HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
READ A BOOK!
NEW STUFF!
Journal topics are now online! Click the link at left to see what you should be writing about...
Welcome to the English 9 webpage! On this page, you will not only find the assignments, notes, and daily goings-on from Mr. George's class (the "need-to-know" stuff), but also links to interesting sites, "useless" knowledge, and generally cool information (the "nice-to -know" stuff).
ENJOY!
*PERSUASIVE PAPER*
JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING BREAK--THE PERSUASIVE RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT! ACTUALLY, YOU VOTED AND I LISTENED; THEREFORE, I'M POSTING THE ASSIGNMENT IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB! CHECK THE LINK AT LEFT...
*COOL LINKS*
Want to learn more about Shakespeare? Check out the link to Absolute Shakespeare! Also, elizabethan.org is a cool site for info on what it was like to live in Elizabethan England (what do you mean tomatoes are poisonous?!).
*ANOTHER COOL LINK*
HAS ALL OF THE MYTHOLOGY DISCUSSION SPARKED AN INTEREST? WANT TO LEARN MORE? CHECK OUT PANTHEON.ORG, A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO WORLD MYTHOLOGY! CLICK ON THE LINK AT RIGHT.
*YET ANOTHER COOL LINK*
Citation Machine is an excellent site for questions about citing sources in research papers. It even has a "citation creator" that allows you to plug in your source information; the citation machine will then create an MLA works cited entry for you!
NEWS FLASH!
STUDYING ACTUALLY HELPS YOUR GRADES!
THIS MAY COME AS QUITE A SHOCK TO SOME STUDENTS, BUT THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDYING AND GOOD GRADES! IN A RECENT, INFORMAL POLL CONDUCTED BEFORE AN ENGLISH 9 TEST, ONLY 32 OF THE 74 STUDENTS IN NINTH GRADE REPORTED TO HAVE ACTUALLY STUDIED (AND BY "STUDIED", I MEAN THAT THEY SPENT MORE THAN 5 MINUTES FLIPPING THROUGH THEIR NOTES)! THAT'S LESS THAN HALF! NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE GRADES REFLECTED THIS.
STUDYING IS NOT A FRANTIC, "FIRST-TWO-MINUTES-OF-CLASS-BEFORE-THE-TEST-IS-HANDED-OUT" ACTIVITY!
AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, THIS VALUABLE LITTLE TIDBIT OF INFORMATION SHOULD HELP YOU TO IMPROVE YOUR GRADES--
STUDY!
Okay...I have to admit, this site may not be what you would consider to be truly "cool", but I'm an English teacher...
Purdue University has an online writing lab (the OWL). If you need to know something about grammar, punctuaton, MLA, or just about anything else that relates to writing--this is it! Just click on the link in the "Cool Links" menu.
--Isaac D'Israeli
"There oughta be a law against crazy ducks."
--Porky Pig