Updated
August 20, 2009

Welcome to the 2009 - 2010 school year.

Use the buttons on the left to navigate. Choose which class you are in.

---

Teaching Schedule for 2009 - 2010:

Period 1 -- I.D.E. (Planning Period)
Period 2 -- Literature and Rhetoric
Period 3 -- Honors Literature and Rhetoric
Period 4 -- Literature and Rhetoric
Period 5 -- Lunch/Office
Period 6 -- Dimensions in Reading
Period 7 -- Honors Literature and Rhetoric

---

Resources to Make you Smarter:

The following is a list of resources that I guarantee will make you smarter:

• Podcasts that I listen to every morning or every week, depending on their publication schedule:
  • Podictionary -- I dare you to tell me you haven't learned something after listening to this. This podcast is delivered each week day. Check out Charles Hodgson's books.
    • Here is an episode where I get mentioned.
  • Merriam Webster Word of the Day -- Seven days a week I listen to this and learn new words and etymologies of words I already know. Well worth it.
  • Grammar Grater -- Amazingly entertaining. This is delivered once a week.
  • Grammar Girl -- Good writing tips.
  • Way with Words -- Longer episodes than the other programs, but you can't help being entertained and educated. Grant Barrett, one of the co-host, also seems to be a part of Wordnik.
• Books
  • Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia by Charles Hodgson
• Webpages
  • Mental Floss - Blog -- Place to get exciting information. Not very English related, but many of the lists can help with brainstorming attention-getters.
  • Crossref-Lit -- Future AP English and AP English students, and their teachers, might want to check this out.

---

Important Documents:

• Mr. Lettiere's Writing Handbook
  • Password Needed

 

---

Useful Software:

• Please type everything for my class. If you do not own MS Word, think about using:
  • Google Docs -- You can save your document and access it anywhere. You can save it as Word file to turn in through Moodle. You can save it as a PDF. And you can print the document. You might want to think about using this resource, even if you do own MS Word.
  • OpenOffice.org -- I have not used this program. But I trust it. It is open source, and I use plenty of open source software.
  • ABI WORD PROCESSOR PROGRAM -- It is extremely similar to MS WORD.  It will even open Word documents without a problem.  You can save documents as MS WORD documents.

 

*

This page was tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla. It acts a little funky with Mozilla, but I would keep using Mozilla. 

 

*Vocabulary flashcards, PowerPoint slideshows, and interactive quizzes are based on the words in Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop.

 

 

Mr. Lettiere's English on the Web -- Argo Community High School