Links
This site is a scholarship database from which to
start your scholarship
search. You will need to make sure you scroll down
the ads and
click "decline" before you can get
information, but you may receive a
scholarship out of
it!
http://www.fastweb.com
Here is a web site dedicated to college preparation
and scholarship
searching.
http://www.collegeanswer.com
Here is some information about the Sallie Mae
scholarships.
http://www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/pdf/2008-Scholarship-Program-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Another scholarship database.
http://www.supercollege.com
Here is the American Legion website for
scholarships.
http://www.ohiolegion.com/scholarships/info.htm
MOAA has scholarships, grants, and interest-free
loans for children of active duty, reserved and retired military.
http://www.moaa.org/quicklist/serv_education/serv_education_new_students/serv_education_scholarships_grants/index.htm
Here is the list of DAR scholarships (available to non-DAR
affliates as well).
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
This site provides valuable information about searching for
colleges, preparing for the college board tests, and making the
final decision.
#8 College Board
A website designed to format your Works Cited or
Works Consulted.
http://www.easybib.com/
Link #10
Here is a list of transitional phrases to use in
your writing.
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html
Here is a link to help with MLA style.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/intext.htmlhttp
Another scholarship database.
http://www.wiredscholar.com
This site will help you write a thesis for
persuasive papers. It will not
be grammatically correct, but will give you some
good ideas.
http://www.mcsoh.org/mhs/langarts/icsman/thesis.htm
This webpage will have additional graphic
organizers from which to chose.
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer
Medina County District Library webpage. To search
for an item , click
on "search all libraries" and you can
have the item delivered to the Medina
branch (free of charge) if it is anywhere in the
library district.
http://www.medina.lib.oh.us
Here is a site devoted to puns.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/puns.html
A U.S. Dept. of Education site which will help you
with federal aid,
scholarships, and grants. Use the feature
"MyFSA" to create your own
personalized "folder" which you can
access from any computer with internet
capabilities. You can save time by transferring
your FSA info to college
applications, FAFSA, etc.
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov
Play the interactive Will's Words game to test your
knowledge of
Shakespeare's contributions to the English
language. It is said he used
more
vocabulary than any other English writer before or
since his time, and he
has
been credited with creating up to 2,000 words and
phrases.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/words.html
Who's on First? This is the famous Abbott and
Costello pun exchange.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8342445135331678445&q=who%27s+on+first&hl=en
This webpage highlights scholarship application
info. In order to get
specific scholarship info, you must register. You
can use the access code
from the Kaplan book COACH236527526A and keywords
from his material. I have
a list of some of them; for example, COKE is the
keyword for the Coca-cola
scholarship.
http://www.scholarshipcoach.com/publish/root_category/nav/articles_and_tools/scholarships/merit_scholarships/
This is the official site for standarized tests
such as the SAT and AP.
There are valuable links on it ( such as college
searches) as well.
http://www.collegeboard.com
The complete text of All's Well That Ends Well by
William Shakespeare
http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/alls_well_that_ends_well/alls_well_that_ends_well.htm
Portfolio Writing Program--Miami University
If you are going to Miami of Ohio, you can receive
college credit for the
papers you have written in Advanced Composition.
I
have more info in my room.
http://www.muohio.edu/portfolio
Here is the entire text of A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens.
http://www.stormfax.com/1dickens.htm
Here is a career interest survey.
http://www.careeroink.com/career-reference/assessment.asp
Harrison Scholarship-Miami University
You can receive tuition and fees, even room and
board with this presigious
award from the best university in the state (okay,
I'm a little biased)!
The
application is several pages long, but I can help
you with the process.
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/academics/honors_scholars/harrison_scholars/
OCIS--great site for college AND career search.
You can even compare 3
colleges to help you make a decision on where to
apply and/or attend.
http://ohcis.intocareers.org/Default.aspx
Here is a link to visual theasurus. This is a
great resource for the vivid
verb assignment, but can be used for any assignment.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/;jsessionid=218721D449AA746DB9857F6790255B5D
Here's a site for all those difficult words you
don't know how to pronounce.
http://inogolo.com
Here is the Holt, Rinehardt, and Winston link for
freshmen. This is not the
online text itself, but contains useful information
about the collections .
http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/toc.jsp?Chapter=40&WebLogicSession=SKLM8eL8mEWmaeE63p3pbjtY716Y84C4aEcQKTLNOjOzQVG5Bpdu|4246896778815147979/167838195/6/6000/6000/7002/7002/6000/-1
A very short biographical video
#31 Short biography of F. Scot Fitzgerald
Link 32
Purdue University has a writing site that leads you
through all stages of
the writing process and has a section on MLA
formatting.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/
This is the online version of NoFear Shakespeare,
where the actual text is
side by side with the modern English translation.
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_96.html
Here is the Medina County Library Scholarship Blog.
http://medinascholarships.blogspot.com
Local scholarship information can be found at the
Medina County Library site
under Reference Resource-Great links by Subject -
College Information.
http://www.mcdl.info
This is a really good site for MLA format.
OWL
This website will take you to the about.com article about
PowerPoint presentations. THese are reinterated in my PowerPoint
on PowerPoints on the Photos and Documents section of my school
website.
10 Most Common Mistakes in PowerPoint Presentations
Video and text of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
Mohatma Gandhi tape
Here is a site devoted to the Victorian Era -- the age in which
Charles Dickens wrote about in The Christmas Carol.
VIctorian Era website
Here is the you tube address of a reading of A Christmas Carol. I
would
suggest listening to this as a review of the novella, especially
since it will
be on the final exam.
You Tube reading of A Christmas Carol
You may make copies of the five staves ( chapters) of this
novella from home
if you do not want to purchase your own copy, obtain one from the
library, or
borrow one from a friend.
The entire unabridged text of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Here is the Ohio Department of Education link to help students
prepare for the Ohio Graduation Test which will be administered
March 14-18.
OGT preparation
Here is additional help for you when studying for texts and the
final
exam. There are even sample test questions. See how many you can
get
correct before clicking the correct answer and explanation.
#44 online helps for our world literature text
THis web site gives information about William Golding, author of
Lord
of the Flies.
Link #45 William Golding biography
Make sure you print a hard copy of your graphic organizer after
making one on this site.
Interactive graphic organizers
Here is a short powerpoint about Hughes and the Harlem
Renaissance.
Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Here is a powerpoint of images of apartheid in South Africa.
Apartheid images from South Africa
information about the Afrikaan language
To gain an understanding of Our Town by Wilder , view this web
site and explore the links.
1930's information-Our Town by Wilder
Mrs. Horsfall has put together some helps for the novel projects.
Library helps for novel project
Here is the history of the Thanksgiving holiday from history.com.
History of Thanksgiving
Here is a site devoted to discussing feudalism.
Fuedalism explanation
Here is a history.com video about King Arthur.
King Arthur legend
To be able to use your PSAT scores to help your SAT scores,
create an account and peruse this site.
College Quick Start Tool
TO view the actual events of the Salem Witch Trials, please see
this website.
Salem Witch Trial Timeline
#57 This link will take you to the no fear version of Twelfth
Night. The
original text will be on the left and the modern version on the
right.
#57 Twelfth Night No Fear Version
Free books!
#58 Gutenberg free books for download to ipod or computer
Take one of your poems from your poetry notebook and make a
wordle of it for your cover.
#59 Wordle
Here is a student video of Thoreau and his quotes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZWjVYLHlY8
Link #61 Ernest Gaines interview on PBS
Ernest Gaines interview-link #61
#62 Vincent Price reads Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, "The
Raven."
"The Raven" read by Vincent Price-link #62
#63 More information about Ernest Gaines
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/gai0bio-1
Link #64 a PBS website about Mark Twain
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/
#65 complete version of As You Like It by William Shakespeare
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=2062062
#66 Here is the No Fear version of As You Like It by William
Shakespeare.
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/asyoulikeit/
#67 Summaries of the scenes for As You Like It
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/asyoulikeit/
You tube presentation of As You Like It.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJDFvsBK56Y&feature=related
#69
Here is a short clip of the Japanese Internment during WW II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mr97qyKA2s&feature=related
Here is an audio of the novel. There are many free versions on
the web; this
is just one of them.
#70 audio of Scarlet Letter
#71 Thoreau talking about nature
#71 Thoreau
A short clip about Thoreau
#72 Short bio of Thoreau
Free online version of The Once and Future King by T.H.White
#73
A short biography of Gandhi
#74- Gandhi
Here you can read the original text along with a modern
paraphrase.
#75-No Fear Scarlet Letter
#76 Martin Luther King's speech on August 28, 1963
#76 Martin Luther King's speech on August 28, 1963
Here is a NPR audio with some narration and explanation of the
novel.
#77 Information about the Great Gatsby
This is an amateur reading, but it is free!
#78 an audio of the Great Gatsby on youtube
Link #79 Introduction to Jazz Age PowerPoint
Link #79 Introduction to Jazz Age PowerPoint
Here is a 30-minute video about the Popul Vuh.
#80 Mayan Creation Myths
Here is part of a translation by Hedlock.
#81 Mayan translation by Hedlock
From the History Channel we find this documentary about
archeological evidence
of Troy.
#82 A documentary about The Iliad by by Homer
This hour-long documentary contains footage of historical places
in England and explores the origins of the myth of King Arthur.
In Search of King Arthur
If you would like to design your own Jeopardy game for a project or just for
fun, take a look at this nifty website.
#84 Tools to design a Jeopardy game
FIlm of Globe Theatre production of As You Like It
Here is a nifty link to assist in your making your own puzzles for projects
and other activities.
#86 Puzzlemaker