English+11

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REQUIRED READING: http://www.act.org/path/secondary/pdf/FamilyFirstsStudent.pdf 2007-2008 Practice Test Booklet: [|Preparing for the ACT Booklet 2007-2008.pdf] Another ACT prep resource: http://www.studyguidezone.com/acttest.htm************
 * __ACT PREP:__**
 * ACT In-Class Activity - SAMPLE ESSAYS & SCORING: http://www.actstudent.org/writing/sample/

__MLA FORMAT FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPERS & THE RESEARCH PAPER:__ Click on this link, compliments of Purdue University: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/**

__LIT CIRCLES:__ Click here to review the list of 21 books that you will need to rank in order based on your preference soon: http://www.shelfari.com/o1518106466/tags/english%2011%20lit%20circle Click here for the lit circle ranking handout, due Monday, Oct. 20, 2008: [|Lit Circle Book Selection & Ranking Handout.doc]

__MACBETH:__ //Macbeth// required reading: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE5DD1631F93BA25750C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=//**

__SHELFARI.COM:__ Great link for book projects at: http://www.shelfari.com/ Mr. Ayer's Shelfari.com page at: [|**http://www.shelfari.com/o1518106466**]

__BRAVE NEW WORLD:__
 * Forgot your copy of the novel? Click here for an online version in its entirety: http://www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html or at http://www.readprint.com/work-846/Aldous-Huxley******
 * Remember that you need to read and respond to the article in this link: http://www.huxley.net/ and then post a response in the discussion tab under my topic posting by the end of this unit.
 * Another article response possibility; Charles M. Blow's "The Demise of Dating": http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/opinion/13blow.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
 * //Having trouble with the novel?// Use any of these for assistance (but do NOT use them in place of reading the novel - you will bomb the test):
 * Spark Notes: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/
 * The Literature Network: http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/brave_new_world/
 * Barron's Book Notes: http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBraveNew01.asp
 * Cliff's Notes: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Brave-New-World.id-45.html

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Contact Mr. Ayer by e-mail at: jeffreya@newrichmond.k12.wi.us