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Useful Links
These links are designed to spur your interests and to get you started researching and studying. Send me a link that you have found helpful when researching .
These links are intended for the student to begin research and use as resources for studying literature.
Favorite Sites
Sparknotes
Reading a summary is only the beginning of the path to fully understanding a work of literature. This is a site done by Harvard students about classic literature. Read this when you need MORE information to understand the assignment or to help understanding of the plot and characters. This IS NOT a substitute for close reading and studying the work. Note: This site may not be available at school. Other sites such as Gradesaver.com are available.
Animal Farm
The Principles of Animalism are discussed in this article. Read the information and include it in the discussion during Literature Circles. The principles should be discussed as one of the threads throughout the chapter readings.
Terrebonne Parish School District
Check out the Terrebonne High School site listed under schools at the bottom of the page. Find the Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for all students along with resource information and the yearly calendar. You can access the webpages of all the district schools and check out all the activities. Stay connected!
Beowulf
Why study Beowulf? This site also has many other links to information about the study of the Anglo-Saxon Period and the manuscript.
Avoiding Plagiarism
This site gives the rules for avoiding plagiarism. The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University has this site and many others with help available for writing. Check out these guidelines to avoid either accidental and deliberate plagiarism.
Research HELP Trackstar
Need help with any part of the research process?? This is the site to begin searching. Connections are organized to help you through each step of writing a research paper. Click on VIEW IN FRAMES to see the site and the information added.
Virtual Tour of Shakespeare and His Times
Take this tour of Shakespeare and His Times. Follow the directions as you go to learn more about this great writer. Since we are studying Macbeth, the information under Stop #4 might be of interest to you as an added bonus to learn more about Shakespeare's other dramas.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Visit this site for more information about Sir Gawain and links to King Arthur
Animal Farm Trackstar
Animal Farm portfolio Trackstar can be linked from here. Information about George Orwell and other resources are listed. Complete the trackstar as part of the Portfolio. If you have problems with this site then type in: http://trackstar.4teachers.org and then type in the Trackstar #172882.
TNT Animal Farm -- The Movies
Use this site for study help for the various aspects of the novel. TNT has gathered this information in an Educator's Guide. You will be assigned certain tasks to support the discussion of the novel in class.
Lord of the Flies--Study Guide (Honors Class)
This study guide can help you to understand the basics of Lord of the Flies. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you read the book and in the process examine the creation of a new society on the island.
TV program Kidnation
Is this a modern day experiment that you can draw analogies to Lord of the Flies? Discussions on Thursday morning about what happens in this New Mexico ghost town inhabited by forty children should be interesting. Are their similar characters to Ralph, Jack, and Piggy? Will these children do a better job with their society than in the novel? We'll see. Watch it. Discuss it. Analyze it.
Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
A connection to the Middle English version with a Modern English translation in between the Middle English lines. A connection to the Pardoner's Tale can be found on this site. http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/gchaucer/bl-gchau-can-pard.htm
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