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The Morgan School cultivates intellect and character in partnership with families and the community. Students learn in a rigorous academic and student-centered environment that prepares them to become resourceful, productive, healthy citizens in a global society.

Questions? Concerns? Contact Mrs Chausse at lchausse@clintonpublic.org

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=HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS **:** =

= **Grammar Resources-** = Grammar Girl Rules and exercises on punctuation (apostrophes, colon, semicolon, quotations, commas): Punctuation at Owl Purdue Comma Power Point- Power Point by OWL Purdue Correcting Dangling Modifiers Dangling Modifiers by OWL Purdue Subject Verb Agreement by OWL Purdue- Subject Verb Agreement at OWL Purdue Parallel Structure at OWL Purdue Parallel Structure at OWL Purdue\ Sentence Fragments Fragments at OWL Purdue Pronoun Rules, Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers, Parallel Structure, Fragments, Run ons, Subject Verb Agreement: Rules at Grammar Bytes @http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Presentations at Grammar Bytes Capital Community College Grammar Exercises

=Technology Tools: =

**Google Docs-** All students must create a google account to use google docs. Because you must verify your google account through your email, you must do this at home. Google Docs

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Create cartoons- Toons in School Chogger allows you to draw comics Animoto- Animoto Scrapbooking on line - Online Scrapbooking Create a web site- Google Sites photo story - program is on your computer Book Shelf - Create an electronic book shelf of all the books you read Shelfari

=Online Texts- With a few exceptions, these links provide partial access to the texts.= Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer-ebook The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver- ebook /The Crucible by Arthur Miller The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne //Medea// by Euripides Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats Transcendentalists- Thoreau and Emerson Beloved by Toni Morrison One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey The Five Forty Eight" by John Cheever My Sister's Marriage "A&P" by John Updike "First Confession" by Frank O'Connor

**Vocabulary Power Plus 3 FLASHCARDS, QUIZZES, GAMES**

=Poetry=

- Introduction to reading poetry

-Graphic Organizer for Poetry

Poetry Analysis Rubric

//The Poisonwood Bible// by Barbara Kingsolver



Favorite Poem Project

April 2012 Poem in Your Pocket Day

=Writing=

Advice on Conclusions More advice on writing conclusions

High School vs. College Essay

=**//THE CRUCIBLE// RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT**= CRUCIBLE LINKS
 * Salem Witchcraft Trials- includes primary source documents, transcripts of trials
 * National Geographic Salem Witchcraft Hysteria- based on historical documents
 * Discovery Education on Salem Witch Trials- includes video
 * Salem Witchcraft Trials- Documents, Archives >
 * Salem Massachusetts- Witchcraft Trials
 * PBS Salem Witch Trials
 * Senator McCarthy
 * Arthur Miller and McCarthy
 * The Age of McCarthy
 * Blacklists
 * Hollywood Blacklist
 * Kazan and Miller
 * Red Scare
 * "The Hollywood Blacklists" by Dan Georgakas
 * Witchcraft in Connecticut
 * Another CT Witchcraft site
 * Arthur Miller



=//The Scarlet Letter// by Nathaniel Hawthorne=

The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

=SAT/PSAT Practice =

Practice your vocabulary and feed the hungry : [] [|http://number2.com/ SAT Prep]

SAT Essay Scoring Rubric- [|SATScoringRubric.doc] PSAT College Board

=**MLA Resources: **= Capital Community College -@http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml Purdue OWL**-**@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/@http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/ This is a PDF file with latest MLA style@http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf This PDF booklet is from this site which has examples, sample papers**-**http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_o.htm

**For the works cited page---**

There are many reliable online tools for formatting works cited entries. My new favorite is [|BibMe] Easy Bib= http://www.easybib.com Citation Machine=@http://citationmachine.net/

All papers must be submitted to turnitin.com [|Turn It In!]