Summer 2006

All AP and Global Students:

 

Check below for weekly schedule and for review materials:

 

 

2010-2011 School Year:

My Gradebook Instructions

Global Curriculum Guide: Course Guidelines and Syllabus

Advanced Placement Curriculum Guide Course Syllabus :

 

 

























 


 

 

Welcome Frederick Douglass Academy Parents and Students! 2010 - 2011

Mr. Murphy's room 357 is home to AP European History and Accelerated Global Studies. This website will serve as your "home away from home." Homework assignments, documents, class handouts, essays, papers and other key links will be provided.

Parents and Students: Feel free to contact me:

My E-Mail:

 

 

AP European History:

 

AP Review Page 2011

 

 

Great PowerPoint Site

Multiple Choice Review

DBQ Review

History Teacher.Net

The Tree

Palmer Website

AP Big Hit List

AP Big Picture Powerpoint

 

 

 

 

Historical Power Words List 1

Historical Power Words List 2

Historical Power Words List 3

Historical Power Words List 4

Historical Power Words List 5

Vocabulary Lists in MS Word Format

500 SAT Words

SAT II Exams

Course Syllabus

Chapter Analysis .Format

Primary Document Analysis Template

Template for Cornell Note Taking

 

 

Kagan Website

Modern History Sourcebook

 

College Board Site AP European Exam

 

MLA Website

 

MLA Basics: Embedded References

 

 

Global History

For your Thematic essays:

REDO - Essay/Thematic organization

Key Trigger Words. Know these and how they help to change the direction of your essay.

Thesis Construction. The essential "three step" into. Learn it and you shall be awesome!

Understanding the Thematic Essay Directions.

Basic Reminders.

Scoring Rubric for Theme Essays.

Regents Theme Template

 

Protestant Reformation

Renaissance

Scientific Revolution

 

 

 

 

 

DBQ Scoring Rubric

Theme Essay Scoring Rubric

Thesis Construction Format

MLA Basics: Embedded References

Works Cited Page

 

 

Historical Power Words List 1

Historical Power Words List 2

Historical Power Words List 3

Historical Power Words List 4

Historical Power Words List 5

Vocabulary Lists in MS Word Format

500 SAT Words

Global Index Card List 2007

Mastery Learning

Course Guidelines and Syllabus

 

Regents Review:

Big Multiple Choice Review

Regents Review Site

Another Great Site

Great PowerPoint Site

Theme Review Page

 

 

Textbook Website

Review Book Website

MLA Website

 

 

 

Writing for the Humanities at Frederick Douglass

Vocab for Historical Writing

Historical Power Words List 1

Historical Power Words List 2

Historical Power Words List 3

Historical Power Words List 4

Historical Power Words List 5

Vocabulary Lists in MS Word Format

500 SAT Words

Power Words for Historical Writing

Key Words for Regents Essays

Synonyms for Said

Transitional Phrases

Frequently Misused Words

 

 

The Writing Process:

Thesis Construction

Thesis Statements

Essay Outline: Blocking Your Essay

DBQ Basics

DBQ Graphic Organizer

DBQ Intro

Essentials of the DBQ

Big Picture on Essay Construction

Regents Theme Essay Format

AP Theme Essay Rubric

Document Analysis Template

The Writing Process PowerPoint

Organizing Your Argument PowerPoint

Understanding Rubrics:

DBQ Scoring Rubric Score Sheet

DBQ Scoring Rubric explained further

Global Regents Rubrics

Global Theme Rubric

Regents Theme Essay Format

 

 

 

 

MLA/APA Research Basics

MLA PowerPoint Presentation

MLA Page for Formatting Papers

MLA Basics

MLA Embedded References

MLA Page Example

MLA Quotes and Paraphrases

MLA Style

APA PowerPoint Presentation

Research and the Internet

Grammar Guides and Exercises

Sentence Construction PowerPoint

Conquering the Comma PowerPoint

Adjectives and Adverbs

What is an Adjective?

What is an Adjective Clause?

The Relative or Adjective Clause

A or An?

Adjective or Adverb?

Using Articles (A/AN/The)

Clauses

What is a Clause

What is a Subordinate Clause?

Nouns

Recognizing a Noun

What is a Subject?

What is a Collective Noun?

What is a Common Noun?

What is a Concrete Noun?

What is a Count Noun?

What is a Non-count Noun?

What is a Proper Noun?

Gerunds: "ing" Nouns

Gerund Phrases

Understanding the Direct Object

How to recognize the Abstract Noun

A Little Help With Capitals

Count and Non-Count Nouns

Count and Non-Count Nouns (with Articles and Adjectives)

Writing Numbers

Prepositions

Recognizing a Preposition

Prepositions of Direction: To; On

Prepositions of Location: At; In; On

Preposition of Time, of Place, and to Introduce Objects

Spatial Relationships of Prepositions

Pronouns

Using Pronouns Clearly

Pronoun Case

Verbs

What is an Action Verb?

Recognizing a Compound Verb

Active/Passive Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Sequence of Tenses

Linking Verbs

Participles

Tense Consistency: with an exercise and answer key

Two-Part (Phrasal) Verbs- (Idioms)

Verb Tenses

Verbs with Helpers (Perfectives and Auxilliaries)

Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Voice and Mood

Punctuation and Quotations Marks

Apostrophes with exercise and answer key

Quotation Marks: with exercise and answer key

Commas; Semicolons

Commas after Introductions:

Commas vs. Semicolons in Compound Sentences

Commas with Essential and Non-essential Elements:

Proofreading for Commas

Using Commas:with 5 exercises and answer keys

Using the Semicolon

 

Conjunctions

Recognizing and Using Conjunctions

Hyphens

Using Hyphens

Modifiers

Modifiers

Miscellaneous

Brief Overview of Punctuation: Semicolons, Colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks, and Italics:

Sentence Run Ons; Fragments etc.

How to Recognize a Complete Sentence

How to recognize a Main Clause

Recognizing a Fragment

Recognizing a Compound Subject

Sentence Punctuation Patterns:

Run-ons, Comma splices, and Fused Sentences

The Sentence Interrupter

Items in a series

 

Spelling:

Spelling: Sound-Alike Words

Spelling: Accept/Except and Affect/Effect: with 2 exercises and answer keys

Spelling: i/e rules: with 2 exercises and answer keys

Spelling: Noun Plurals

Spelling: Suffixes–-ible vs. —able: with exercise and answer key

 

Infinitives

What is an Infinitive?

What is an Infinitive Phrase

Appositives

What are Appositives

Writing for Business

Writing Cover Letters PowerPoint

Resume Writing PowerPoint

Resume Writing and Cover Letters PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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