English Department
Successful completion of a four-year English program is a requirement of Nashoba Regional High School. Semester senior electives are available for seniors. All courses are designed to strengthen students' communication and critical thinking skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Areas of major emphasis include composition and literary analysis as well as studies in drama and media literacy. See our
Program of Studies to learn more.
English Department Site
Site Link English Department Google Site for Students
Useful Links
- Common Core Standards
- MASSACHUSETTS
CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY
Grades Pre-Kindergarten to 12
Incorporating the Common Core State Standards
for English Language Arts and
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
| Grammar/Vocabulary Sites: | Reading Comprehension Sites: |
| English-zone | How to Improve Writing Skills |
| Self Study quizzes | Easy reading comprehension |
| Communication Skills | Writing Skills: |
| Communication links | Writers Block, anxiety etc. |
| General Online Help | |
| Novel Guides: | Online Writing Labs |
| Novel Guides-Link "Language Arts" | |
| Brief Book reviews |
More Links
- Online Literary Criticism Collection - 2662 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works. Browse by title, nationality or literary period. British and American authors from
pre-1500 are included. (Curriculum Frameworks Learning Standard 17) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature (Curriculum Frameworks Learning Standard 20)
- Lesson Plans
- Quotations of Shakespeare -selected quotations from his works (Curriculum Frameworks Learning Standard 12)
- Teaching through Biographies
- The Biography Channel
- Poets' Corner
- English SP
- WebQuests for English/Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
All Subjects Matrix (Samples)
- Huckleberry Finn (WebQuest) Online Book and Text
- Frankenstein WebQuest
(Frankenstein - second reading)
- A Separate Peace WebQuest
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- My Favorite Poem
- Poetry Readings - Robert Frost (mp3 file)
A partnership among Boston University and the Poetry Society of America - An Odyssey Track (a collection of links using 4teacher.org using TrackStar in text mode)Ms. Lynch's Class (March 04)
- Jeopardy Ideas
ESSAY - A Few Online Essay Scoring Demos (posted 5/04)
- Criterion 3.0
http://www.ets.org/criterion/topics/topics.htm - Holt Online Essay Scoring
http://my.hrw.com/hosdemo/hos_entry.jsp -
Intelligent Essay Assessor (IEA) Demonstration Page
http://www.knowledge-technologies.com/IEAdemo.shtml/ -
Prentice Hall Online Essay Scorer
http://phschool.com/successnet/oesdemo/ -
MY Access! IntelliMetric Demo
http://www.vantage.com/demosite/demo.html