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Grammar Sites

Grammar Bytes!  |  Activities, Games, Review, Exercises
http://chompchomp.com/menu.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm

Sentence Diagramming  |  Activities, Games, Review, Exercises
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diagrams2/one_pager1.htm

Poetry Out Loud
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/

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Media Center Resources

media_center_tech_help_2018.pub
File Size: 304 kb
File Type: pub
Download File

media_center_pass_letter_for_parents_jan_2018.pdf
File Size: 574 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

MLA Format

MLA |  Citation Game
http://library.williams.edu/citing/game/play.php?game=3

The OWL at Purdue  |  Online Writing Lab
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Plagiarism
http://library.flvs.net/swf/plagiarism/plagiarism.htm

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Texts Online

Brave New World Text
http://scotswolf.com/aldoushuxley_bravenewworld.pdf

Brave New World Audio Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4TY4IBIAFc (This is the one we're using in class!)
Here are the start times for each chapter/section in Brave New World Aldous Huxley Audiobook.mp4
2 – 29:16
3 – 50:40
4.I – 1:38:12
4.II – 1:49:36
5.I – 2:04:34
5.II – 2:16:28
6.I – 2:33:38
6.II – 2:47:58
​6.III – 2:57:00
7 – 3:10:03
8 – 3:40:50
9 – 4:15:39
10 – 4:25:13
11 – 4:37:46
12 – 5:14:28
13 – 5:40:09
14 – 6:01:00
15 – 6:20:25
16 – 6:36:09
17 – 7:01:27
18 – 7:22:34
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Brave New World - The Really Cheesy Made-For-TV Movie
        Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwLrabfEdKY
        Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtqZJ3cwdYI

Beowulf  |  An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem from the Oral Tradition
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16328/16328-h/16328-h.htm
http://literatureproject.com/beowulf/index.htm

The Canterbury Tales |  by Geoffrey Chaucer
http://english.fsu.edu/canterbury/
http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/webcore/murphy/canterbury/2genpro.pdf

Ballads  |  Medieval Poetry
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

"Twa Corbies": http://www.twocrows.co.uk/twa_corbies.html

Hamlet: ​http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/download/index.html?filter=Hamlet

Books with Audio: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/books/

Winston Churchill
First Speech as Prime Minister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZpcMYL-cLU

Othello - No Fear Version
www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/othello/
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Othello - Complete Play on Youtube (Free)
William Marshall as Othello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdHpKXw_Tg



Text Support Information

Technology through the Years: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/entertainment/tech-generations/


Photostories

Create Videos Online with These Tools:
Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com/home/
WeVideo: https://www.wevideo.com/

Photostory Samples are Available Here (and on our Google drive):
http://photo.journalism.cuny.edu/week-5/
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Just for Fun - or Relaxation!

Four Hours of Ocean Waves  |  Audio and Visual - NO Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_193985&feature=iv&src_vid=dsDTJ__jioo&v=isVl5XIiVNU

Thunderstorm and Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNLEPrNi2A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kygoJiJAWG4
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDq6TstdEi8 (The Tempest storm)

​Rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9pQYOGIWM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3131401453&feature=iv&src_vid=isVl5XIiVNU&v=95rXTV1GRRY

Dumbledore's Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJa8u5LWwdY​

Fireplace with Thunder and Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atELVQ9aVGw

Rain in the Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGUunu7pVI

Celtic Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsi-lxW4yM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUfGjWYpE-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWObTfiovD8

Scottish Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMgQ7x2T9Yg

Music and Literature |  Songs Inspired by Works of Literature
http://www.corndancer.com/tunes/tunes_db.html


Harrison Today: http://esenetworks.com/live-events.aspx?id=13452

Developing an Argument

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​http://www.uefap.com/writing/function/argue.htm

Sample essays: ​https://www.mesacc.edu/~paoih30491/ArgumentSampleEssays.html_
Sample paper with analysis: ​http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writersref6e/lmcontent/ch07/PDF/Hacker-Hammond-MLA-Arg.pdf_
Avoiding Needless Words: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/272/needless.html 
Exercise, Making Sentences Concise: http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/praclutterex.htm
AP Editing Checklist: http://www.writersandeditors.com/blog.htm?post=958659

YouScience Opportunity
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/27d195344984152c2fe207387/files/YouScience_Friends_Family_Program_for_Harrison_High_School_1_.pdf_

Mythology

Ancient Greece Webquest: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html

Theseus Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Site: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/Theseusintro.html

Roman Webquest: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/RomanMain.html

The Story of Cupid and Psyche: http://www.chatterboxtheater.org/audio/play/21

The Hero Journey: https://youtu.be/Hhk4N9A0oCA
       Glove and Boots Hero Journey: https://youtu.be/yZxs_jGN7Pg

Medieval Bestiary: http://bestiary.ca/




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