Helpful Links for Studying!

In most textbooks they have some helpful sites where a student can go for more practice!

Spanish 1 Textbook

• If you have trouble grasping a grammar concept/ vocabulary in Spanish, classzone.com should be helpful! On the website it includes animated grammar, extra practice, quizzes for each lessons, online flashcards, etc. Check it out for yourself and see if it's helpful! Another website is studyspanish.com. Although the website isn't tailored to the book like classzone.com is, it has more detailed in the grammar explanations and has even more tests/ quizzes you can take! All you have to do is sign up for a free student membership.
• Yay! Spanish Resources! Sra. Menna has linked many helpful sites including an online book for both Spanish 2 and Spanish 3! Now if only they could get an online book for math....

Algebra 2 Honors Textbook

• For Algebra 2 Honors: http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=ajk&wcsuffix=0099. The website includes worked out examples for each lesson in the book (under extra help), a self-test (the answers for these are sometimes really wrong), key terms for each chapter, etc.

Algebra 2 Textbook

• For regular Alegbra 2: http://www.classzone.com/books/algebra_2/index.cfm?state=CA. It has extra challenges and examples for each lesson, flashcards and crosswords for vocabulary terms (Flipcard activity & Crossword Puzzle), and they even have a games for people who think math is boring. It is just basically a simple game with questions in between each level. (The graphics are very simple so don't expect much)

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• There are lots of online tutorials but I think the best of the best is at Khan Academy! They have lots of comprehensive videos on an large variety of subjects! I go here for Biology mainly, but they have lots of subjects, from Geometry to SAT prep! Unfortunately, they don't have foreign languages or anything related to English. See their diverse videos yourself!
• There are also other online tutorials like http://www.courserepository.org/ (It's very extensive in Biology!) 

• For Biology, studying off the CD practice quizzes/ tests are the best place. If you need extra help go to your teacher or check out the online tutorial sites!

• For honors Chemistry: Student Study Guide has summaries of the sections and interactive examples where you can answer questions as you learn or review and the Online Learning Center: has self-assessments, Animations, Chapter summaries, and more.

• Also, if you ever forget your book at home and need to read, you can always go on Online Chemistry Book but it's the 10th edition rather than the 8th edition used at school.

• Cramming for a Chemistry Test and no one is online at 4am when you need help? Go onto Chegg where they have solutions to most of the problems in the textbook! *you need an account to read the answers*

• AP European History Practice Exams for chapters 1-31
• Now there aren't many sites for English help since English consists mainly of essays and analyzing, some helpful sites include SparkNotes, but we all know that website already don't we? If don't already know what SparkNotes is, this nifty site will tell you all about SparkNotes and what it offers. Two other websites are Cliff Notes and Shmoop ; you may also consider checking out cliffnote's book study guides from a local library. Shmoop is really helpful for reading quizzes since they have quote and symbol quizzes; it is has lots of great things, you really just need to explore it! If you have trouble with grammar http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ has lots of tips!
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• For most of the geography classes, the test concepts are based on handouts and not solely on the book. There are map questions for each unit we learn though. One of the hardest maps for me to memorize was Africa. After using http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/africa.html I almost aced that section the test. If you prefer doing it old-school you can always print out a blank map and just fill in the countries.

• Some students decide to buy an extra copy of a textbook to keep at home so they won't have to lug a textbook back and forth. Others decide to study ahead during the summer for the coming school year. On Troy website ( http://troyhigh.com/students/text_room.jsp ) there is an official textbook list that has every class and the corresponding textbook.

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Algebra 2 Honors Guide (Rogers)

To see how Mr. Rogers' class is on a difficulty level, the following link will be helpful!

http://www.ratemyteachers.com/mr-rogers/1762371-t

1. Participation
1. You can get participation by answering questions or examples during the lessons or working out questions on the board from warm-ups or the homework. It is worth 30 points at the end of the semester. If you have a lot of participation points then you can get extra credit too! So if you don't take the most pretty tests, just participate like a madman - it pays off!
2. Extra credit
1. He doesn't give out chances extra credit too often, just mainly in the beginning of the semester or after a long break, so keep your skills sharp during breaks! Occasionally he gives out these quizzes that are extra credit for the first person/ group to turn it in with all the correct answers.
3. Homework
1. He doesn't have very strict guidelines for homework. For example you don't have to write down the original problem which seems easier, but when you look over your homework before a test it is not as helpful.
4. Tests
1. Mr. Rogers tests are no joke but he gives partial credit! The multiple choice questions don't receive partial credit so always double or triple check your answers on those! He takes challenging problems from class and twists them around so that you'll have to really comprehend the material he teaches you. Even then, sometimes you might still not understand, unless math is just your thing. On most of the tests there is one extra credit problem that varies throughout the periods. It's worth the same amount of points as the hard level questions. You also get partial points for the extra credit problem so complete as much of it as you can! Before every (or most) test, Mr. Rogers always writes a "Things to Know" for the test. You typically get it the day before the test and it includes really helpful information like how many points the test is worth and important concepts that will be on the test.
5. What and how to study (bold is important)
1. Things to know
2. Warm-ups
3. Notes
4. Questions on homework you had issues with, or ones that Mr. Rogers went over during class
5. Practice problems from the Algebra 2 section on the helpful links page