English

English Curriculum Links
1) I use the following website when we are working on research papers. Students can select a source, type their bibliographical information into the boxes, and print a works cited page. [] Cathy Shealy English I and II

2) This is a great activity to parallel the study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It allows the students to explore the narrative genre by literally "walking in someone else's shoes." [] Jennifer Bentley English II

3) This website would be a useful source for reading William Bradford’s //Plymouth Plantation//. It has pictures, articles, videos, and other materials that give background information about the Pilgrims and early Colonial life. [] Malcolm Peckler English III

4) This website gives background information about early Pilgrim history, some primary source materials, and includes a passenger list of the people who came over on the Mayflower. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a travel brochure, or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. [] Malcolm Peckler English III

5) These are useful sites for reading Arthur Miller’s //The Crucible.// Both contain background information, primary source materials, pictures, videos, and even a quiz. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a newspaper documenting a specific event or person (incorporating pictures/ads, etc.), or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. [] and [] Malcolm Peckler English III  6) I use this source in conjunction with a poet/poetry research project with freshmen. This site gives exposure to well-known, more modern poets that are often harder to find information on in the library or on DISCUS. [|www.poets.org] Adam Jankowski English I

7) This is a timeline that is interactive. I give it to students as a study tool only, in preparation for unit tests. But it could easily be used to discover an event and then begin to research it. [] David Poynor English IV

8) This is a great site about translations of Beowulf. I use it to show the original text and then play the sound file of the reading of it. Then we discuss similarities to our English and aspects of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Also it is interesting to compare translations. I had a test essay section about translations; this could be a great source for that. [] David Poynor English IV