Listen to a verbatim reading of "The Most Dangerous Game."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NqT78G3BI

 

"The Most Dangerous Game" - If you lose the copy provided to you in class, you may download and print the short story from this site. Depending on your printer, the download will be from eight to twelve pages long. 

http://www.classicreader.com/book/1317/1/

 

 

Context Clues

Context Clues - During the year, the students will learn how context clues can assist them in understanding new words. There are several links to use. You will find additional links by scrolling down this page.

http://www.quia.com/tq/105496.html

 

Context Clues

http://www.quia.com/pop/34883.html

 

Context Clues

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/using-context-clues/activity/1/1

 

Context Clues - practice exercises - Complete all exercises

 

Complete all context clues exercises.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073123587/sitemap.html?Qui

 

Context clues review. Take all three tests listed in the left column. http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073123587/student_view0/chapter3/context_clues__exercise_1.html

 

PSAT/SAT Prep

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SAT/PSAT prep site SAT prep

 

PSAT Prep - These four sites will help students prepare for the PSAT. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about/ontest.html

 

PSAT practice - Online grammar/writing quiz http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/quiz.html

 

This link will take you to the PSAT prep site. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html

 

PSAT Prep - reading comprehension http://www.majortests.com/sat/reading-comprehension.php

 

PSAT Prep - grammar and writing http://www.majortests.com/sat/grammar.php

 

PSAT Prep - sentence completion http://www.majortests.com/sat/sentence-completion.php

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PSAT/SAT Prep - math    https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/sat-math-practice

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PSAT/SAT Prep - math   https://www.mometrix.com/academy/sat-math/

 

PSAT/SAT Prep - math   https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sample-questions/math

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PSAT/SAT Prep - math  https://www.varsitytutors.com/sat_math_diagnostic_1-problem-6488

 

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Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension - These two sites will help you to prepare for the PSAT and the final examination in English. On the first site, click on "CBS 5" stories and "CNN stories." Then click on "Story" and read the entire story. Finally, click on the links in the left hand column and complete the exercises. http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html#kpix

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http://www.freeonlinetest.in/question-and-answer/english/reading-comprehension

 

 

 

 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet - extensive review http://www.shmoop.com/romeo-and-juliet/

 

Romeo and Juliet  parallel text http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

 

Romeo and Juliet  H and CP - prep #1 - character ID http://www.quia.com/jg/34241.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  H and CP - prep #2 http://www.quia.com/pop/3833.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  H and CP - prep #3 http://www.quia.com/cb/4735.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  H and CP - prep #4 http://www.quia.com/jq/14655.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  - H and CP - Practice test #1 http://www.quia.com/quiz/108676.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  - H and CP - Practice test #2 http://www.quia.com/quiz/485851.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  - H and CP - Practice test #3 http://www.quia.com/quiz/121826.html

 

Romeo and Juliet -  H, CP, and AC- Act 1 review http://www.quia.com/cm/316746.html

 

Romeo and Juliet - H, CP, AC - quiz *Romeo and Juliet* quiz

 

H and CP - This is a parallel text of Romeo and Juliet     http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

 

H, CP, AC - Romeo and Juliet  review http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet

 

Romeo and Juliet - Character Review - AC http://www.quia.com/jg/35408.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  English AC - review #1 http://www.quia.com/quiz/109277.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  English AC - review #2 http://www.quia.com/quiz/3107517.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  English AC - review #3 http://www.quia.com/jg/35408.html

 

Romeo and Juliet  H and CP -  free audio version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tSfkGyC74

 

Commas

Commas-Exercise 1 - Read the directions and complete the exercise. http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/punctuation1.html#start

 

Commas-Exercise 2 - Complete the exercises under the headings "Comma Splices & Fused Sentences" and "Commas." http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

 

Commas-Exercise 3 - Go to the bottom of the page and complete the four quizzes on commas. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

 

Commas-Exercise 4 - The Owl Writing Lab has six exercises for you to use as a review. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_placement_ex1.htm

 

Commas-Exercise 5 - Complete the comma usage exercises. http://www.towson.edu/ows/indexexercises.htm

 

Comma usage. Click on the appropriate link. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

 

 

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace - extensive review http://www.shmoop.com/separate-peace/

 

A Separate Peace - Take a practice test. http://www.quia.com/quiz/122047.html

 

A Separate Peace - Practice questions http://www.quia.com/jq/15356.html

 

A Separate Peace - More practice questions http://www.quia.com/jg/40995.html

 

A Separate Peace  -  Try this quiz! http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/A-Separate-Peace-63809.html

 

A Separate Peace - Even more practice questions https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/a-separate-peace/study-help/quiz

 

A Separate Peace - Even more practice questions than before http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/separate/quiz.html

 

A Separate Peace - The novel:  https://www.bydewey.com/Peace.pdf

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Agreement:   Online review and exercises, plus PowerPoint presentation:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm 

 

Agreement: Subject-Verb http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Subject-Verb_Agreement

 

Agreement: Subject-Verb http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/subverb1.htm

 

Agreement: Pronoun-Antecedent     http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Pronoun_Agreement

 

Agreement: Read and take Second Quiz on Pronoun Forms:   http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm

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Agreement:  Take this quiz to prepare for the upcoming test:  http://www.quia.com/pop/4338.html

 

 

Summer of My German Soldier

Summer of My German Soldier practice http://www.quia.com/jg/1657097.html

 

Summer of My German Soldier study guide. This is a great review site! http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Summer_Of_My_German_Soldier/Summer_Of_My_German_Soldier01.html

 

 

Parts of Speech

Parts of speech practice #1 http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=8-parts-speech-test-practice

 

Parts of speech practice #2 http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

 

Parts of speech practice #3 http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_quiz.htm

 

Parts of speech practice #4 http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/parts_of_speech/quiz395.html

 

Parts of speech practice #5 http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_speechparts_adv.htm

 

Parts of speech made easy! Use this link to review for the upcoming test. http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/parts-of-speech.html

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Parts of speech - list of pronouns http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/list-of-pronouns.html

 

Parts of speech - list of pronouns used as adjectives      http://www.phschool.com/atschool/writing_grammar_08/grade8/exercise_bank/pdf/08GE1607.pdf

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Parts of speech - list of common prepositions     https://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/list-of-prepositions.pdf

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Parts of speech - list of common conjunctions     https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/list-of-conjunctions.html

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Lie and Lay/Who and Who

Lie and lay - exercises #1 http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular06/irregular06.htm

 

Lie and lay - exercises #2 http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/lefg2_laylie2.html

 

Lie and lay - exercises #3 Scroll down the page to find four exercises. http://www.towson.edu/ows/indexexercises.htm#Commonly%20Confused%20Words%20Exercises

 

Lie and lay tutorial http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/verbs/verb3s.html

 

Who and whom - exercises #1 Scroll down the page to find four exercises. http://www.towson.edu/ows/indexexercises.htm#Commonly%20Confused%20Words%20Exercises

 

Who and whom - exercises #2 http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/wordchoice06.htm

 

Who and whom - exercises #3 http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/wordchoice08.htm

 

Who and whom - exercises #4 http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/who_whom_1.htm

 

Who and whom - exercises #5 http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/who_quiz.htm

 

 

Fever 1793

Fever 1793 - Character review for all tracks http://www.quia.com/jg/932118.html

 

Fever 1793 - Use this link to prepare for the vocabulary test 

https://www.quia.com/cm/114413.html

 

Fever 1793 - Information on the epidemic   (highlight and paste into a new window)      

https://www.history.com/news/yellow-fever-outbreak-philadelphia

    

Fever 1793  - Free online copy of the novel:

https://p2cdn3static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_2890088/File/Fever%20Online%20Book.pdf

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Fever 1793 - review test - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/586a9b5467d84bc574e8d824/fever-1793-review

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Vocabulary Review

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Vocabulary - Spelling City: Use this site to review for the unit quizzes. http://www.spellingcity.com/MrRonzoni235/

 

 

Grammar and Writing Review 

This site answers hundreds of questions about correct usage. http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

 

Online grammar/writing quiz The deadly -ed, common errors, sentence analysis http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/iowa/quiz/

 

Online grammar/writing quiz: Revising with Style; Connecting Writing With Grammar; Grammar Practice; Proofreading Practice http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/course/grade10/index.html#

 

Guide to Grammar and Writing - This site will assist students in grades nine through college with their writing and grammar skills. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

 

Grammar/punctuation review site - These excellent online exercises will help you review. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070400555/student_view0/editing-999/

 

Online grammar/writing quiz; proofreading exercises http://www.mrnussbaum.com/paragraph.htm

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12 Major English Tenses [with Examples, Schemes & Building Formulas]    https://ivypanda.com/blog/major-english-tenses/

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Understanding the Sentence Unit

Understanding the Sentence Unit - Complete Exercises 1 and 2. http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex1.htm

 

Understanding the Sentence Unit - Click on Index. On this site, read the notes and complete the exercises for run-on sentences, fragments, compound sentences, conjunctions, and parallelism. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

 

Understanding the Sentence Unit http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/frag01.01.htm

 

Understanding the Sentence Unit - English 211 only http://www.quia.com/pop/37761.html

 

Understanding the sentence unit - There are several exercises which will help you distinguish between a comma splice and a fused sentence. http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

 

Understanding the Sentence Unit - There are several exercises here to help you with fragments:

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Fragments

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/fragments_ex1.htm

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/recognizing_sentence_or_fragments/quiz2130.html

https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-sentences-and-fragments.htm

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Parallel Structure

Parallel structure unit #1 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/parallel_structure.html

 

Parallel structure unit #2 http://www.evergreen.edu/writingcenter/handouts/grammar/parallel.pdf

 

Parallel Structure - Read the introduction and complete the exercises. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

 

Parallel Structure - Work on the exercises labeled "Parallel Structure." http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

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Parallel Structure  - https://www.grammarwiz.com/parallel-structure-quiz.html

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Parallel structure - https://www.quia.com/quiz/3511543.html?AP_rand=977652512

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Parallel structure - https://www.quill.org/connect/#/play/lesson/-L9kgJ-GCd6UCG21kr50?anonymous=true

 

 

Little Women

Little Women - 213: Use this link to prepare for the upcoming test. http://www.quia.com/jg/413896.html

 

Little Women - 213 - View newspapers from the 1860s. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/the-civil-war.htm

 

Little Women - 213: Use this link to review for the vocabulary words. http://www.quia.com/jg/413905.html

 

Listen to a recording of Little Women .  IMPORTANT!!! You will not be able to follow along with the text. Just listen for enjoyment. http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/drama/lux/lux-radio-theater-50-03-13-693-little-women-repeat

 

 

Literary Terms

Examples of idioms http://www.idiomsite.com/

 

Examples of cliches http://www.kristisiegel.com/cliches.html

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Sophomore AC - Alliteration and assonance review:   https://www.quibblo.com/quiz/dBEajUn/Assonance-or-Alliteration-Quiz

 

Literary terms review #1 - Honors English and CP English   http://www.quia.com/jg/56292.html

Literary terms review #2 - Honors English and CP English   

https://quizlet.com/7285695/ronzoni-literary-terms-review-211-212-flash-cards/

 

Literary terms review - AC  English  - part 1 http://www.quia.com/jg/528375.html

 

Literary terms review - AC English  - part 2 http://www.quia.com/jg/2482253.html

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Literary terms review - AC English  - part 3    https://quizlet.com/7286137/ronzoni-literary-terms-review-english-213-flash-cards/

 

Literary terms review - AC English  -  sophomore - https://www.quia.com/fc/3057010.html

Camelot

Camelot - Use this link to read a synopsis of Camelot. http://musicals.net/cgi-bin/synopsis?sn=11&show=Camelot

 

Camelot video - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG0Z_JX_zk

 

Camelot video - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YYqD_u7G4

 

Camelot video - Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ozghb9GBw

 

Camelot study guide - PDF http://www.bard.org/education/insights/camelotinsights.pdf

 

Camelot background http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical008.html

 

Colons/Semicolons

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Colon/semicolon exercises #1 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_44.htm#semicex

 

Colon/semicolon exercises #2 http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/colons_ex1.htm

 

Colon/semicolon exercises #3 http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/semicolons_and_colons_1.asp

 

Colon/semicolon exercises #4 http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons1.htm

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Colon/semicolon exercises #5  https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/semicolons_and_colons_2.asp

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Colon/semicolon exercises #6   https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/introduction-to-semicolons/e/using-colons-and-semicolons

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Colon/semicolon exercises #7   https://style.mla.org/quiz-semicolons/

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Colon/semicolon exercises #8   https://style.mla.org/quiz-colons/

 

Colon review exercises http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/colons.htm

 

Semicolon review exercises http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/semicolons_ex1.htm

 

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Paraphrasing and Plagiarism

Plagiarism review #1  -  http://studyskills.curtin.edu.au/better-referencing/paraphrasing-and-summarising/  

Click on Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4

 

Plagiarism review #2  -  https://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/exercises.cfm

 

Plagiarism review #3  -  https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism-quiz

 

Plagiarism review #4   -  https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-quiz/

 

Plagiarism review #5  -  https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/humanities/linguistics/wcn4802/identifying-acceptable-paraphrases

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Plagiarism review #6  -  https://academicintegrity.uoguelph.ca/plagiarism/quiz-plagiarism

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Plagiarism review #7  -  https://uh.edu/honors/human-situation/Student%20Resources/writing-curriculum/Plagiarism.quiz.htm

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Plagiarism review #8  -  https://catoolkit.herts.ac.uk/toolkit/9-1-plagiarism-quiz/

 

Plagiarism checker -  http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/

 

Plagiarism checker  -  http://plagiarisma.net/?utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&utm_source=%2Ftop-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers&utm_medium=link

 

Plagiarism checker  -  http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/?utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&utm_source=%2Ftop-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers&utm_medium=link

 

 

 

 

Passive and Active Voice

Passive voice - Active voice exercise #1 https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_quiz.htm

 

Passive voice - Active voice exercise #2 http://www.businesswriting.com/tests/activepassive.htm

 

Passive voice - Active voice exercise #3 http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarexercises/a/Practice-In-Changing-Verbs-From-Passive-To-Active.htm

 

Passive to active - Exercise #1 -   https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=active-passive-voice

 

Passive to active - Exercise #2 http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/active-passive-voice-exercise-3/

 

Passive to active - Exercise #3 http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm

 

 

Second Person

Avoiding second person #1 - https://writingcenter.blogs.unr.edu/2017/02/01/avoiding-the-use-of-the-first-and-second-person-in-academic-writing/

 

Avoiding second person #2 - video     http://en.writecheck.com/blog/2012/11/30/writing-no-no-1-video

 

 

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street - writing the essay *Miracle on 34th Street* - writing the essay

 

Listen to a recording of Miracle on 34th Street.  IMPORTANT!!! You will not be able to follow along with the text. Just listen for enjoyment. http://ia902705.us.archive.org/9/items/Lux_Fills_and_Upgrades/Lux-471222-correct-596td-Miracleon34ThStreet-MOHaraEGwennJPNW.mp3

 

Miracle on 34th Street - Use this link to read a summary of the movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_34th_Street

 

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Here is a link to the complete novel online:  http://www.metropolitancollege.com/curious.pdf

 

BBC plot summary  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqwq7ty/revision

 

National Theater study guide    http://cdn.spotcointeractive.com/websites/curiousincident/_downloads/CuriousIncident-StudyGuide.pdf

 

Verbals

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/584aaf77f43670ca4b352cf1/verbals

https://www.quia.com/quiz/2168770.html?AP_rand=1363388614

https://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr07/page_build.cfm?id=quiz&ch=7

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/english/verb/quiz-verbals-gerunds-infinitives-and-participles

https://quizlet.com/50274971/verbals-practice-flash-cards/

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Varia

See the differences and similarities between editing and proofreading. http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/editing-and-proofreading

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Use this link to prepare for the Performance Series reading test. Begin with the Intermediate Reading Tests. Then work up to the Advanced Reading Tests. http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11403&Itemid=18

 

"Through the Tunnel" - Here is an essay that explores the themes of the story. http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/writersmodel/pdf/W_P1006.pdf

 

Use this site to review for the first Word of the Day test. http://quizlet.com/15557608/mr-ronzoni-wotd-flash-cards/

 

Read this after completing "The Greatest Gift." The Real Bedford Falls

 

First, second, and third person pronouns; avoiding first and second person writing. http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/academic-support-center/Pronouns_in_First_Second_and_Third_Person15.pdf

 

Books recommended for the college-bound student http://www.lakeholcombe.k12.wi.us/uploads/1/0/4/0/10408064/college_boustnd_recommended_reading.pdf

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