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Table of Contents Branford High School's English 10 Honors Option Overview Expectations and Requirements Grading policy Assessment Units of study The Honors Portfolio Schedule/Timeline Summer Reading External links Overview The Branford High School English 10 curriculum is designed to challenge all students. An Honors Option exists for those students seeking to explore the course concepts and skills in greater depth or breadth. Students who earn the honors distinction in English 10 are expected to meet and exceed the expectations for the standard curriculum in the course, and they must show evidence of extended learning in the subject matter. To this end, honors-level students in English 10 should be able to demonstrate capabilities through more thoughtful literature responses, extended literary analysis, deeper textual connections, self-motivated learning habits, and regular reflective pieces. Table of Contents (categories) Expectations and Requirements English teachers will provide clear expectations for the honors distinction through the use of a rubric, which spells out the requirements for the honors portfolio. In addition, information will be

This is a wonderful site for links to classic biblical and rabbinic texts, in Hebrew and English. It is a fantastic resource for finding texts online and being able to "cut and paste". It has some weaknesses,since some of the links do not have search capabilities, and some do not have English translation for all the texts. It is a very useful site for webquests into classical Jewish texts, and for translation of such texts. It would be more useful if a search engine could be developed to use as a concordance for the texts covered. Note who publishes the site and how you think that affects its legitimacy or authenticity. It's publisher is connected to Yeshiva University, so the sources tend to be academic and traditionally oriented, with no links to any liberal commentators. However, the texts presented are authentic and complete.

This site shows a standard printed Talmud page, with hyperlinks to explore that span many centuries of Jewish religious scholarship, from the Bible to the beginning of the twentieth century. The page can serve us as a port of departure on a voyage through the history of Jewish religious literature. Clicking on any portion of the image links you to a description of that element of the Talmud page. The description will tell you when and where the text was composed, its contents and purposes, and other interesting information.