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California State Standards & Related Links:
Link-to-Links:
Literature
Links:
Writing,
Grammar & Vocabulary Resource Links:
- Citation Machine: interactive web site for assisting scholars in proper citation of informational sources in MLA, APA, Chicago and (soon to come) Turabin citation formats.
- Are
there words you should know to be
successful in school and college?
Is there a difference between academic
vocabulary adn everyday vocabulary?
You bet there is! And the essential
vocabulary of a successful academic
has been identified by the Linguistics
Department of the University of Victoria,
Wellington, NZ. Knowing these
words are critical to your success!
The website is geared to helping
you learn with tutorials and is a
recognized teacher resource.
- Writing:
Online Community for Readers &
Writers of All Ages
- Exploring
English: wonders and quirks of
our language, including parts of
speech, usage, style guidelines and
more.
- Guide
to Grammar & Writing for
Teens
- Grammar
Bytes
- Grammar
Station
- Former
Librarian Marie Wallace's Tips
on How to Write A Speech.
- Cliche
Finder: over 3,300 Indexed Cliches
- Quia:
Quia Subscriber-Created Games and
Activities for English Arts
- Professor
Brian's Common
Errors in English website
- Free
English
Languare Art Lessons Online from
InterLink Language Centers: lessons
on reading, writing, vocabulary,
grammar, pronounciation, etc.
- Traditional
English Grammar by Prof. D. Hardy
of Colorado State University
- Word
Sources: the etymologies or word
origins especially of English
words from Latin & Greek
- a resource supporting California
Language Arts Standards for 9th and
10th grades!
Teacher
& Student Resource Links:
Fun, Unusual or Extra Special Stuff:
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Teachers:
NEW for JBHS Students! JBHS Download Central with downloads to help with your English class, including MP3 audio files of many literary selections in our Holt, Rinehard, Winston textbooks!
Want an early start? Learn what novels are available for your classes at Jesse Bethel High School? See our Inventory of Course Novels w/some Related Links
Attention Teachers, Parents and Students: Our English Department uses state approved textbooks from Holt-Rinehart-Winston (HRW) Publishers.
All English classes follow a district approved pacing guide with quarterly exams.
Pacing Guides are available in MS DOC format (below by grade level. Please download them to learn what is covered from quarter to quarter.:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
State
Dept. of Education Links:
State
Standards
SAT Preparation: Over 3,000 multiple choice questions divided into
21 groups! Also a database browser to review and print the questions and the correct answers.
 Answer
to quiz question on our JBHS
faculty homepage: The faculty pages
show a fresco titled "The School of Athens";
it can be found painted on the walls of the
Signature Room in the Vatican. Some of the
famous teachers depicted in the painting include
Socrates, Aristotle.
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