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Mrs. Wolitzer is a graduate of New
York University and holds a Masters Degree from the University of
Oklahoma. She has been teaching English, German, and Russian
since 1970 and has also been a guidance counselor. She is chairperson of her school's English Department for the l998-l999 school year.

WELCOME BACK, Class of '99! You've made it ...almost ! It will seem as if your senior year will fly by, but you'll want to enjoy every minute of it! (Time goes by fast when you're having fun, especially in MY class!). Seriously though, I hope Senioritis won't affect you until June, and even then it's important that you keep those grades up ( in many cases your college admission is conditional upon receipt of final grades).If you want to walk across that big stage next June to get that sheepskin (translation - diploma), you gotta pass English. If you want to pass English, remember these four words:

PREPARATION-bring your textbook,journal, notebook� and assignments every day.

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COOPERATION-follow my classroom rules as well as the school's, and everything'll be cool!

CONCENTRATION-Stay awake , pay attention, and do your best!

PERSPIRATION- No,I don't want that in the classroom,� but I do expect you to "sweat" a little.

You should find the links listed below to be very helpful

They are in three catagories- Links for Readers, Links for Writing, and just some Fun links

WRITER'S LINKS

Inkspot Workshop:� For help with grammar, style, editing, and more.

Purdue Writing Lab:� For help with writing research papers, professional���� writing, and more.

On-Line English Grammar: Need quick reference of grammar rules? Go to A. Hughes's great resource site.

Pure Fiction: Ever thought about writing a novel? Well, here's an excellent site with tips and strategies, and even publishing info.

Roget's Thesaurus: The on-line searchable Thesaurus from the fine folks at Project Gutenburg

Advice on how to write a journal: Very helpful techniques

Poetic Terms Glossary: It's just that!

Writer's and Poet's Page: A great site for people who like to read and write poetry.

Citation of Web Sources: Using the net in your paper? Here's how to cite sources from the Internet in a research paper.
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READER'S LINKS

Poetry:� Click here to find some great poetry.

Fiction: A site with the text of great fiction stories from all periods.

Drama: Classical and modern plays.

Runic Alphabet: Learn Secret Codes

Works of Shakespeare: Here are the texts of lots of Shakespeare's works -�� with a glossary

On-Line Books Page: Lots of actual text from great books (searchable!).

Limericks: Classic and original limericks.

George Bernard Shaw:� A page by Edward Grigassy about the acclaimed writer.

Literature Links: A page with a large index for finding all kinds of literature on the Internet

Classics Archive: Get the text of classic works from Homer, Virgil, and others.

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Word Fun

Omnibus: An interesting riddle game.

Mad Libs:That fun word game, a collection by David de Vitry.

Etymology of First Names: A list of common first names and their meanings.

The Not-So Correct Dictionary:Everyday words defined in novel, funny ways.

Phobia List: Just what it says, a list of phobias.

Word Games: A site by Susie with the games Crambo, Doggerel, and Stinky Pinky.

Word of the Day Page: Link to "The Word A Day" Home Page. Find out today's interesting word!

Heteronyms: Words spelled the same, but with different meanings when pronounced differently.

Antagonyms: Words of opposite meaning according to usage (e.g. "bad" may mean good, or bad, depending on its use).

Linguistic Fun: Have some fun with English semantics, phonology, syntax and more; from the people at Bucknell University.

Weird Linguistic Devices: Just try and remember what a holonym is! holonym - a concept that has another concept as a part (see also meronym); e.g. door is a holonym of knob.

The Borkifier: Remember the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show? Now you can speak like him--just type in any text you want and have it "Borkified."

Steven Wright Quotes: Funny and intelligent quotes from the acclaimed comedian, such as "I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone."
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