Welcome to Ms.Przewozniak's Virtual Classrom!
Encouraging and Enhancing English and Language Arts Learning in the Classroom
Reading List
Here is a list of great books that I highly recommend all my students read before graduating high school!
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Of Mice and Men by John Steinback
1984 by George Orwell
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Night by Elie Wiesel
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Valuable Student Resources
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www.usingenglish.com- This site has many valuable tools such as help with writing letters, word checker, and citation help
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www.merriam-webster.com- This site is an online dictionary and thesaurus which comes in handy when writing papers
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www.vocabulary.com- This site can help improve your vocabulary and expand your knowledge of words
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www.highschoolace.com- This site bills itself as “the academic homepage for high school students,” and on it, you will find links to help in specific subjects, as well as reference tools, news updates, puzzles and quizzes and information on choosing the college that is best for you
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www.poets.org- This site from the Academy of American Poets provides biographies of many of the world’s greatest poets and highlights their greatest works. In addition, the site contains writing tips, a forum, and information on how to get your own poetry published
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