Resources for Students
- Literary Devices is a website where you can find definitions and examples of literary terms (e.g., asyndeton) that will be in the prose texts we read in this class. Check out these literary devices flashcards.
- You should also familiarize yourself with the definitions of Poetic Devices that we will read in verse. There are also poetic devices flashcards.
- You can find the definitions of Schools of Literary Criticism, theories that we will view texts through in this class, We will be focusing on reader response, feminist, and post-colonial literary criticism (but remember that many texts can be viewed through multiple lenses!)
Resources for Parents
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab has many useful links to help with writing, including guides for how to properly cite sources in a paper. Many English classes use MLA format.
- The National Association for College Admissions Counseling has a parents' guide. Honors English is a rigorous college preparatory class, and if your students apply themselves, I hope they will all aim for a college education.
- Many classes use technology in class and at home. Please review Netsmartz's information on basic internet safety and have a discussion with your student.
- Before writing papers, please have your student review this resource about credible sources You may also find it useful as your child conducts research on the web at home.
- As your student conducts research and writes essays for this class, please point them to the resources on plagiarism and academic integrity from the University of Illinois listed above.
Resources for Teachers
Please see the sidebar for my self-discipline strategies, ideas for differentiating instruction ("SDAIE Ideas"), and the Civil Rights unit I designed with a colleague.
You could try using EdPuzzle to help students process information or flip your classroom. Here is an example:
You could try using EdPuzzle to help students process information or flip your classroom. Here is an example: