HS: English: Ms. Quigley
Creating a Working Thesis and Preliminary Outline
Before starting your research it's CRUCIAL that you have a PLAN! Otherwise, you'll most likely A) spend a lot of time taking notes that you don't end up using in your paper (waste of time!) or B) write a paper that lacks focus or is too . . . read more
Formatting Your Bibliography and Works Cited Page
Click here to open the sample bibliography/works cited in Word. Feel free to copy and paste this (and then edit it, of course!) so that you can be sure to keep the correct format. read more
MLA Works Cited Examples
MLA GUIDELINES FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED ENTRIES Copied from Purdue's Online Writing Lab's website (Note: When typing your bibliography or works cited page, be sure to use a hanging indent. It's not shown here . . . read more
Predicting Review
PREDICTING “Sets the stage for making important information in the text [or lecture, movie, etc.] more accessible and memorable for students.” WHY? • Begin to form future summary – notice what’s important (the GREENS . . . read more
Reading Lab Syllabus
Course Description and Objectives The purpose of this class is to specifically diagnose issues that may be preventing students from reading at grade level and then offer specific instruction and practice tailored especially to each . . . read more
Quality Tools to Use with PDSA
TOOLS TO USE AT EACH POINT IN THE PROCESS ACT (IMPROVE) Flow chart Plus/delta Force field analysis Consensogram Item analysis . . . read more
Reading and Thinking Strategies
Predicting, Summarizing, Connecting, Imaging, Questioning, and Inferring
Predicting What? Making guesses about what is to come based on clues (previewables). Why? If you know what a text is going to be about before you start . . . read more
Strategies Review
Fiction Strategies Review… Predict Connect Image Infer Question Summarize BEFORE YOU READ . . . read more
Punctuation Practice
Scroll down for links to punctuation tutorials and practice websites. read more
To See What We're Doing This Week (and What's Due), CLICK ON THE ASSIGNMENT GRID (A TAB ON YOUR LEFT)
Every Thursday, I will send a list of our next week's lessons, assignments, and quizzes to Mrs. Sturdy, who will add them to the freshman and sophomore assignment grids. Those can be found to your left and should be updated every Friday. read more
Contact Info
Please don't ever hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns. My e-mail address is jselinger@rivertonschools.org, and my phone number is 629-6003, ext. 7. read more
Writing Across the Curriculum Building Requirements
Each quarter, teachers need to have their students write AT LEAST once. You have two choices: 1) Writing to Think/Learn (informal, during the lesson/unit, not assessed -- brainstorming, journaling, responding, summarizing, . . . read more
Writing Rubric for Essays
Remember to Add and Weight Your Own Criteria According to Lesson Objectives
RHS CONTENT-AREA WRITING RUBRIC -- Essay SUPER! GOOD OKAY NOT GOOD Focus -Strong introduction . . . read more
Writing Rubric for Paragraphs
Don't Forget to Add Your Lesson Objective and Weight That Category
RHS CONTENT-AREA WRITING RUBRIC -- Paragraph SUPER! GOOD OKAY NOT GOOD Focus -Strong topic sentence to . . . read more
Writing Rubric for Research Papers
Don't Forget to Add Your Lesson Objective and Weight That Category
RHS CONTENT-AREA WRITING RUBRIC – Research Paper SUPER! GOOD OKAY NOT GOOD Requirements . . . read more
Imaging Notes
IMAGING What? Picturing what you read in your head In fiction, “make the movie” as you read. In nonfiction, imagine actions, objects, processes, etc. as you read. . . . read more
Predicting notes
Predicting What? Making guesses about what is to come based on clues (previewables). Why? If you know what a text is going to be about before you . . . read more
Summarizing notes
Summarizing What? Summing up the main ideas of what you read. Why? 1) To help make sure you understand what . . . read more
Inference Review Sheet
Inference Review Sheet Inference = using clues to figure out something that is not directly stated Types of Inference Action – an inference about what is going on or what . . . read more
Inferring Notes
INFERENCE NOTES What Figuring out something that is not directly stated by using clues in the text (or movie or conversation, etc.) Why To help . . . read more
Apostrophes
Scroll down to see tutorials and work on practice exercises. BE SURE TO READ THE TUTORIALS FIRST! Tutorial with quiz (you can probably skip parts of the tutorial -- or at least skim) . . . read more
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fragments
Scroll down to read the tutorials and work on practice exercises. read more
ACT Practice Websites
Scroll down to link to ACT practice tests. read more
Weekend Reading Sheet
WEEKEND READING LOG Directions: You need to read for at least 30 minutes this weekend AT YOUR LEVEL (narrative or non-narrative). To verify you read, 1) have a parent/guardian sign here:_______________________, and 2) . . . read more
PDSA Self-Assessment Matrix
PDSA FEEDBACK MATRIX BEGINNING IMPLEMENTING FULLY IMPLEMENTING “Above the Line” You do not have an overall goal posted. Or you . . . read more
Tips for Differentiating by Readiness
DIFFERENTIATING BY READINESS *NOTE: All students should be pushed as high as possible. It’s just a matter of when and how. HONORS REGULAR More . . . read more
Contact Information
If you ever have questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me at jselinger@rivertonschools.org or call me at school -- 629-6003 ext. 8224. Thanks! read more
Welcome to Miss Quigley's class! This semester I will be teaching English II, Reading Foundations and Advanced Composition. I am very excited to begin my teaching career at Riverton High!
I plan to update this website as soon as possible. read more
Word Games
Click one of the links below to begin exercising your brain and increasing your vocabulary through word games. read more
Steps for Note-Taking (Using Either Note Cards of PowerPoint)
Click here to open the instructions in Word. read more
