General Information
Important Handouts
- Literary Elements and Devices (Word) - Updated
- Timed Writing Debrief (Word)
- Tone Words (PDF)
- Correction and Commendation Guide (PDF)
Finals and Summer Reading
6th Six Weeks
- 6th Six Week's Calendar
MLA FormatNovel of Choice UnitMultimedia Project
5th Six Weeks
-5th Six Weeks' Calendar
- Tutorial Schedule
"The Lady of Shalott" STAAR English I
Released Exams Additional Review
Archetypes Project
Released Exams Additional Review
- Texas Assessment Workbook
(Come see me to check your answers!)
Archetypes Project
- Archetypes Notes
- Assignment
- Project Proposal (Online Form)
- Study Guide / Key
- Chapters 1-4 PPT (Link)
- Chapters 1-4 PPT (PDF)
- Notes (available on ChompChomp.com)
- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs (Interactive Practice)
- Direct or Indirect Object? (Interactive Practice)
- Direct Objects (YouTube)
- Indirect Objects (YouTube)
4th Six Weeks
-4th Six Weeks' Calendar (Revised)
Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet Panel Discussion (Project)
- Panel Groups - Romeo and Juliet Full Text (PDF)
- Romeo and Juliet Study Guide
- Romeo and Juliet Interactive Text (website)
- Romeo and Juliet Audio (link to Dropbox)
Vocabulary from Classical Roots
- Lessons 7 & 8 Practice
- Sentence Types (Simple, Compound, Complex)
Fall Semester Exam
3rd Six Weeks
- 3rd Six Weeks' Calendar
Poetry Unit
- Poetry Notes - from your textbook
- Rhythm with Dinosaurs (PDF)
- Poetic Devices - list of terms to know
- Sonnet Worksheet - a brief review
- How to Access the Online Textbook
- Physical copies of the textbook can be checked out in the CRHS book room (above the library). - Homer's World - background information from your textbook
- The Epic - notes from your textbook
- The Odyssey Part I - PDF of Book Pages
- The Odyssey Part II - PDF of Book Pages
- Excerpt from Mythology by Edith Hamilton - Background Information on the Odyssey
- My Heroic Archetype Materials - Survey, Superhero Worksheet, Twelve Heroic Archetypes
- Types of Phrases Notes - link to GrammarBytes
- Types of Clauses Notes - link to GrammarBytes
- Conjunctions (Word)
- Clauses Practice (Word)
- Definitions to Know (Word)
2nd Six Weeks
- 2nd Six Weeks' Calendar
The Translator
(More resources available on the TEA Website)
- Background Handout (PDF)
- Student-Made Study Guide (PDF)
- A tool to help you process your reading. - Chapters 1 and 2 (PDF)
- rotate clockwise to read
(More resources available on the TEA Website)
- Expository Essay Rubric (PDF)
- Short Answer Single Selection Rubric (PDF)
- Short Answer Connecting Selections Rubric (PDF)
- Revising and Editing Practice (PDF)
(These exercises and more are available in the Student Resources section of your Online Textbook.) - English I STAAR, Spring 2015 (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF)
- Topics (PDF)
- Assignment and Rubric (PDF)
- Project Proposal Handout (Word)
- Parts of Speech Notes (Word)
- Parts of Speech Review (Word)
- Parts of Speech Practice (PDF)
- Parts of Speech Answer Key (PDF)
1st Six Weeks
Warm Ups
Writing
Grammar
Short Story Unit
- Warm Up #1 - Commas (Word)
- Grammar Warm Up #4 (Word)
- My Antonia Sample Annotations (PDF)
- My Antonia Answer Explanations (PDF)
- To Kill a Mockingbird APMC (Word)
- Ender's Game Literary Circle Passage (Word)
- The Awakening APMC (Word)
- Literary Elements and Devices (Word) - Updated
- Timed Writing Debrief (Word)
- Utopia/Dystopia Notes (PowerPoint)
Writing
Grammar
- Grammar Quiz Reviews- 1 & 2 (Word)
- Grammar Review with Answers
- Capitalization Rules (Word)
- Punctuation Rules (Word)
Short Story Unit
- Short Story Project (PDF)
- Short Story Links (PDF)
- "The Pedestrian" (PDF)
- Ray Bradbury Background Information (PDF)
- "The Veldt" (PDF)
- "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (PDF)
- Test Review (PDF)