Here are several handouts that you might find useful for this class. They are RTF files unless specified otherwise. If you have trouble opening RTF files, try right clicking and choosing "Save Target As..." to save them to your hard drive. Then open them from there.
All handouts marked with an asterisk (*) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Files for All Classes:
- *Rules for Mr. C. Walker's Classroom (needed)
- *Tips for Surviving Mr. C. Walker's Class (needed)
- *Mr C. Walker's Make-up and Late Work Policies (needed)
- *Class Participation Grade (needed)
- *Outside Reading Assignment (needed)
- *Outside Reading Project - English IV (needed)
- *Outside Reading Project Scales (needed)
- *Vocabulary Composition Book (needed)
- Vocabulary Graphic Organizers: Frayer Model, Work Detective, Own the Word (this link is to a .doc file)
- Thesis Requirements (needed) (includes list of what needs to be turned in with each due date)
- How to Write a Thesis Statement (needed)
- Works Cited Page (MLA format) (needed)
- *Internal Citations (MLA Format) (needed)
- *Citing Information (Internal Citations) (needed)
- Outline Format (needed)
- Check Sheets (both for First and Final drafts) (needed)
- Creating Notecards (.jpg files) - Front and Back
- Graphic Organizers for Outside Reading (.jpg files - the necessary parts are visible even if some of them aren't) - Character Development Chart, Character Map, Fiction Organizer, Plot Diagram
- Non-fiction Graphic Organizers for Outside Reading - http://www.teacherfiles.com/resources_organizers.htm - Cause and Effect, Concept Map, Super Six, Just the Facts (yes, I realize some of them are more elementary school, but the concepts behind them are good)
- Literary Terms for Mechanical Elements for Outside Reading Project
- Common Themes in Literature - useful for Fiction Organizer
- Genres in Literature - useful for Fiction Organizer
- *Advice for Computer Based Assignments
- *Rules for Submitting Assignments Electronically
- Open Office - not a file, really, but a free word processor that could be useful if you don't have one - if you'd like a copy of it, see me (it's nearly 100 MB!)
