Class Notes

10th Honors English Handouts & Materials

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Second Semester

English Semester Exam Study Guide

Literature

	S3QR Method for Analyzing Poems
	Jonathan Edwards, excerpts from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
	Mary Rowlandson, excerpts from A Narrative of the Captivity
	Puritan Creative Project
	Study Guide for Honors Test on Rowlandson & Edwards
	Age of Reason Intro. Questions
	Franklin's Autobiography (excerpts)
	Benjamin Franklin's Aphorisms and Writing Assignment
	Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
	Age of Reason Review, Part One
	Reading guide for Henry, Paine, and Jefferson
	Patrick Henry, "Speech to the Virginia Convention"
	Thomas Paine, The Crisis No. 1
	Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
	Age of Reason Review, Part Two
	Douglass Reading Questions
	Douglass notes
	Romantic Era Poetry
	Romantic Poetry Study Guide
	"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
	"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
	"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
	"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
	"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
	The Scarlet Letter Chapter Summaries

Vocabulary

	Vocabulary Honors Unit 3 (1st, 3rd, & 4th periods only)
	Research Vocabulary (Unit 4) (5th Period only)
	Vocabulary Honors Unit 4: Age of Reason (1st, 3rd, & 4th periods only)
	Vocabulary Honors Unit 5: Romantic Poetry
	Vocabulary Honors Unit 6: Romantic Era Short Stories
	Vocabulary Honors Unit 7: The Scarlet Letter

Writing

	Form for Written Assignments
	Benjamin Franklin's Aphorisms and Writing Assignment
	Research Paper (5th period only)
	Source Card Practice Exercise
	Quoting Exercise
	Paraphrasing Exercise
	Note Taking Methods
	Works Cited Entries
	Res. Rough Draft Instructions: Works Cited & Topic Outline
	Res. Rough Draft Instructions: Thesis & Outline
	Res. Rough Draft Instructions: Body Paragraphs
	Res. Rough Draft Instructions: Intro & Concl. Paragraphs
	Res. Rough Draft Grade Sheet
	Research Paper Final Copy
	Paper 4 on Douglass's Narrative (1st, 3rd, & 4th periods only)
	Paper 4 on Short Stories (5th period only)
	Writing About Literature notes (all classes)
	Detailed Outline for Paper 4 (all classes)
	Strategies for Effective Introductions and Conclusions (all classes)

Language (Grammar and Mechanics)

	Using Ellipsis and Brackets and Using the Slash
	Pronoun charts
	Reasons for Commas

First Semester

	"The Name is Mine" by Anna Quindlen
	Native American literature from Holt
	Native American unit chart
	Additional Native American Myths from Native American Literature book
	Native American Poetry
	Native American Nonfiction
	Study Guide for Native American Literature Test
	William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
	Mayflower Compact
	Puritan Poetry: Bradstreet and Taylor
	Study Guide for Lit Test 2
	Vocabulary Honors Unit 1
	Descriptive Writing Techniques
	Paper 2: Expository Paper
	English Honors Midterm Exam Guide

Other Handouts & Reference Sheets

	Descriptive Writing Techniques
	Strategies for Effective Introductions and Conclusions
	Young Goodman Brown
	S3QR Method for Analyzing Poems
	Julius Caesar PowerPoint Notes
	Julius Caesar chart
	Julius Caesar speeches
	Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
	Common Abbreviations handout
	Conjunctions Study Sheet
	Sample Thesis Statements for Literary Analysis of Persona

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The Scarlet Letter articles

The Scarlet Letter article #1

The Scarlet Letter article #2

The Scarlet Letter article #3

The Scarlet Letter article #4

The Scarlet Letter article #5

The Scarlet Letter article #6

The Scarlet Letter article #7

The Scarlet Letter article #8

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass articles

	Douglass Article 1
	Douglass Article 2
	Douglass Article 3
	Douglass Article 4
	Douglass Article 5
	Douglass article 6
	Douglass article 7
	Douglass article 8

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn articles

Huck Finn article #1: Johnson, Claudia Durst. "From Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Related Readings. New York: Glencoe, 2000. 234-37.

Huck Finn article #2: Morrow, Lance. "In Praise of Huckleberry Finn." The Signet Book of American Essays. Eds. M. Jerry Weiss and Helen S. Weiss. New York: Signet Classics, 2006. 176-86.

Huck Finn article #3: Salwen, Peter. "Is Huck Finn a Racist Book?" Peter Salwen’s Mark Twain Page. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.salwen.com/mtrace.html.

Huck Finn article #4

Huck Finn article #5

Huck Finn article #6

Huck Finn article #7

Huck Finn article #8

Huck Finn article #9

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Huck Finn articles on censorship

Maseda, Marisa. "Point: Curriculum Should Be Sensitive to Students’ Feelings" and Stephen Shepherd. "Counterpoint: Curriculum Needs to Recognize, Not Ignore, Racism." Point/Counterpoint: Huck Finn Gets Sent Down the River. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/huckcen/PointCounter.html.

Contemporary Reviews & Controversy Regarding the Novel

	" ‘Huckleberry Finn and His Critics.’ " The Atlanta Constitution 26 May 1885: 4. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/atlanta.html.
	" ‘Huckleberry Finn’ in Concord.’ " New York Herald 18 March 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/nyherald.html.
	"Review." Boston Daily Advertiser 12 Mar. 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/bosdail3.html.
	"Review." Life 26 Feb. 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/life1.html.
	Untitled article. San Francisco Chronicle 29 Mar. 1885: 4. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/sfchron2.html.
	Untitled editorial. Hartford Courant 4 April 1885: 2. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/harcour1.html.

Interesting Websites and Articles

	Jordahl, Steve. "Banned Books Week, More Fiction Than Fact." Family News in Focus. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000005716.cfm.
	"Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q and A." American Library Association. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/intellectual.htm.
	"Parents Unite Against Offensive Books." CitizenLink.com. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005737.cfm.
	Railton, Stephen. Mark Twain in His Times. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html.

The Taming of the Shrew articles

The Taming of the Shrew article #1

The Taming of the Shrew article #2

The Taming of the Shrew article #3

The Taming of the Shrew article #4

The Taming of the Shrew article #5

The Taming of the Shrew article #6

The Taming of the Shrew article #7

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