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Sarah McCafferty
English Teacher
Dept: English

Phone Ext: 170

smccafferty@mercyvhs.org

English
Teacher Page


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Homework Assignments:
3 sources due:
Due on: 01/08/10 for English, period(s) 1, 2, 3
Three sources for your American Authors Research Essay are due on Friday. Make sure you have the citation information for all three sources.

Documents:
WordReview Sheet for Slaughterhouse 5


PowerPoint 2007 *  Washington DC Conference for Sophomores
Please look here for info about the A World of Difference Youth Leadership Conference in Washington DC from November 14-17th

Word 2007 *  Movies about the Holocaust
A list of several films dealing with historical and fictional events during the Holocaust. Good for follow up on topics we are discussing in grade 10.

PowerPointEmily Dickinson Notes
notes from 1/12 on biography, alliteration, assonance, and slant rhyme

PowerPointNotes on 9 Holocaust Terms
There will be a quiz on these 9 terms on Friday, January 8th

PowerPointEpic Poetry Notes
from class 12/2/09

PowerPointNotes on F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Jazz Age
Notes from 11/09 in class

PowerPointNotes on Haiku
Notes on Japanese poetry

PowerPointNotes on Terza Rima
Notes on Italian poetry for sophomores

PowerPointNotes on Cinquain
From notes on poetry for sophomores

WordThis I Believe Essays
Guidelines for NPR's "This I Believe..." Essay assignment

PowerPointGrammar Notes
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjections

PowerPointREADING LOGS
How to do a reading log assignment.

WordWriting Assessment Rubric
Look here to see criteria for written assignments.

WordOral Expression Rubric
Look here to see the criteria for oral presentations.

PowerPointHow to Write and Punctuate Dialogue
Look here for examples on how to punctuate and space your dialogue. Also look if you want a good laugh. Dialogue CAN be funny!

WordAmerican Literature Guidelines


WordWorld Literature Guidelines




* Denotes documents that require Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2000/XP/2003 with Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack to open/view.

Click HERE to download the Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack for Microsoft Office 2000/XP/2003 users.

For Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents, click on the icon to the left of the file to download the appropriate viewer if you do not have Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed respectively.


Links:
Biography.com
By searching for "American writer," this site provides a selection of close to 300 authors.

American Literature on the Web
This set of American literature resource pages is mainly a collection of links to sites on the Internet especially dealing with American literature and its social, cultural contexts. It includes homepages and documents on over 300 authors and electronic texts of their works.

Website with info and Pictures of the Nazi Concentration Camps

Shakespeare Quiz
Fun trivia about Shakespeare's life.

How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay
Great tips on essay writing!

American Writing Gateway
The American Writing Gateway site contains links to literary criticism on the works of most of the authors on the list.


Macbeth Notes
Scene and character descriptions.

Smart Board Technology
Look here to download Smartboard Notebook software.

Skills Tutor
Check here for Skills Tutor assignments


Shakespeare's bio
Interesting info and blogs about Shakespeare and his plays.

The Liberation of Gunskirchen
A soldier's description of the Gunskirchen concentration camp that Mr. Herskovitz was liberated from.

MySoldier.com
This site explains the penpal program we have with soldiers fighting in the US military.

A photo essay of the Holocaust
This site has many pictures from the Holocaust and excellent explanations of what is happening in the photographs.

SAVE DARFUR
This is an excellent educational site about the genocide occuring in Darfur and what we can do to prevent it.

Holocaust Remembrance Project
A national essay contest for high school students: offers $100,000 worth of scholarships and prizes. Visit this site for more information and this years prompt for the essay.

Free Rice
Practice your vocab skills and end world hunger at the same time!

Picture Gallery from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This site contains picture albums taken at Auschwitz by Nazi officers.

Interview on NPR with Kurt Vonnegut by Terry Gross
Interview questions are in the document with notes on Dresden.

Dollars for Darfur
Mercy Vocational High School's fundraising webpage

WHYY I Like This Book Project
WHYY is asking students about their favorite books and featuring some of the answers on channel 12. Visit this link for more information.

www.noodletools.com
This webpage helps you create Works Cited pages and responsibly give credit to sources for research papers.

Sandra Cisneros
Cisneros's webpage that offers biographical information and insights about The House on Mango Street

Mr. Herskovitz's Website
info on his background and other speaking engagements

Germantown Poetry Festival
Information about the workshops held at Germantown Friends School and the poetry festival that takes place in Vernon Park on April 17th.

Teacher Evaluation Link
Please fill out this survey to give feedback about your English class this year.

 
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