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English 11

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English 11

 

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Vocabulary Builders

http://hhssummerschool.pbworks.com/w/page/18068274/Vocabulary%20Builders

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/levels_a2h.cfm?sp=student


SSR questions


 

 

 

Supplemental SSR questions

As I read this, I want to know more about... because...

This story reminds me of ... (movie, other book, tv show)

The part of this book that really makes me stop and think is...

If I could talk to a character in the story, I would ask/say...

As I read this, I really didn't expect...

The sequel to this story would probably be about...

The author's attitude in this story is...

If I had written this, I would have said more about... 

 
What mood do you find yourself in as you read your book? Why?
 
Choose a character and write about how a particular place in the story is closely related to him or her.
 
Give a character an “evil twin” and write a short summary of that person’s life.
 What’s the most interesting word in the book you have read today? Why?
 

 

Describe a "turning point" in the story. How did that event change everything for the characters?

 

If a character in the story were to take you to his/her most important place, where would he/she take you? Why?

 

What is the author’s opinion of the main character? How do you know?

 

 

 

SSR Options When You Don't Know What To Read:

http://www.philly.com  The Inquirer and Daily News

http://www.delcotimes.com  Delaware County Times

http://www.newsweek.com Newsweek

http://www.time.com/time/ Time Magazine

http://www.teenvoices.com/ Teen Voices, aimed at girls; no pop-star/makeup/clothes stuff

http://www.spin.com/ Spin Magazine, a leading music magazine


 

 


The Old Man And The Sea

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The Most Dangerous Game


Sentence Combining

http://hhssummerschool.pbworks.com/w/page/41865110/Sentence%20combining


 

Essays

Essay 1: The Narrative Essay

Essay 2 Three Things You Didn't Know About

Essay 3: The Motivated Sequence

Essay 4 The Photo Essay


Poems

Mirror by Sylvia Plath

'Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

 

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