Freakonomics podcast
If you'd like to listen to the entire episode of "The Upside of Quitting," you can find it by clicking here.
learning styles inventories
Visit these sites to take a quiz and learn a little more about your preferred learning style and tips for how to study more efficiently.
The first survey is brief (20 questions). Click on the following link and print your results for your teacher when you are finnshed. educationplanner.org
The second survey is a bit longer (70 questions), so leave yourself a little time. Follow the instructions below to take the survey:
1. go to https://www.learning-styles-online.com
2. Click on the tab that says Learning Styles Inventory (top left)
3. Look for the heading Use the Online Questionnaire. DO NOT click on this tab. Under this tab (you may have
to scroll to see it) is a link that says New Users Start the Free Online Learning Inventory.
4. Read the instructions and take the survey. DO NOT click any of the big green or big red buttons.
5. You will need to fill in your name, email address, and how you heard about the site (your teacher).
6. Scroll way down to the bottom. DO NOT click on any of the big green or big red buttons. Instead, look for a
tiny gray button that says "Continue." Click this button to get your results.
7. Please print your Style Scores and Learning Styles Graph for me and turn it in with your first and last names.
8. There are links on the results page that will tell you more about your learning styles. This information can help
you and your parents work together with your teacher to find ways that you learn best.
The first survey is brief (20 questions). Click on the following link and print your results for your teacher when you are finnshed. educationplanner.org
The second survey is a bit longer (70 questions), so leave yourself a little time. Follow the instructions below to take the survey:
1. go to https://www.learning-styles-online.com
2. Click on the tab that says Learning Styles Inventory (top left)
3. Look for the heading Use the Online Questionnaire. DO NOT click on this tab. Under this tab (you may have
to scroll to see it) is a link that says New Users Start the Free Online Learning Inventory.
4. Read the instructions and take the survey. DO NOT click any of the big green or big red buttons.
5. You will need to fill in your name, email address, and how you heard about the site (your teacher).
6. Scroll way down to the bottom. DO NOT click on any of the big green or big red buttons. Instead, look for a
tiny gray button that says "Continue." Click this button to get your results.
7. Please print your Style Scores and Learning Styles Graph for me and turn it in with your first and last names.
8. There are links on the results page that will tell you more about your learning styles. This information can help
you and your parents work together with your teacher to find ways that you learn best.
visual literacy
Sometimes visual rhetoric can help to remind us to value the freedomes that we enjoy, especially in times of war. Walt Disney Studios did just that in a 1942 Donald Duck cartoon. These shorts were shown at movie theaters after the news reel but before the feature film.
Click here to watch Disney's WWII cartoon "Der Feuherer's Face."
Click here to watch Disney's WWII cartoon "Der Feuherer's Face."
Click here to watch HBO Films' "Heil Hitler!: Confessions of a Hitler Youth". In this film, a young man explains how the Nazis were able to control the thinking of an entire generation of children, even to the point that they rejected their parents in favor of the HJ. How did they do it? Simple. They knew their target audience and tailored their message to appeal to it. Think it couldn't happen again? Are you sure?
a midsummer night's dream
Click here or on the photo to access a printable .pdf file of No Fear Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
commas, appositives, and appositive phrases
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Like participles, appositives can be interrupters in sentences and therefore sometimes require commas. Watch the video lesson linked here to learn more about appositives and appositive phrases.
comma practice
Click on the button above to enter the Grammar Bytes website. Once on the site, scroll down to Exercises (it's the second heading) and click on the word "here" to access interactive comma exercises. When that page loads, scroll down to "Commas" and click on it. (Commas header is about halfway down the page).
Commas: rules for usage
Click here or on the picture at left to view Shmoop's video How to Use a Freakin' Comma. (This video was viewed in class on Monday January 5.)
content below this point is from the first semester
An interview with david tennant
& bloodswept lands and seas of red
Resources for In the time of the butterflies, by julia alvarez
Click here to watch a 9 minute video about the Mirabel sisters' legacy and how Dede Mirabel has kept it alive.
The Big Read is a program sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts. Public Radio International produced a radio documentary featuring Dominicans (including Dominican authors Julia Alverez and Junot Diaz) discussing In the Time of the Butterflies, as well as dictator Trujillo. Click on the picture below to view this on YouTube.
The Big Read is a program sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts. Public Radio International produced a radio documentary featuring Dominicans (including Dominican authors Julia Alverez and Junot Diaz) discussing In the Time of the Butterflies, as well as dictator Trujillo. Click on the picture below to view this on YouTube.
check out these versions of "the monkey's paw"
Resources for MLA format (from the OWL at purdue)
Click here to view a video that explains the basics of MLA formatting (from Purdue University's online writing lab).
Click here to view a video that explains how to complete a Works Cited page (from Purdue University's online writing lab).
Click here to view a video that explains how to complete a Works Cited page (from Purdue University's online writing lab).
Click here to link to a United Nations electronic newsletter for teens. It includes several interesting links and resources to help you understand this complex and tragic problem.
2014 Summer Reading assingment for English 10 students
This year we are trying something new that will help us to hit the ground running when we come back to school in August. All sophomores in CP English will be reading Ishmael Beah's memoir A Long Way Gone, and keeping a reading journal during reading. The journals will be helpful for class discussions; we will use this material for the first few weeks of school.
I think you're really going to enjoy this book, and I hope that you'll talk about it with your parents too. We will be discussing not only Ishamael's story, but we will look at ethical and moral issues that arise from his situation.
I think you're really going to enjoy this book, and I hope that you'll talk about it with your parents too. We will be discussing not only Ishamael's story, but we will look at ethical and moral issues that arise from his situation.
Click here to watch Jon Stewart's interview with Ishmael Beah, author and main character in the memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Then go get your hands on his book and read it! **Note: The New Bremen Coffee Shop has copies of this book for purchase. You may also opt to download on your Kindle or Nook if you wish. If neither of these options work, there are copies available in the office at school that you may borrow.** NEW: You can also access the book in PDF form online by clicking here.
Click here to download your Reading Journal Instructions. Bring your reading journal with you to the first day of class this fall. See you in August!
Click here to download your Reading Journal Instructions. Bring your reading journal with you to the first day of class this fall. See you in August!
NEW! Want to listen to the first few pages of the book? Click here to listen to the introduction; click here to listen to the first part of chapter 1.