Mrs. Young's 9th Grade English Classes

Online research for debates/papers

1. From the library page:

     Access Opposing Viewpoints in Context

     Access Student Resource Center in Context

2. Download all your articles to your OneDrive

3. Share your articles with your team

AP Students:

FREE online test prep for your AP tests:

click here: TERC: our FREE online test prep database

Use it at school & you don't need a password

Ask at the Library desk for the password to use it at home

Use a Gale Power Search to search all Gale-Cengage digital sources at once!

Do you write poetry? Do you pen song lyrics?

Are you writing short stories?

Have you actually started researching and writing your novel?

November is National Novel Writing Month

(NaNoWriMo for short)

Coincidentally, we are kicking off our writers’ group this week, inviting anyone –everyone— who writes to join us in the Library during EET on Thursday. Southwestern High School’s student writers have been looking for a peer group to share their love of writing and we think this might be it! 

SAT Tests in your future?

ACT Tests giving you anxiety attacks??

Worry no more...start actually preparing with these 2 good amazing virtual resources!!

Your SWHS Library subscribes to two test prep services that have TONS of material ready for your use...and free to you! 

--week-by-week exercises

--lessons

--testing tips

--practice tests. 

Create your own account within the Southwestern account so your data is saved over the course of your use--you can track your progress.

Testing & Education Reference Center : http://www.nelnetsolutions.com/terc/   

**ask at the Library desk for the password

Method Test Prep, which is part of Castle Learning: http://castlelearning.com  

**use your CastleLearning login 

And...as always, ask us if you want some help!

Mrs. DeJoy's Spanish classes:

Your SWHS Library features some Spanish-language virtual resources. These are included on Virtual Library pages, but we thought they deserved a little front-and-center attention.

La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre       Grolier Online

          Login: sls       Password: (ask at the library desk)

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazagos     World Book Online

          Login: swcs      Password: (ask at the Library desk)