Burlington Edison High School

English Department Resources

BEHS Course specific Materials

General Writing Materials

• Writing GLEs (word)
• Commas (powerpoint)
• Writing Process (powerpoint)
• Elaboration (powerpoint)
  • part one
  • part two
  • part three
• Persuasive (powerpoint)
• Peer Revising Comments (word)
• Subject Verb Agreement (powerpoint)
• General Writing Tips (word)
• Freewriting (powerpoint)
• Show Don't Tell (powerpoint)

Six Trait Writing

Step by step research and writing Internet Public Library - Database for research on a wide variety of topics

Semantic rhyming dictionary A helpful database for finding the perfect rhyme

Controversial social issues Collection of articles representing both sides of issues


MLA help site

Low Risk Writing (word)

BEHS Course Sepcific Materials

General Reading Materials

• Literature Circles
• Literature Circles Roles Handouts (word)

Vocabulary

• 100 Words Every HS Graduate should Know (according to the editors of The American Heritage® College Dictionary)

Poetry Daily

Academy of American Poets

Poetry 180

General Literary Resources

On-line collection of poetry

On-line collection of prose