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Please visit "my favorite links" below. They are links to our GPS standards as well as sites for review and interactive practice for the various elements of English Language Arts that will be tested on the GHSGT and EOCT tests, for which we have been preparing and continue to prepare throughout the semester. The last two links at the bottom are for, respectively, American Literature EOCT and 9th grade EOCT. These guides outline everything from how to prepare for the test to summaries of items to appear on the test. As a reminder, the EOCT is from December 4th- 8th and will count 15% of your final grade (according to our state standards for the core classes)

An equally important goal we are pursuing with the goal of having my students pass the standardized test is preparation for the real world beyond high school. We are practicing formal writing in the various modes, literary comprehension/interpretation/analysis/extended conceptualizing, writing mechnanics, technology incorporation, SAT vocabulary and Latin roots definition and analysis.

In addition to the above-mentioned areas of study and practice, we are also observing our progress as Americans through the study of the literature produced during the different eras in America. Our goal is to be able to form hypotheses about how we are defining ourselves today as Americans and African-Americans. As we've mentioned the first day of school, we are in the midst of a new era that has yet to be defined. Although it is impossible to completely define where we stand as we are standing in that spot, we can piece together what we've both borrowed and discarded from the generations before us to see who we are and who we are becoming. Examining both fictional and nonfictional texts from the previous ages in America allow us to get fairly accurate clues to who we were and where we are going!!

• Georgia Standards You can find information about the GPS standards, which we use to develop lessons for our students here in the Muscogee County School District. You can even click on the specific standards for ninth grade students. You'll see the link on the main page.
• Test Prep for Standardized Tests FREE interactive practice for various components of different standardized tests (including GHSGT and EOCT) and even suffixes and prefixes review
• Monster Bytes (grammar website) This is an interactive website designed to assist students with learning grammar. There are clear, detailed explanations for the parts of speech, great examples to illustrate each part of speech and interactive quizzes that students can take to test their mastery of the grammar lesson they've studied.
• The MCSD website This is the official website for the Muscogee County School District. You can find out just about anything related to our district's school system.
• Owl at Purdue University practice for all aspects of writing...everything from grammar to the various writing styles and MLA and APA documentation styles
• Tutor Vista This site also requires subscription, but could prove to be VERY helpful
• American Literary Periods website This website summarizing the defining characteristics and most prominent authors of each American literary period
• American Literary Periods website
• EOCT Review for American Literature
• EOCT Review for 9th Grade English