College+Prep

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**__This page has two purposes__:**
 * Provide a variety of resources in an easy-to-use and easy-to-find place.
 * Engage you in discussion and learning beyond the classroom.

= __Short Story Unit__: =

__Discussion: Flannery O'Conner's "Good Country People"__

 * [|Good Country People Full Text.pdf]
 * New York Times [|Original Flannery O'Connor review 1955.pdf]

__Discussion: War and Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried"__

 * [|The Things They Carried Full Text.pdf]

__Discussion: Charlotte Perkin Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"__

 * [|Full Text]
 * [|Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
 * [|Domestic Goddess: Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
 * [|"The Yellow Wallpaper" - Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

__Discussion: Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman"__

 * [|Full Text]
 * [|Eccentric Memories - A Conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston.pdf]

= __Accelerated Reader__: = = [|College Prep AR Task.doc] = = [|AR point chart.doc] = [|AR list]

= __College Application and Scholarship Unit__: = = =
 * Mr. Ayer's admission essay to St. Mary's University (2007): ** [|Admission Essay.doc]
 * Samples: **[]

**Using Google Docs Instructional Handout:** ** VIP e-mail Survey: ** = College Information =

[|http://www.collegeboard.com] [|http://www.collegenet.com] [|http://www.collegequest.com] [|http://www.petersons.com] [|http://www.collegeview.com] [|http://www.kaplan.com] [|www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool]

Testing Tips and Information
[|http://www.ets.org] [] [|http://www.act.org] [|http://www.collegeboard.com]

Financial Aid and Scholarship Searches
[|http://www.fastweb.com] [|http://www.finaid.org] [|http://www.students.gov] [] [|http://fafsa.ed.gov]

=__Hamlet__: = **For more, click on 'Hamlet' on the navigation bar to the left, or click here:** Hamlet

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