the worst jobs in history: the dark ages
Click here to watch as Tony tries to make a living Anglo-Saxon style.
a jury of her peers
To watch a film version of the short story "A Jury of Her Peers," click here.
Click here to view an academic discussion of "A Jury of Her Peers." Passionate argument isn't only for the young!
post-interview thank you letters
These links offer advice on following up your interview with a thank-you letter.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/11/30/how-to-write-the-perfect-post-interview-thank-you-note/#489609474511
https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/how-to-write-perfect-post-interview-thank-you-note.html
https://careersidekick.com/thank-you-note-after-interview/
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5578-sample-thank-you-letters.html
https://www.careercontessa.com/advice/post-interview-thank-you-note/
interviewing info from unoh presentation
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Job Interview advice
Colleges and universities offer excellent advice on interviewing etiquette and skills. Preparation is paramount! Click here for resources from Wright State University's Career Center.
career portfolio info
RESUME OBJECTIVE: Yes or No? Many of you have asked about whether or not you should have an objective on your resume. The short answer is "it depends." It is true that once upon a time this was a required section of the resume, but this is no longer necessarily true. Click here to read current advice for high school students about the Objective section of the resume.
HOW TO WRITE A HOOK / how to write a conclusion
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vocabulary practice (Membean)
To meet weekly practice goals, go to www.membean.com
To meet weekly practice goals, go to www.membean.com
macbeth resources
shakespeare's dramatic structure
Click here to access the entire PowerPoint presentation on Shakespeare's dramatic structure.
an overview of macbeth
In the olden days, teachers got angry when students tried to get by with skimming Cliff's Notes instead of reading a book or play. But it's not enough these days to simply know what happened in a story in order to do well. These days, you have to be able to think more deeply about a novel or play in order to be successful in the classroom. For that reason, I am encouraging you to take a look at the new Cliff. He has some notes on Macbeth that he'd like to share with you. Click here or on the picture at left to check him out. (Video was shown in class on Wednesday January 25).
no fear Shakespeare: macbeth
Click here to link to the No Fear Shakespeare pdf (if you want to print). Otherwise you read it directly from the website by clicking here. (We will begin reading this on Thursday January 26).
student news daily (aow)
Click here to link to Student News Daily (a current events website for high school students). Select an article for your Article of the Week, print it, and complete annotation and response as usual.
Subordinating conjuctions
Click here for a 5 minute video explaining subordinating conjunctions.
For a MOOC in grammar (or just to brush up and get quick feedback), visit Grammar Bytes at http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
For a MOOC in grammar (or just to brush up and get quick feedback), visit Grammar Bytes at http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
Don't forget The OWL at Purdue. It's a great resource for all things writing - including grammar!
the worst jobs in history: the tudor period
Click here or on the picture of Worst Jobs to watch Tony take on the Tudor period.
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college essay resources
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In addition to the many sample essays I gave you, you may want to download this file for links to some helpful college essay sites.
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chain mail armor
Chain mail was costly because of the material and labor time required to make it. Check out this video to learn all about chain mail from Australian YouTuber and self-proclaimed nerd Shad. Importantly, he differentiates between riveted mail and butted mail (YouTuber Luke Roberts walks us through his efforts to hand-rivet some chain mail using a combination of hand tools and a little modern help from a propane torch).
While the methods for making chain mail vary between punched rings and drawing wire from wrought iron, riveted or butted, there is more to armor than one might initially think. Check out Medieval Life and Times for a quick read on some history to Medieval armor.
If you are interested in making your own chain mail garments or jewelry, check out this quick tutorial from Make: magazine. A more detailed guide for how to make your own chain mail can be found on Youtube: How to Make Chainmail (The Best Guide).
You can imagine the time and cost involved in making chain mail without modern tools. This makes it easier to understand why armor and swords were so highly valued by the Anglo-Saxons and why armor and swords were given as inheritances or offered as part of a truce.
While the methods for making chain mail vary between punched rings and drawing wire from wrought iron, riveted or butted, there is more to armor than one might initially think. Check out Medieval Life and Times for a quick read on some history to Medieval armor.
If you are interested in making your own chain mail garments or jewelry, check out this quick tutorial from Make: magazine. A more detailed guide for how to make your own chain mail can be found on Youtube: How to Make Chainmail (The Best Guide).
You can imagine the time and cost involved in making chain mail without modern tools. This makes it easier to understand why armor and swords were so highly valued by the Anglo-Saxons and why armor and swords were given as inheritances or offered as part of a truce.
The Blitz
In order to understand "The Demon Lover", it is helpful to have an idea of what the Blitzkreig was and how it affected the British people. Click here to view a short video on the Blitz, click here to see newsreel video of the Blitz, and visit this gallery of photos from the Nazi bombing of Britain.
"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth bowen
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The close reading focuses for this story are ghost story, flashback, and ambiguity. Please read page 1296 for details on these elements. As you read, notice how they work together to develop the story.
You can find the text for this story in your textbooks beginning on page 1297. If you are not already familiar with the London Blitz during WWII, take a few moments to look up some details and photographs. Understanding the setting of this story is helpful to understanding the eerie mood of this ghost story. |
Macbeth: the full movie
Click here to link to a full version of Macbeth that includes subtitles. Be sure to follow along with the script and to jot down questions as you have them.
Job Interview advice
Colleges and universities offer excellent advice on interviewing etiquette and skills. Preparation is paramount! Click here for resources from Wright State University's Career Center.
career Passport information
RESUME OBJECTIVE: Yes or No? Many of you have asked about whether or not you should have an objective on your resume. The short answer is "it depends." It is true that once upon a time this was a required section of the resume, but this is no longer necessarily Click here to read current advice for high school students about the Objective section of the resume.
activities sheet for career portfolio
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cover letters
Click here to link to Read Write Think's cover letter generator.
america's last days in viet nam
Click on the links below for videos on the last days in Viet Nam
* War in Vietnam - Saigon Evacuation
* Last to Leave, The Fall of Saigon
The Things They Carried ~ Viet Nam through a soldier's eyes
Check out this site to explore some of the ideas and experiences surrounding the Viet Nam War, or you can learn more about the author, Tim O'Brien, at this site.
traumatic brain injury
If this week's AoW piqued your interest, check out this January 18 report on CTE in athletes being linked to repeated head hits.
vocabulary Training
To meet weekly practice goals, go to www.membean.com
shakespeare magazineDon't miss this fantastic opportunity to connect with the world of the Bard. This periodical is beautifully written with gorgeous photos that a true fans of Will-Power will love.
Check out the latest issue of Shakespeare magazine. For back issues, click here. This is quality brain food, guys; don't miss out! |
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The legend of king arthur
The Learning Channel has a good documentary that will provide you with some important background on the legend of Kind Arthur. Click here to watch it on YouTube.
sir gawain and the green knight
Click here to watch a cartoon version (that is very well done) of Sir Gawain's story. All three parts should play in succession, but if not I'm including those links. Click here for part 2. Click here for part 3.
I'm sorry that I don't know the production information for this cartoon. If I find it, I will update the links to include it.
I'm sorry that I don't know the production information for this cartoon. If I find it, I will update the links to include it.
Shmoop has a very helpful summary and explanation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Lit Charts also has excellent resources to explore that will help in your understanding of the poem.
Lit Charts also has excellent resources to explore that will help in your understanding of the poem.
King Arthur on Nat GEO channel
Click here to watch the Biography Channel's Incredible History documentary King Arthur: Life and Legend
canterbury Tales - pilgrim social media page resourcres
View The Wife of Bath's Tale video and The Pardoner's Tale video to reinforce what you read.
You may also find No Fear Literature helpful.
You may also find No Fear Literature helpful.
For Fakebook try this page. There are a variety of Facebook templates and links on the New Castle Area School District's website.
Try this site to download a Twitter template. Snapstr is a fake Snapchat application.
Prefer Instagram? This site uses Google Slides to create your own Instragram post.
This site will generate a generic dating site profile and some associated posts.
Try this site to download a Twitter template. Snapstr is a fake Snapchat application.
Prefer Instagram? This site uses Google Slides to create your own Instragram post.
This site will generate a generic dating site profile and some associated posts.
personal narrative essay
Here's some help for those of you feeling overwhelmed by the personal narrative assignment.
This video from Essay Pro gives you a good overview of the essay and packs it all into a scant 7 minutes and 30 seconds. You can find additional support on their blog page by clicking here.
This video from Essay Pro gives you a good overview of the essay and packs it all into a scant 7 minutes and 30 seconds. You can find additional support on their blog page by clicking here.
Beowulf television special from 1998
anglo saxon riddles from the exeter book
Follow this link to read some riddles from the Exeter Book.
* Check out this BBC series chronicling the Anglo-Saxon
period. Watch out for ransacking Vikings! Click here to
watch on YouTube.
* Interested in Viking ships? Watch Vikings and Viking Ships
* See the Sutton Hoo Hoard by clicking here.
period. Watch out for ransacking Vikings! Click here to
watch on YouTube.
* Interested in Viking ships? Watch Vikings and Viking Ships
* See the Sutton Hoo Hoard by clicking here.
Anglo Saxon Lyric Poetry
Check out this link to see what Shmoop has to day about "The Wanderer."
Links for anglo saxon runes
The Vikings who invaded the isle of Britain didn't just maraud and plunder. They brought with them not a rich culture of story-telling as well as their runic writing system. Click here to read the Nova article "Viking Runes Through Time."
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If you are interested in the latest Viking treasure hoards unearthed in Great Britain, check out the link below for a peek at swords, gems, and other ancient finds at Staffordshire.
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If you are interested in the latest Viking treasure hoards unearthed in Great Britain, check out the link below for a peek at swords, gems, and other ancient finds at Staffordshire.
Click here to watch the National Geographic special on the Staffordshire Hoard.
ARticles on answering tough interview questions
* "30 Answers to Tough Interview Questions" (The Business Insider)
* "Ten Tough Job Interview Questions and Ten Great Answers" (College Grad)
* "The 10 Toughest Interview Questions - and How to Answer Them" (Career Cast)
* "Ten Tough Job Interview Questions and Ten Great Answers" (College Grad)
* "The 10 Toughest Interview Questions - and How to Answer Them" (Career Cast)
articles on interviewing
workplace basics: essential skills
While the SCANS report told us about skill areas that employers seek in their employees, there are some other basic essential skills that employers need employees to have in our culture of fast-paced chance. Click here to view the video Workplace Basics: Essential Skills. A few words about resume dos and dont's can be learned in a quick 4-minute video by clicking here.
archetypes
Try these links or do your own search to find the meanings of literary archetypes.
https://www.hccfl.edu/media/724354/archetypesforliteraryanalysis.pdf
http://moorewiley.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/13284226/archetypes_and_symbols.pdf
https://www.hccfl.edu/media/724354/archetypesforliteraryanalysis.pdf
http://moorewiley.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/13284226/archetypes_and_symbols.pdf
macbeth comics
Click here for an array of simple comics depicting the dramatis personae and action of Macbeth (from www.goodticklebrain.com)
beowulf on the history channel
If you're not already an avid fan of The History Channel, you should spend some time checking it out. They have some fantastic programming that links history to many other subject areas. Last year's series Clash of the Gods is a great example of their quality programming. Check out the first part of the episode on Beowulf by clicking here,
part two here and part three here.
podcast on beowulf
Click here to listen to an NPR podcast on Beowulf. There will be a quiz!
Link to online textbook
The Romantic era
Click here to access the Prezi we watched in class, The Birth of Romanticism.
Neverwhere
Click here to link to the BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the first episode, "London Below." Have fun!
Click here to read or listen to Neil Gaiman's short story "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," which was nominated for a Hugo award in 2007. The Hugo award is given for excellence in science fiction or fantasy writing.
image from http://www.bbc.co.uk
NOTE: The information below is from BBC Radio 4's website, and it can be found by clicking here. Please do check out their site for tons of intelligent, entertaining programming. You won't be sorry!
About Neverwhere
Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere.
An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his ordinary life into a subterranean world under the streets of London. Stopping to help an injured girl on a London street, Richard is thrust from his workaday existence into the strange world of London Below.
So begins a curious and mysterious adventure deep beneath the streets of London, a London of shadows where the tube cry of 'Mind the Gap' takes on new meaning; for the inhabitants of this murky domain are those who have fallen through the gaps in society, the dispossessed, the homeless.
Here Richard meets the Earl of Earl’s Court, Old Bailey and Hammersmith, faces a life-threatening ordeal at the hands of the Black Friars, comes face to face with Great Beast of London, and encounters an Angel. Called Islington.
Joining the mysterious girl named Door and her companions, the Marquis de Carabas and the bodyguard, Hunter, Richard embarks on an extraordinary quest to escape from the clutches of the fiendish assassins Croup and Vandemar and to discover who ordered them to murder her family. All the while trying to work out how to get back to his old life in London Above.
A six part adaption of Neil Gaiman’s novel adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, sees James McAvoy as Richard lead a stellar cast which includes Natalie Dormer, David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Anthony Head, David Schofield, Bernard Cribbens, Romola Garai, George Harris, Andrew Sachs, Lucy Cohu, Johnny Vegas, Paul Chequer, Don Gilet and Abdul Salis.
London Above London as we know it. Bustling, noisy, the capital city of the United Kingdom. Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Pace, Westminster, Hackney, the City; tourists, black taxis, red buses and post boxes. A place where rats don’t talk and landmarks aren’t known for their conversational qualities.
London Below A subterranean London, far below the streets of London Above. Populated with people who have fallen between the cracks in society, London Below is a mysterious and murky world of shadows and danger. Here there really is an Earl of Earl’s Court, a Baron at Baron’s Court, shepherds at Shepherd’s Bush and and angel. Called Islington. It is also the home of the Great Beast of London, an ancient and terrifying creature dwelling somewhere deep in the Labyrinth, at the very heart of London Below.
The great fire of london 1666
England in the stuart era
Click here to view Monarchy: Oliver Cromwell the King Killer
Click here to view Monarcgy: The Return of the King
Click here to view Monarcgy: The Return of the King
mr. Sato's Elizabethan theatre: shakespeare and the globe
Click here or on the photo at left to view high school teacher Mr. Sato's video introduction to Shakespeare's Globe and theater in the Elizabethan era (this video will be viewed in class on Thursday November 19).
PBS: Macbeth uncovered
Click here or click on the picture at left to view the Macbeth episode of PBS: Shakespeare Uncovered. (This video will be shown in class on Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20).
The paston letters & Medieval ballads
Click here or on the photo below to view TV Timelines's brief video on the Paston family.
Click here to see "The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 Minutes"
Click here to see "The Middle Ages in 3 1/2 Minutes"
Folk Alley's 100 Most Essential
Click here to see Kent State University radio station WKSU's list of most essential folk ballads.
You can also check out folk great Pete Seeger here. Enjoy some of the songs from your childhood.
You can also check out folk great Pete Seeger here. Enjoy some of the songs from your childhood.
In this brief 3 minute clip from National Geographic, historians suggest the historical context responsible for the rise of the Kind Arthur legend.
Beowulf on the history channel
To visit the "Know Your Meme" website, click here.
Summer Assignment 2015: common application essay
**NOTE: the summer assignment for CP12 has been canceled. instead,This essay will be completed in the first weeks of school. You do not need to complete it before school starts**
Click here to download the summer assignment. Parents, be sure to check out the JUST FOR PARENTS tab above for helpful links that will support you as you work through the college application process with your son or daughter.
Click here to link to video advice on writing the Common App essay (from Dr Steven Greene (mAke the grAde) and Cheryl DiLanzo (A*C*E College Admissions)).
**Please note: AP English students have work in addition to this essay. AP students make sure to click on the AP ENGLISH tab above for your assignment.**
content below this point is from 2014-2015 school year
frankenstein
exploring archetypes with cinderella
Click here to explore Mrs. Blow's website at Lowville Academy Central Schools. You will find links to all of the Cinderella stories provided in class.
a brief introduction to the romantic movement
To download a template for your activities chart, click on the purple "Download File."
Click here or on the picture to view a 10 minute video-introduction to the Romantic Movement. Credit for the video goes to Martin Trivasse.
Resume generator
Click here to go to Read Write Think's resume generator
content below this point is from the first semester
a christmas cracker & a Limerick...
Don't forget that you will be exchanging Christmas crackers on Monday January 5, 2015. My advice is to make your cracker before Christmas break and leave it at school (this way you know it's here and you don't have to worry about remembering to bring it after break).
Learn how to code!
Click here to learn how to code. Yes, you CAN do this!
Resources for the Murder ballads
The article "Poor Boy You're Going to Die" can be accessed by clicking here.
The Ghosts of Ohio website can be accessed by clicking here.
The requirements for the assignment are below:
The Ghosts of Ohio website can be accessed by clicking here.
The requirements for the assignment are below:
border ballads
The College Admissions essay (a.k.a. Personal statement)
Thanks to high school teacher Mr. Sato, you have access to some helpful videos about how to write a good college admissions essay (sometimes called a Personal Statement Essay). Click here to watch his lesson on admissions essays.
If you are guilty of boring introductions, check out Mr. Sato's video on writing Hooks.
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Beowulf
* Click here to watch part one of a video podcast lesson on Beowulf (Introducing the Anglo
Saxons), hosted by Dr. Masullo.
* Click here to watch part two of the video podcast lesson on Beowulf (The History of the
Beowulf Poem).
* Click here to watch part three of the video podcast lesson on Beowulf (The Language of the
Beowulf Poem).
Saxons), hosted by Dr. Masullo.
* Click here to watch part two of the video podcast lesson on Beowulf (The History of the
Beowulf Poem).
* Click here to watch part three of the video podcast lesson on Beowulf (The Language of the
Beowulf Poem).
Learn more about Mr. Leonard and his work at http://www.michaelleonardartist.com/ (His work is amazing!)
Click on the links below to see how tough the jobs of the Dark Ages were in Great Britain.
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Part 2 of 6 Part 5 of 6
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Want to get a jump start on British literature?
Much of this year's reading will focus on British Literature (a.k.a. Brit Lit. Check out some of these video and book titles to give yourself some important background information on Brit Lit.
Movies currently on Netflix that will help you to understand historical background and social rules that often affect characters in Brit Lit:
- Mystery Files: King Arthur
- Secrets of the Viking Sword (a fascinating look at ancient sword-making)
- The Paradise
- Jane Eyre
- Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
- Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
- Emma (Jane Austen)