Resources

ELA Resources Classroom

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Quick Links/Best Resources for ELA Skills and Knowledge

The following are links to sites you should access frequently:

Classroom: Our daily agenda, resources, and classwork are posted here. Review Classroom daily, and especially when absent.
Vocab.com: Study academic vocabulary and find quick links to our class vocabulary sets. The direct links are posted to Classroom as they are assigned.

For definitions, developed explanations, and examples of literary and rhetorical devices:

For general questions regarding writing and research, including MLA style, the following sites are excellent resources that are well-organized and easy to understand:

For help with literature. READ THE POLICY BELOW.

My Policy on Literary Study Guides:

These sites, and other like them, should be used as comprehension aids, not analysis aids. You may use these sites to preview or review summaries of chapters, characters, and other basic recall elements. Previewing and reviewing are excellent strategies if you struggle with comprehension or want to check what you recall and understood about a text. It helps you focus your mental energy on WHY and HOW things happen in a text instead of WHAT happens in a text.

These sites, and others like them, are NOT to be used to develop "your" analysis of a literary work. That is plagiarism; you would be taking someone else's ideas and presenting them as your own. I want to know what YOU understand and think about the text. If you are stuck, you need to ask me, as your teacher and guide, for help.

Be wary of the resources you consult for literature help; many are not credible. Do not use anything other than the sites listed (and other sites I may present during a unit).

My Policy on AI:

AI is not acceptable in our course and its use constitutes plagiarism.