Resources

Online Glossaries for Literary Terms:

LTH assignments refer to the "Literary Terms Handbook," a self-created section of your binder filled with samples of literary devices from the novels, poems, and articles we're studying this year.

The websites below will help you find definitions for the terms. It is not necessary to cite sources for definitions, since they are considered common knowledge.

RHETORICAL DEVICES: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

BEDFORDS LIT GLOSS: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/

POETIC TERMS: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html

Breaking Down a Timed Writing Prompt

Click HERE to prepare for your first timed writing. You will be allowed (only on this first adventure!) to bring one page of notebook paper that includes notes from this powerpoint, a thesis idea, and a reminder of quotes that you might want to use to support your ideas about the symbolism of Richard Parker. You may NOT write down any ideas from sources beyond your own brain -- no internet research allowed.

Check out the OWL: Online Writing Lab

This website, produced by Purdue University, can assist you with questions about research, documenting sources, and even general writing advice.

Videos explaining the myth of Icarus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOT5bgFw-Pc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GggtrXyBJzI

Tips for Writing a Book Review: Click HERE to learn more about writing an analytical book review for your Independent Reading Assessment.

Online Portfolio Samples

In order to help you gather artifacts for your senior portfolio, and as a means of reflecting on your learning this year, you will be expected to create and manage an online portfolio.

Here are links to sample portfolios created by former students:
Jordan's Sophomore Portfolio
Riley's Senior Portfolio
Logan's Senior Portfolio
Wizzie's Senior Portfolio

Philosophy Wonderings and Wanderings

Click HERE to watch Three Minute Philosophy: Plato
Click HERE to see playdough Plato -- the claymation version of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
Click HERE to see the connections between Plato and The Matrix

Click HERE to see the full-text version of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" that we previewed in class.

FUN with grammar!

Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences: ONLINE GAMESHOW QUIZ
Yet another: SENTENCE TYPE QUIZ

Articles of interest -- Candide Learning Stations:
Station 1: New York Times: "Do You Have Free Will? Yes, It's the Only Choice"
Station 2: Leibniz's Solution to the Problem of Evil
Station 3: BBC-Religions: Definition of Original Sin

Prepping for the Debate: Leibniz is not exactly Pangloss!

Despite the fact that Voltaire satirizes the theories of Leibniz in the character Pangloss in Candide (and despite his ridiculous hair-do), the guy was actually a genius. In preparation for our debate, check out some of these articles:

Enlightenment Values and Principles
Voltaire's Criticism of Leibniz, Edited
Check out the philosophy and satire sections of this wikipedia article: Candide
Philosimply: An Overview of the Monad Philosophy

So now that you've been immersed in "All Things Leibniz," do you need a Voltaire refresher? Here's a very brief summary of his philosophies: Voltaire's Principles

Analytical Essay Tips

Check out these online resources if you have questions or get stuck. Remember, you can always schedule a Writer's Conference with Webby after school!

HOW TO WRITE A LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER

CONCLUSION STRATEGIES

Direct link to the OWL section on analytical essays: OWL

Interviewing Tips

Nine Tips on Conducting Great Interviews
How Journalists Can Become Better Interviewers
Journalistic Techniques for Conducting Effective Interviews
How to Interview Like a Journalist