+ Dialect in Huck √+ Chapters 1-2 √+Chapters 7-9 √+ Chapters 10-11 √+ Huck 15-16 √+ Duke and King √+Twain and Royalty Lesson √+ Jim Kahoot √+ Looking at Jim √+ Chapter 25-27 Lesson √+ Huck 33-End √+ My Huck Finn Notes are in the "Class Handouts" file √+ The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University √+ Huck Final Essay Topics
Essays/Opinion on the "N" Word: Gloria Naylor Essay √+ The Protean N Word by Randall Kennedy √+ Brandt William on Minnesota Public Radio