Welcome to Mrs. Farley’s Classroom

 

San Leandro High School

San Leandro, California


  1. •Room 615

  2. • (510) 618-4600 x2615

  3. • mrsfarley@mac.com


AERIES Grades Online

Online Planbook - daily lessons and assignments


Resources:


  1. • Weekly Reader

  2. •Pulitzer Prize Winning Books - fiction, non-fiction, and biography

  3. •National Book Award Winners and 2010 Nominees - fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Youth

  4. • William Strunk’s Elements of Style

  5. • Sample MLA essay with Works Cited page

  6. •Sample first page of essay in MLA format - pdf | html

  7. • Templates for MLA style (and others) in MS Word

  8. • MLA Citation Machine (for Works Cited pages)

  9. • UC Berkeley’s Guide to Researching

  10. • SLHS Databases for Research

  11. • College and Career Links

  12. • Exploring Majors: CA Colleges

  13. • SAT Information - registration, practice, sample tests and more!


  1. •  Download OpenOffice - a FREE  application similar to MS Office


School and District Links


  1. •San Leandro High School

  2. •San Leandro Academy for Multimedia (SLAM) forum

  3. •SLHS Library

  4. •SLUSD


Some Local College Links


  1. • Cal State University Mentor  for prospective students

  2. • University of California

  3. • Chabot College

  4. • Laney College

Financial Aid and Scholarship Links (for College)



  1. • The Federal Student Aid Commission - download the FAFSA worksheet and complete your FAFSA online!

  2. • Fastweb - scholarship search

  3. • Princeton Review Financial Aid Info & Scholarship Search

  4. • College Board Scholarship Search

  5. • Princeton Review Counselor-O-Matic - a tool that helps you find the right college for you.

  6. • Free Scholarship Search - for more free scholarship searches; scroll down to the list at the bottom.

  7. • Evaluating a College Via Website- a worksheet you can use.

 
 

About Me

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Cruz:

  1. • Professional Clear Single-Subject Teaching Credential in English with Crosscultural Linguistic Academic Development Emphasis (CLAD), 1996.

  2. • B.A. Degree, Women's Studies with an emphasis in American Women Writers and a Minor in American Literature; Preliminary Single-Subject Teaching Credential in English, 1995.

Cabrillo College, Aptos, California

  1. • A.A. Degree, English and an emphasis in Speech Communications, 1993.

MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  1. • San Leandro High School, English teacher 1996-current.

  2. • SLHS English Department Chairperson, 1999-2001.

  3. • Aptos High School, Student Teacher, 1994-1995.

  4. • Cabrillo College Writing Center, Tutor 1988-1991. Instructional Aide, 1991-1996

 

Graduation 2011

  1. Bullet Visit my travel site!