Composition Resources
Mini-Lessons
Parallel Structure
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Interactive Writer's Notebook
Model Texts
Editorial: "English Teacher? or Dream-Crusher?"
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Model Texts by Writing Skill
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Rhetorical Strategies
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Vocabulary and Reading Passages
"Today's Kids Are, Like, Killing the English Language"
-Nonfiction Essay by Kirk Johnson *Johnson, Kirk. "Today's Kids Are, Like, Killing the English Language." Eds. Repetto, Ellen Kuhl., and Jane E. Aaron. Common Threads: Core Readings by Method and Theme. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2014. 167-169. Print. "Stop 'Defending' Music Education"
-Nonfiction Blog Post by Peter Greene *Greene, Peter. "Stop 'Defending' Music Education." The Huffington Post Blog. Updated 18 Aug. 2016. Accessed 15 Sept. 2016. Web. |
"One-Click Condolences"
-Online Magazine Article by Amy Webb *Webb, Amy. "One-Click Condolences: Facebook, Twitter, and Grieving: How Social Media Makes the Grieving Process More Difficult." Slate. 13 Aug. 2014. Accessed 10 Aug. 2017. <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/data_mine_1/2014/08/ facebook_twitter_and_grieving_how_social_media_makes_the_ grieving_process.html>. "from Farewell to Manzanar"
-Excerpt from a nonfiction memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston *Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston. "from Farewell to Manzanar." Eds. Beverly Chin, et.al. Glencoe Literature: Reader's Choice Course 5. New York: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2002. 459-473.. Print. |
"The Ways We Lie"
-Nonfiction Essay by Stephanie Ericsson *Ericsson, Stephanie. "The Ways We Lie." Eds. Kennedy, X.J., Dorothy Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron. The Bedford Reader. 11th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. 408-417. Print. |
"Our Nuclear Future"
-Nonfiction Web Magazine Article by Jeffrey Lewis *Lewis, Jeffrey. “Our Nuclear Future.” The American Scholar. 5 June 2017. <https://theamericanscholar.org/our-nuclear-future/ ?utm_source=email#>. Accessed 14 August 2017. Web. |
Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention"
-Audio Version from The Founding Documents of the United States of America. Developed by Learn Out Loud. |
"Examining Carter's 'Malaise Speech,' 30 Years Later"
-Nonfiction Transcript of Broadcast by Jacob Silberberg *Silberberg, Jacob. “Examining Carter's 'Malaise Speech,' 30 Years Later.” NPR. 12 July 2009. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106508243>. Accessed 29 August 2017. Web. |
Class Assignments
Composition Pre-Assessment Analysis 8/18/2017
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"The Ways We Lie" Analysis Jigsaw 8/25/2017
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Night Learning Center Five
Night Soundtrack Proposal: Play It Again, Sam 9/18/2017-Ongoing Example Soundtrack Proposal Night Learning Center Six
Evidence Collection Team 9/18/2017-Ongoing Thematic Evidence Collection Chart |