tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82654430193271894492024-02-20T10:47:25.896-08:00English IV Unit LinksMs. Bishop's Pageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133199863841474noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-66777733886665169502016-04-08T11:03:00.000-07:002016-04-11T11:40:18.856-07:00Grammarly: Help with Proofreading and Revision Problems<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/grammar/verbs/20/verb-tense-consistency/">Verb Tense Consistency</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/7/comma-splice/">Comma Splice</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/15/run-on-sentences/">Runon Sentence</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/grammar/nouns/11/possessive-nouns/">Apostrophes for Possession</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/quotation-marks/6/quotations-within-a-quotation/">Punctuating a Quote with a Quote</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/grammar/nouns/17/noun-and-pronoun-agreement-thesethose/">Noun-Pronoun Agreement</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/mechanics/numbers/4/general-uses-of-figures-and-numbers/">When to Spell out Numbers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/research-and-documentation/documentation-styles/1/mla-modern-language-association/">MLA Citations</a><br />
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<a href="https://app.grammarly.com/">Grammarly app and website for grammar checking</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-14695829253302046622016-01-27T07:33:00.001-08:002016-04-15T09:24:06.042-07:00Research Paper Unit Links<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://abacus.bates.edu/cbb/quiz/"><span style="font-size: small;">Bates College's Plagiarism Resource Site</span></a><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">Read the materials, and take the self-test.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html">Avoiding Plagiarism </a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOoo">A Quick Guide to Plagiarism</a> video clip (7:31) </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://library.grsd.org/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home">Gateway Regional High School Library</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://libraries.state.ma.us/pages/complete-list">Direct Link to Databases</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Doing Research</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/researchpaper/1516MLAGuide.pdf">Writing a Research Paper: An MLA Guide</a> (Our guide booklet).</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GMtIuaNzU">What Are Databases and Why You Need Them</a> video clip (2:34)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/evaluate_internet.pdf">Evaluating Internet Sources</a> Undergraduate Library, the University of Illinois</li>
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<li><a href="http://time.com/">Time Magazine online</a>. (Ms. Bishop's log-in: cbishop@grsd.org , password: gateway235) </li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Taking Notes and the Preliminary Works Cited </b></span><br />
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<li> <a href="http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html">Avoiding Plagiarism </a></li>
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<li><a href="https://youtu.be/7HfXS8CzxXA">How to Make a Source Card for a Book</a>: video clip (3:42)</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBTujS4rEo">How to Make a Source Card for an Internet Source</a>: video clip (3:55)</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSsQJm95FbE">Citing Websites with Hard to Find Author or Date Info</a>: video clip (1:44)</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-so7RJ1_Cg">How to Make Note Cards</a> video clip (4:33)</li>
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<li><a href="https://youtu.be/wCO9GWvq_Kc">How to Write a Note Card</a> review video clip (2:24)</li>
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<li><b><a href="https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/">MLA Works Cited Formatting for Online Sources: Purdue Owl resource page</a></b></li>
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<li><b><a href="http://www.easybib.com/">EasyBib: Free Bibliography Citations in MLA, etc.</a> </b></li>
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<li><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/grsd.org/previewtemplate?id=1wNX9Smzr5M0aBTYf8hGHKVW9U8GCJZ8hKGtryO-HER8&mode=public">Google Docs MLA Format Template</a> (Will open in Google Docs)</b></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>From Notes to Drafts: Writing the Paper in MLA Style</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dtyhW7bC4">Notecards to Outline</a>: video clip (6:25)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx42_C10zw">Writing an Effective Thesis Statement</a>: video clip (1:45)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPkwnf_PheM">Writing an Introduction to a Research Paper</a>: video clip (2:36)</li>
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<li><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTaUHS1mnvw">MLA In-Text Citations </a>video clip: citing a source in the body of the paper (10:18) </b></li>
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<li><a href="https://youtu.be/BbXcA2NzrvE">Signal Phrases and Parenthetical Citation</a>: video clip on how to combine signal phrases and proper MLA citation (8:35) </li>
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/wS5tgv-CFzY">Sample Research Paper Discussion</a> video clip: writing the rough draft (12:25)</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzuw70yhSU">How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph</a> video clip: (9:54)</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Quick Grammar and Style Refresher</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOtMa2JyfXk">How to Use an Apostrophe</a> (<i>Why</i>=because without them, Ms. Bishop is going to show your writing NO MERCY.)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfJdhyeQfU">Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/r-Wcr4Wgf7U">Avoiding Sentence Fragments</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Po7ZQCm9g&nohtml5=False">Comma Rules Part 1</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0opEAnwzFyU&nohtml5=False">Comma Rules Part 2</a> (Yeah, these rules are confusing. See if this refresher helps.)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKm98TVFTQ4">Subject/Verb Agreement</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://app.grammarly.com/">Grammarly</a> grammar checking service and app.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hemingwayapp.com/">Hemingway App</a>: for finding wordy sentences and passive voice--you're usually better off eliminating these! </li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MLA Formatting Tutorials</b></span><br />
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<b>These short videos talk you through specifics on how to use Google Docs to set up MLA formatting.</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6N6IsuF7Do">Google Docs MLA Formatting Tutorial</a> (4:17)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWnWy5qnkLk">Google Docs Hanging Intent Tutorial</a>, for a Works Cited page (1:06) <i><b>T</b><b>rouble loading? <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/clips/Google%20Docs%20Hanging%20Indent%20Tutorial.mov">Click here.</a></b></i></li>
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<b> These short videos talk you through the MLA requirements, and how to set them up in Word.</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/8xAc4yZ8VSA">MLA Formatting Tutorial</a> video (4:59) <b><i>Trouble loading? <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/clips/MLA%20Tutorial%20%231%20%20Basic%20Paper%20Formatting.mov">Click here.</a></i></b></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bVXJpIQAwI">MLA Tutorial #2: Basic Citation Format</a> video (5:26) <i><b>Trouble loading? <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/clips/MLA%20Tutorial%20%232%20%20Basic%20Citation%20Format.mov">Click here</a>.</b></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_PeRBFa4s">MLA Tutorial #3: Works Cited Page Formatting</a> (5:30) <b><i>Trouble loading? <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/clips/MLA%20Tutorial%20%233%20%20Works%20Cited%20Page%20Formatting.mov">Click here</a>.</i></b></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAluHOFGEcc">MLA Tutorial #4: Web Citations</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEcpi98IEns">Word 2010 Hanging Indent Tutorial,</a> for a Works Cited page (1:35)</li>
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<b>This video clip explains how to use Mac's word processor, Pages to set up a hanging indent for a works cited page.</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKY70kHYpmg">How to Create a Hanging Indent in Pages</a><b><br /></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Miscellaneous Tools</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: "times"; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.easybib.com/">Easy Bib: Free Bibliography Citations in MLA, etc.</a></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-69717478402520365012016-01-13T06:30:00.003-08:002017-01-13T06:46:27.459-08:00Standard Level English 4 Review LinksSchmoop's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIDF5PF1DoM"><i>Importance of Being Earnes</i>t review</a> (video, 3 min.)<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mygR4xUglOA"><i>The Time Machine</i></a> One Minute Book Report (video, 3 min.)<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/rFtCYESosDw">Three and a half minute summary of <i>Macbeth</i>,</a> with cartoons!<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYrBzugGLY">Slightly better summary of <i>Macbeth</i></a>, with real British accents (5 1/2 minutes).<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-78092116199428799332015-12-03T12:36:00.002-08:002016-12-23T06:04:19.701-08:00Macbeth Unit Links<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/summary.html"><i>Macbeth </i>plot review</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/characters.html"> <i>Macbeth</i> characters review</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/quiz.html"><i>Macbeth</i> basic knowledge quiz.</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/">No Fear Shakespeare side-by-side edition of <i>Macbeth</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1604122998/">Great Performances production of <i>Macbeth</i></a> (Rupert Goold, Patrick Stewart)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LrdOa7uZQ">BBC Performance of </a><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LrdOa7uZQ">Macbeth</a> </i>(1983).</li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/rFtCYESosDw">Three and a half minute summary of <i>Macbeth</i>,</a> with cartoons!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYrBzugGLY">Slightly better summary of <i>Macbeth</i></a>, with real British accents (5 1/2 minutes).</li>
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<li>Jeremy Brett <i>Macbeth</i> of 1981; <a href="https://youtu.be/a_IH0EH2Oak?t=1h13m16s">set to open at 3.4 (Banquo's ghost)</a>. (10 min.)</li>
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<li>Jason Connery in 3.4 of 1997 <i>Macbeth</i> <a href="http://youtu.be/Nre482NEosQ">(Banquo's ghost)</a>. </li>
<li>Ian McKellan in 3.4 of <i>Macbeth</i> (<a href="https://youtu.be/gCFjpr3Ehm4">Banquo's ghost</a>).</li>
<li>BBC <i>Macbeth</i> of 1983; <a href="https://youtu.be/w0LrdOa7uZQ?t=1h11m26s">set to open at 3.4 (Banquo's ghost)</a>.</li>
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<li>Staging in Act 5: <a href="https://youtu.be/VS_Z4zBDItw">comparative versions of 5.1.</a></li>
<li>Judy Dench as Lady Macbeth: <a href="http://youtu.be/9dgbbtUbgcM">"Out, Damned Spot!</a>"</li>
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<li>Ian McKellen as Macbeth: "<a href="http://youtu.be/4LDdyafsR7g">Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</a>." </li>
<li>Patrick Stewart as Macbeth: "<a href="http://youtu.be/HZnaXDRwu84">Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</a>."</li>
<li>Joseph Millson as Macbeth: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuGTaHpozog">Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</a>."</li>
<li>Patrick Stewart <a href="http://youtu.be/9YGf_goOoDk">discussing</a> the "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" soliloquy.</li>
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<li>Patrick Stewart in <a href="http://youtu.be/z_-w5vlK8H8">Macbeth's death scene</a>.</li>
<li>Patrick Stewart <a href="http://youtu.be/HIy6WxtySnU">on getting into character</a> in <i>Macbeth</i>.</li>
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And, just because we can:<br />
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<a href="http://dai.ly/x1zz3tw">Blackadder the Third: Sense and Senility</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Cy4-rfd24">Horrible Histories William Shakespeare Song</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-46038214914284600542015-11-23T06:12:00.003-08:002016-12-01T12:03:44.873-08:00Chaucer Unit Links<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/powerpoints/chaucernotes.pdf">Chaucer Unit Notes</a> (as .pdf file)<br />
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The Animated Canterbury Tales - <a href="https://youtu.be/mj98zBmZpEo">Episode 1</a><br />
The Animated Canterbury Tales - <a href="https://youtu.be/9i97vbwSSMM">Episode 2</a><br />
The Animated Canterbury Tales - <a href="https://youtu.be/4pG5G45m6dg">Episode 3</a><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/e3cvOm7qStk?list=PLrjs_MPLv1uaGoc7RhMi_q7hNIFzUQON5">"The Wife of Bath's Tale"</a> (with frame; 8 minutes)<br />
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From <a href="http://mail.colonial.net/~rloprete/Senior_English/S04F77453-04F99C65.0/chaucer.pdf">Neville Coghill's Canterbury Tales translation</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/summary.html">Canterbury Tales Summaries (Spark Notes)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-manciples-prologue-and-tale">The Manciple's Tale (Cliffs Notes)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-shipmans-tale">The Shipman's Tale (Cliffs Notes)</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-20091310730072185882015-11-03T06:11:00.000-08:002015-11-03T06:31:34.912-08:00Medieval Romance Unit<a href="https://quizlet.com/100368687/new-king-arthur-and-sir-gawain-vocabulary-flash-cards/">King Arthur and Sir Gawain vocabulary unit</a><br />
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<a href="http://humbox.ac.uk/2330/">Robin Hood ballads in modern English</a><br />
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<a href="http://sacred-texts.com/neu/trt/index.htm">King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang</a><br />
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<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/texts/sir%20gawain%20text-0.pdf">Sir Gawain and the Green Knight text.</a><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/t855W1rFYEo?list=PLE58B0A8C001908D9">Sir Gawain and the Green Knight film (animated). </a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ">Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (BBC Documentary). </a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQaI4yzGeRw">In Search of: King Arthur</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-72107995203125715642015-08-25T12:03:00.002-07:002015-10-15T12:25:36.821-07:00Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature Unit Links<ul>
<li><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/powerpoints/beowulf/bronzetoiron.ppt"><b>Iron Age/Heroic Age PowerPoint</b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/powerpoints/beowulf/oldenglifepoetry.ppt"><b>Old English Life and Poetry PowerPoint</b></a></li>
<li><b><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39009228/powerpoints/beowulf/lowraisedup.ppt">The Lowly Raised Up PowerPoint</a> </b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s">The History of English (In Ten Minutes)</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://youtu.be/g-nwqu76hQY">On Anglo Saxon Music and Poetry</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://youtu.be/7Wl-OZ3breE">The Lord's Prayer in Old English</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://youtu.be/qaJYclpNwUE">"The Wanderer" performed</a> </b></li>
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<li><b><a href="http://youtu.be/1C0sFXU0SLo">In Search of: Beowulf</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://youtu.be/z1QDTFFmqKg">Beowulf and Grendel</a> </b></li>
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<li><a href="https://youtu.be/PK3x2DOoJIc">Gaston: An Epic Hero?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/QKjcoFZmKuA">Animated Short: Beowulf </a></li>
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Ms. Bishop's Pageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133199863841474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265443019327189449.post-2760301398455558742015-08-25T12:01:00.001-07:002015-09-18T08:47:02.165-07:00Common Application College Admissions Essay<b><a href="https://www.google.com/drive/">Google Docs/Google Drive</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://blog.commonapp.org/2015/03/31/2015-2016-essay-prompts/">Common App Essay Prompts</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2013/07/common-application-essay-advice-for-2013-2014/">Common Application Essay Advice</a><br />
<a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/essays/">Essays that Worked: Johns Hopkins University sample essays</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.commonapp.org/">The Common Application Home Page</a><br />
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