Helpful Links

Click here to read an article on active vs. passive voice

Click here to take the active/passive voice quiz

Click here to watch a video of Gallagher explaining pronunciation

Click here to watch a video on weird sentences in the English Language

Click here to watch a video on phrases and clauses explained

Click here for some word walls ideas

Click here to sign up for the vocabulary word of the day

Click here to see every imaginable rhetorical device you 

could ever want to use

Click here to watch rhetorical devices in your favorite 

Disney songs

Read Siobhan’s post: The Chicken Saga

Click here to find free images and pictures for your blog 

posts on Unsplash

Click here for a tutorial on adding hyperlinks

Click here for a helpful video on plagiarism

Click here to learn about the ICE activity on incorporating 

sources into our writing; start at 3 minutes to skip the 

introduction

Click here for a video on Sherlock Holme's deduction

Click here for a tutorial from my sister, Professor Zobel, on 

her favorite citation generator

Click here for Grammarly's plagiarism checker tool

Click here for a link on properly citing a text from the Bible

Click here for a link on how to create citations in Word

 rather than Google Docs

Click here to watch a video on Interviewing DO's and 

DON'Ts

Click here for a video on How NOT to Sit for A College 

Interview

Click here for the link to our Practice Interviews we did in class

Click here to watch a TED talk on listening and how to have better conversations

Click here to watch a video on how to conduct a good interview

Click here to watch a TED talk on what adults can learn from kids

Click here to watch a TED talk on how to speak so that people want to listen

Click here to watch a tutorial on Powerpoint for beginners

Click here to watch a tutorial on Google Slides

Click here to watch a tutorial on Animoto

Click here for a WORLD teen article on Allergies

Click here for 50 Southern expressions

Click here to watch an Inside Out 2 Review

Click here to read or listen to The Briefing by Al Mohler

Click here to read or listen to The World and Everything In It

Click here to read an article on the Case for Lowering the Voting Age

Click here for a chart on the difference between Formal and Informal Essays

Click here for a brief Fox News interview with Kamala Harris

Click here for a video on the difference between Persuasive and Argumentative Essays

Click here for a video of an Oxford Mathemetician Speaking on God and Creation

Click here for a clip from the documentary "Am I Racist?"

Click here to watch a video on counterarguments

Click here for a video on Writing Effective Hooks

Click here for a link to 7 Sensational Essay Hooks

Click here for a list of 30 Literary Devices Every High School Student Should Know How to Use

Click here for a link on How to Use Transitions Effectively (from the Composition Textbook)

Click here for an article on Fake News

Click here for an article on Mr. Rogers and Fake News

Click here for a link to 200 prompts for argumentative writing

Click here to watch a video on our Conscious vs. Unconscious Brain

Click here for a link on media bias

Click here for a video on how to come up with a research question

Click here for a video on how to come up with a strong thesis statement

Click here for a Notetaking Template

Click here for a sample MLA essay

Click here for a video on logical fallacies

Click here for a video on Winnie the Pooh's Logical Fallacies

Click here for a video on Quote Integration

Click here for the Perdue OWL MLA Citation website

Click here for a link on Citing a Youtube Video in MLA

Click here for a link on Citing Web Publications

Click here for a link on Transitions

Click here for a link to Argument Transition Words and Phrases

Click here for a link to St. Patrick's Bad Analogies

Click here for a video on Comedic Transitions

Click here to watch a video on How to Start Your Essay

Click here for a sample MLA essay link

Click here for a sample informative essay link

Click here for an MLA Header template

Click here for a Purdue Owl MLA annoted paper sample

Click here for a Purdue Owl Works Cited Page template

Click here for 100 best quotes on reading