Composition and English 2 Resources
Mini-Lessons
Interactive Writer's Notebook
Model Texts
Editorial: "English Teacher? or Dream-Crusher?"
-Description, Diction, Tone |
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. |
"Totally Like Whatever"
-Slam Poem by Taylor Mali "Passing the Torch"
-Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy |
"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. |
"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. |
Class Assignments
Diction Analysis: Night 10-24-2016
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