CiteFast

Cool little site that helps format your citations. It supports both MLA and APA citations.

Check it out!

Danteworlds

This is an excellent resource for anyone teaching the Divine Comedy.

Check it out.

Teacher's Pet Publications

My wife just introduced me to Teacher's Pet Publications.  This site is an awesome resource for anyone looking for a ton of language arts teaching materials for a decent price.  She is already using some of the materials, and I will likely download several of the pdf files soon (using Dracula for my English IV group this year!).

Plot Diagram PowerPoint

This is a simple PowerPoint I created to introduce my students to the plot diagram. The presentation walks the students through the five parts of the diagram, explaining each one. The first slide has only the exposition, as shown below.
The second slide gives the definition for exposition.

Then, the third slide adds rising action to the diagram.

By the end of the show, each part of the diagram will have been located and defined.

Download the Plot Diagram PowerPoint!