• Writing Helper Slideshows
  - Journalistic Writing
  - The 5-Paragraph Essay
  - The 7-Paragraph Essay
  - Writing Styles Laid Bare
  - The Review

• Model of an Essay
            

• To Kill A Mockingbird
  - Background
  - Growing Up In The 1930's
  - Questions
  - Sparknotes
  - Link to vocab./idiom site

• Lord of the Flies
  - Background
  - Questions
  - Sparknotes

• Macbeth
  - Background (re: Mr. William Shakespeare)
  - Background to Play (Scottish History)
  - Guided Questions
  - Links
  - Sparknotes

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
  - Background (re: Mr. William Shakespeare)
  - Links to Four Other Shakespeare Sites
  - Approaches to the Play
  - Sparknotes

• Animal Farm
  - Background
  - Links to Four Other SItes
  - Questions by Chapter Clusters
  - Sparknotes

• Poetry
  - Poetry Introduction
  - Technical Poetry Morsels
  - Figures of Speech
  - Bob's Byway
  - Romantic Poetry Sampler

• On Teaching Shakespeare
  - An Invitation
  - Link to general Information Site

• OAC Writer's Craft
  - Course Outline
  - Monday Pages
  - Monday Pages Commitment
  

• ARTSweek
  - Introduction to ARTSweek
  - ARTSweek Reflective Journal Sample

• Romeo & Juliet
  - Intro to William Shakespeare
  - Links to Four Other Sites
  - Approaches to the Play
  - Sparknotes

• Student Work
  - What Does It Mean To Be Free?
  - First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Love
    by Sarosh Abrar
  - An Excellent OAC ISU on Hemingway,
    by Peter Trainor
  - Who's There: Developing A Character Through Fiction,
    by Rosemarie Colangelo".
  - Telling Family Stories
    by Doan Doan
  - Looking at Harry Potter
    by Michael Labriola
  - An Investigation of Alcoholism
    by Mara Potter
  - A Future of Heaven Or Hell
    by C-J Cromwell
  - Women & Self-Image
    by Jessica Henriques

You may also contact me directly at martin@aller-stead.com