English IV
Speech Resources
Sample Informative Speech Outline
Outline for Persuasive or Informative Speech
Sample Topic Approval Form
Senior Speech Rubric
Outline for Persuasive or Informative Speech
Sample Topic Approval Form
Senior Speech Rubric
Resume & Interview Resources
"Interview Tips to Help You Land a Job" (great article from Monster.com.)
"Most Common Interview Mistakes"
"Most Common Interview Mistakes"
Frankenstein
Hamlet Introductory PowerPoint
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Othello Essay Rubric
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MLA Resources
Click here for a sample MLA paper. This was written by me for a graduate English class on film and literature. It has several types of parenthetical citations, including author/page and a shortened title.
The ultimate, go-to MLA resource online: Purdue OWL MLA Guide
The ultimate, go-to MLA resource online: Purdue OWL MLA Guide
Othello - Text and Introductory PowerPoint Presentation
Shakespeare, William - Othello: The Moor of Venice
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Camus - "The Myth of Sisyphus"
Read the background of the myth here.
The reading can be found at this link: Camus, Albert - "The Myth of Sisyphus"
The reading can be found at this link: Camus, Albert - "The Myth of Sisyphus"
"A Modest Proposal"
Swift, Jonathan - "A Modest Proposal"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Eliot, T.S. - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
NHD Documentary Guide
Click here to access. This is a great, helpful resource.
9/11 Documentary from National History Day (Sample)
National History Day - Creating a Documentary
Moby-Dick Reading for the Week of 9/18
You should be through chapter 100 by Friday, 9/22. Optional chapters from this section are as follows: 67, 68, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 94, 95, 96, 97.
"Metaphors" by Sylvia Plath
I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.
Sonnets
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"Ozymandias"
Shelley, Percy Bysshe - "Ozymandias"
"The World Is Too Much With Us"
Wordsworth, William - "The World Is Too Much With Us"
1. Explain why the poet's words are more effective than these possible alternatives: earth for "world" (1); selling and buying for "getting and spending" (2); exposes for "bares" (5); dozing for "sleeping" (7); posies for "flowers" (7); nourished for "suckled" (10); visions for "glimpses" (12); sound for "blow" (14).
2. State the theme (central idea) of the poem in one sentence.
1. Explain why the poet's words are more effective than these possible alternatives: earth for "world" (1); selling and buying for "getting and spending" (2); exposes for "bares" (5); dozing for "sleeping" (7); posies for "flowers" (7); nourished for "suckled" (10); visions for "glimpses" (12); sound for "blow" (14).
2. State the theme (central idea) of the poem in one sentence.
"Introduction to Poetry" - by Billy Collins
Collins, Billy. "Introduction to Poetry"
Dave Barry - "Road Warrior"
College Application Essay - Directions and Rubric
Maya Angelou - "Sister Monroe"
Angelou, Maya - "Sister Monroe"
Questions
1. Why does Sister Monroe behave as she does?
2. What shift occurs between paragraphs 5 and 6?
3. Other than a few words uttered by Sister Monroe, Angelou uses no other dialogue in the selection. How, then, is the story told? What advantage does this method have?
4. Writing humor is challenging. A funny situation is needed, but it also must be told in the right way. How does Angelou's language and style contribute to the humor in this selection?
Questions
1. Why does Sister Monroe behave as she does?
2. What shift occurs between paragraphs 5 and 6?
3. Other than a few words uttered by Sister Monroe, Angelou uses no other dialogue in the selection. How, then, is the story told? What advantage does this method have?
4. Writing humor is challenging. A funny situation is needed, but it also must be told in the right way. How does Angelou's language and style contribute to the humor in this selection?
Moby-Dick, Chs. 4-7 Questions
Overview: How to Read Literature Like a Professor
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