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Advisory
Mid-Year Survey
Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Includes rules, a PowerPoint, and quizzes
Pronouns & Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Includes rules and quizzes
List of Pronouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Great, clear explanation of the rules
Subject-Verb Agreement w/exercise
Using Pronouns Clearly
Explanation
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement w/exercise
American Dream Sites
American Memory Collection (Library of Congress)
American Dream Webquests
A Virtual Museum WebQuest
The Mythic American Dream
American Dreams through the Decades
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem: A Utopian Society
List of Utopias
Appalachia
Encyclopedia Virginia
Appalachian Regional Commission
National Geographic
Digital Library of Appalachia
Appalachian Traditional Music
Southern Appalachian English
Awakening, The
NovelLinks
Be True to Your School
American Cultural History - 1960-1969
1960s History
1960s Flashback
About.com 1960s History
History.com 1960s
Lisa's Nostalgic Cafe
ANYDAY Today-in-History
Kathy Schrock's 1960s Webquest
The 1960s
Music in the 1960s
Best/Worst 1960s Movies
Cold Mountain
Raven Info
Lessons & Summaries
Crucible, The
Dramatizing History in _The Crucible_
BBC News - On This Day
National Geographic Interactive about the Salem Witch Trial
Secrets of the Dead - Crime Scene Investigations Meet History
Arthur Miller's "Why I Wrote the Crucible"
Tracked in America: McCarthy Era
Inclues video interviews
17th Century New England
Arthur Miller's The Crucible: Fact and Fiction
Arthur Miller Society
The Salem Witch Museum
Digital Storytelling Sites
Center for Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling Cookbook
Digital History
Beulah B Movie
iMovie in the Classroom
Apple Learning Interchange
Apple Support
Action! in the Classroom
Virtix Video Effects
Free Plug-ins (Slick)
Free Plug-ins (BKMS)
Free Plug-ins (Stupendous)
Digital Tools for Digital Kids
iMovie Rubric
Video Project Rubric
iMovie Rubric
iMovie Resource Page
iMovie Rubric
iMovie Rubric
iMovie Links***
Circles of My Multicultural Self
Listening to History Lesson Plan
Disillusionment
Disillusionment Topic
Doll House
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=800
Ekphrasis Prompts
Ekphrasis: Poetry Confronting Art
Examples of Ekphrasis
The Poet Speaks of Art
Examples of Ekphrasis
The Art Institute of Chicago
Site for Artwork
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Site for Artwork
The Louvre
Site for Artwork
American Masters - The Database
Site for Artwork
Normal Rockwell Exhibit
Site for Artwork
Electronic Resources
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
RiverDeep
Smithsonian Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage
Writing at the Threshold Site
Jim Burke's English Companion
Grammar Girl
AP English Resources
Using Excel to Analyze Surveys
Dr. G's Lesson Plans
Ms. E's Lesson Plans
Writing for the 21st Century
TeAchnology
The World Question Center
Standards-Based Rubrics
Free Range Librarian Blog
Teaching English Resources
The Big Read
Landmarks for Schools
Film - Teaching Movies
Film & History
Teach Film Study
First Day Activities
Learning Styles Quiz
Sixties Quiz
Google Docs
Practice Doc
1st Period - Group 1
1st Period - Group 2
1st Period - Group 3
1st Period - Group 4
1st Period - Group 5
1st Period - Group 6
1st Period - Group 7
6th Period - Group 1
6th Period - Group 2
6th Period - Group 3
6th Period - Group 4
6th Period - Group 5
6th Period - Group 6
6th Period - Group 7
Grants
DonorsChoose.org
VEA & NEA Grants
NEA Foundation Grants
Grapes of Wrath
Creating Dramatic Monologues
Voices from the Dust Bowl
Voices from the Dust Bowl - "The Migrant Experience"
Dust Bowl Multimedia
General Dust Bowl History
NovelLinks
Great Gatsby, The
Celestial Eyes (Book Cover)
Hamlet Lessons
Enter Ophelia
Hamlet on the Ramparts
The Great Shakespeare Experiment
Web English Teacher Links
Movie Learning Guide
Study
Imagery in
Horatio's Story
Dana Huff unit
Crowner's Jury
Hamlet Rocket Book
Hamlet @ Web English Teacher
Unit with Hamlet and R&G
Teaching R&G
Hemingway
Old Man and the Sea Discussion Questions
Old Man and the Sea Lesson Plan - Symbolism
Old Man and the Sea day-by-day plans & ideas
Old Man and the sea -- article
Old Man and the Sea Unit Plan
Old Man and the Sea Activities
Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn Project
Teacher CyberGuide - Censorship
Summer Reading Assignment
Thesis Assignment
Project Options
Huck Finn in Context Lesson Plan
International Collaboration Project
Town of Broadway
Broadway Wikipedia Entry
Broadway - City Data
Town of Timberville
Broadway-Timberville Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley Travel Association
Shenandoah Valley Web
Virginia's Shenandoah Valley Web
West Virginia Dialect
Related to Shenandoah Valley dialect
Appalachian English - Wikipedia Entry
Dialect History
Website Source & Note Page
Kate Chopin
Teacher Resource File
Edsitement Lesson Plan
The Awakening WebQuest
Study Notes
Kite Runner, The
Reading Group Guide
Penguin Reading Guides
14 Discussion Questions
WebQuest
Survey
Life of Pi
Life of Pi Discussion Questions
Nine Discussion Questions
Summary & Reading Group Guide
Links to Ms. Moyers's Other Sites
Blog
Messageboard
Quia Class Page
Main Website
Literary Periods of American Literature
Online Study Summaries
Sequenced Lesson Plans
Links to the Past - Explore America's Past
Digital History
Playing with Time
Links to the Past
Playing with Time
America in the 1930s
Literature Circles
Literature Circles in High School
Literature Circles: Reading by Choice
Jim Burke's Guide
Middle School Literature Circles
McCarthyism Webquest
McCarthyism Webquest
Good Night & Good Luck Lessons
Miscellaneous
Short Story Lesson Plans
Writing Prompts
Education Oasis
Community in History
ProFusion - MetaSearch Engine
Education World - Tools & Templates
Common Types of Writing Assignments
Reading Rockets - Reading Activities
Rubrics
Literature Activities
SAT Word a Day
Study Guides and Strategies
Rocket Books
Education Oasis
Education World
SuperKidsSAT Vocabulary Builder
Study Guides and Strategies
Study Questions
Kim Wells's Materials
Mr. Jeffrey's Lesson Plans
Course Evaluation
Discussion Methods
Fundamental Beliefs
Life's Little Instruction Book
Myths, Fables, Fairytales, Other Genres
Myths, Fables, Fairy Tales (Scholastic)
Guide to Fairy Tales
National Board Certification
National Board Homepage
Virginia Resource Page
Meeting the Literacy Needs of ELLs
Internet TEFL Journal
ESL Resources
Tapestry for Teachers of English Language Learners
NETS*T & Technology Sites
NETS*T Notes
iMovie Resources
Content Specific ClipArt
On Writing (King)
Modern Gothic Writers
Authors on the Web Article
Review
Reading Guide
Other Lesson Ideas
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
AVID Socratic Seminars
Our Town
Quiz Questions
Precious & Ordinary
Eleanor RIgby & Quick and Dirty Research
Teacher's Guide
Imaginary Maps
Reader as Writer
Lessons of the Play
Persuasion
Political Cartoons
Logical Fallacies Crossword
Persuasive Prompts
If You Can Convince Mom and Dad . . .
Argumentative Essays
Logical Fallacies
Fallacies - The UNC Writing Center
Logical Fallacies Practice
Logical Fallacies Handout
Logic in Argument - Fallacies
Deductive Essays
Philosophy
Ways of Thinking
Pledge of Allegiance Lesson
History of the Pledge
History of the Pledge
Poe Resources
ReadWriteThink Guided Reading
Poe Stories (Annotated)
Interactive Raven
Plot Diagram
"Masque of Red Death" Lesson (Single Effect)
Symbolism Explored - Masque
Tell-Tale Heart (Comic Creator)
Law & Order; Poe
Poetry
Poetry 180
How to Teach Poetry
Focus on "Prufrock"
"Prufrock" and Modernist Poetry
Introduction to Modernist Poetry
Frost's "Mending Wall" Lesson Plan
Recognizing Similes
"We Real Cool"/Enjambment Lesson
Whitman & Hughes/Democracy Lesson
Favorite Poem Project
The Poetry Forge
Prufrock's Images
Research Sites
Handout on Plagiarism & Paraphrasing
JMU Library Catalog
Citation Machine
Easy Bib
Works Cited FAQs
Internet Public Library
NCTE Research Resources
Works Cited Instructions
Sample Research Essay
Random Tips
Plagiarism & Paraphrasing Quick Sheet
Paraphrasing PowerPoint
Note and Source Cards PowerPoint
Paraphrase Craze
Paraphrase Exercise (OWL @ Purdue)
NY Times Paraphrasing Lesson
Romanticism
Sequenced Lesson Plans
Unit Plans
Knowing Poe
Run-ons and Fragments
Run-ons
Explanation and exercises
Fragments
Explanation and exercises
Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
Run-ons
Practice exercises
Run-ons, Fragments, and Fused Sentences
Practice exercises
Sentence Punctuation Patterns
SAT Prep
SAT Reading Practice
ProProfs
PrepMe
4tests
Exam Prep
Semester Exam
Semester Exam, Part I
Semester Exam, Part II (optional)
Shakespeare
Much Ado about Nothing Study Guide
SOL Reading Materials
Words in Context Lesson
Words in Context Practice
Context Clues Activity
Inference Ideas
Comprehension, Summary, & Retelling Practice
Figurative Language Jeopardy
Figurative Language Hangman
Literary Terms Game
103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading
Reading Practice
Teaching Tips: Inference
Quia - Inference - Reteaching
Literary Terms Hangman
Literary Terms Rags to Riches
Literary Terms Columns
Literary Terms Games
Simile Practice
Writing Similes
Using Metaphors and Similes to Enrich Our Writing (Part 2)
Using Metaphors and Similes to Enrich Our Writing (Part 1)
Similes Quiz
Identifying Similes & Metaphors
Metaphor Practice
Identifying Similes & Metaphors
Metaphors Quiz
Personification Practice
Personification Practice
*Inference Battleship
*Main Idea Pop-ups
*Main Idea/Supporting Detail Activity
*It's Not Important
Recognizing Salient Details in Stories
*It's Not Important 2
Recognizing Salient Details in Stories
*Recognizing Main Ideas Battleship
Inferences (Reading Resources)
Summarizing Strategies
Graphic Map Lessons
Standardized Test Prep
Figurative vs. Literal
SOL Writing Materials
Words in Context
Correcting Writing Errors
Fragment Game
Grammar Skills
English Vocabulary Quizzes
Parallel Structure
RCPS SOL Practice
English Grammar Quizzes
Fragment/Run-on Rags to Riches
Comma Exercise
Punctuation Practice
Proofreading for Capitalization & Punctuation
Power Proofreading
Chomp Chomp Online Exercises
Interactive Quizzes
Interactive Grammar Exercises
Understand Scoring
The keyword is VIRGINIA.
Parallelism
Purdue Online Writing Lab Definintion
Big Dog Definition
Big Dog Self-Test
Guide to Grammar and Writing Definition
Guide to Grammar and Writing Quiz 1
Guide to Grammar and Writing Quiz 2
Faulty Parallelism Handout 1
Faulty Parallelism Handout 2
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Classics Technology Center
Oedipus Site
Summer Reading
Summer Reading List & Assignmnet
Reflection on Summer Reading
Presentation on Summer Reading
NCTE Article
Tennessee Williams
Dissertations on Tennessee Williams
Various Tennessee Williams Links
Trifles
Trifles Archived Responses
Understanding by Design Links
Understanding by Design Exchange
WebQuests
WebQuest Page
Creating a WebQuest
Writing
TV 411
Writing Fix
English Grammar Connection
Exercises at Grammar Bytes
Grammar and Punctuation Practice
Communication Arts - Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook
OWL Handouts Listed by Topic
UVA Writing Program
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Introductions
Writing Effective Comparison/Contrast Essays
Conclusions
Memoir Writing (Oprah.com)
Memoir Feast
Writing Portfolios
Notable Sentences
Writing for an Authentic Audience
I Write Like