Lauren Shelley

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lauren.shelley@springbranchisd.com
(713) 251-2500 EXT: 2598

About Me

I've been teaching high school English for the past 11 years. I'm from Houston, born and raised, and graduated from Klein High School, then Baylor Univeristy. I love reading books, solving the newspaper crossword puzzle, Houston Texans football, shooting pool, playing chess, swimming at the downtown YMCA, and teaching high school English.

English III Academic and Accelerated

English III is the study of literature, poetry, drama, composition, research, grammar, and vocabulary. Selections are chosen from a broad base of American writers, approached chronologically beginning with the Puritans and ending with the Postmodernists of the 20th century. Students will write comprehensive research papers as well as several literary-based essays, and demonstrate mastery of skills on state administered exams. Critical thinking skills are utilized through student discussion, literary analysis, cooperative learning projects, advanced vocabulary development, and practical application of technology throughout the year.

Literary Criticism Essay

Final Essay Rubric - THIS is how you will get graded

his is the Orange Assignment Sheet if you lose yours.

This is Step by Step instructions for how to complete your research.

This is the ppt. lesson and examples over writing Thesis Statements and 3 Topic Sentences

Writing your Introduction and Body Paragraphs - Please refer to your orange sheet. There are specific intructions for how to write each of these.

Eng. III Academic

Here is a copy of The Great Gatsby - Online Book!

Fun With Drawing!

•You will creatively express yourself through visual representation!

•Take your piece of white paper. Fold into thirds, then into thirds again (Shelley will demonstrate).

•You should have 9 squares on your paper. Each square will be a different chapter from The Great Gatsby.

•For each chapter, choose one important scene or quote to illustrate. LABEL YOUR DRAWING with both the Ch. # and either a description of the drawing or the quote from the book. At least THREE of your drawings must be quotes.

•If you don’t have enough room, you may put your drawing on one side and your description/quote on the back.

• Due by Tuesday Apr. 9th for a daily grade.

Eng. III Accelerated

A Streetcar Named Desire Introduction

EDMOTO GRAMMAR POST

Lesson on Participial Phrases

Lesson on Appositives

PPT. with Sentence Structure and Punctuation

MLA Format

MLA FORMAT FOR WEB SITES

Author. “Title of Article.” Web Site. Editor. Site Publisher, Date of Publication.

Medium of Publication (Web.) Date of access. <URL>

Format is OPPOSITE a paragraph. The 1st line is against the margin; every other line is indented.

1. Author. Last name, First name.

2.“Title of Article.” - Notice the Quotation Marks and Period INSIDE the Quotation Marks

3. Web Site. Just the name of the website.

4.Editor. (if there is one) - Name, ed. There probably isn't one. It will say ED or EDITOR if there is an editor.

5. Site Publisher, (all the way at the bottom of the page. Look for the word Copyright or the Copyright

Symbol). NOTICE THE COMMA, NOT PERIOD, AFTER SITE PUBLISHER.

6.Date of Publication. When was the article published? It may just have the year and that's it. Write it like

this: Day Month Year EX: 3 Jan. 2011

7.Medium of Publication (Web.)- this is the same for everyone because the article came from the

internet, not a newspaper or magazine.

8.Date of access. When did YOU go to the website? - Day Month Year EX: 18 Oct. 2012

9.<URL> Copy and paste this from the internet. Put the web address inside <carats> Notice that there is NO period after the URL or carats

Your article may not have #1,4,6. If it doesn’t, just leave those off.

SHELLEY'S EXAMPLE

Website – go click this link to check out this article

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20121017,0,770127.column

Author. - Last name, First name. Michael Hiltzik
“Title of Article.” “Research firm reaped stem cell funds despite panel’s advice.”
Web Site. Los Angeles Times.
Editor. (if there is one) - Name, ed. There isn’t one
Site Publisher, Los Angeles Times, A Tribune Newspaper (yes, my website and site publisher are the same FOR THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE. The LA Times came from the Copyright symbol. The Tribune Newspaper thing came from the very bottom of the page. )
Date of Publication. - Day Month Year 17 Oct. 2012
Medium of Publication (Web.) This is the same for everyone because the article came from the internet, not a newspaper or magazine. (Web.)
Date of access. - Day Month Year 18 Oct. 2012
<URL> < http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20121017,0,770127.column>

Putting it All Together in the Correct Format

Hiltzik, Michael. “Research firm reaped stem cell funds despite panel’s advice.” Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times, A Tribune Newspaper, 17 Oct. 2012. (Web.) 18 Oct. 2012.

< http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20121017,0,770127.column>

Three entries for three articles

1.TYPED

2.NOT double spaced

3.Skip a line between entries

4.Alphabetized by first letter, NOT numbered

5.Title should be WORKS CITED, centered, all caps, not bold or underlined

6.1st line is against the margin, all other lines are indented.

Random Examples

“Parenting Corner Q&A: Immunizations.” AAP.org. Lucy Kleghorn, ed. American Academy of Pediatrics, Feb. 2009. (Web.) 4 June 2009. <http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/immunizations.cfm>

Sarnoff, Nancy. “Web’s Role in House Hunt Grows.” Chron.com. Houston Chronicle, 1 Dec. 2007. (Web.) 18 Feb. 2008. <http://www.chron.com/business/sarnoff/article/Web-s-role-in-house-hunt-grows-1793822.php>