Introduction to Composition and Grammar



GENERAL INFORMATION:
 
 
ASSIGNMENTS:


WORKS OF LITERATURE:
 
  • The Hunger Games

ISBN number:  978-0439023481     

Related sites: 

The Scholastic Publishing Company site

Suzanne Collins' site


 

  • Junior Great Books

ISBN number:  1-880323-12-5

Related sites:

Great Books Foundation website

For Parents

  

  •   To Kill a Mockingbird
ISBN number:  978-0446310789
 
Related sites:

Ridgewood High School's guide

Buffalo State's student page

Jim Crow laws      
        
 
  •  Fahrenheit 451

ISBN number:  978-0345342966

Related sites:

Bradbury's official site

National Endowment for the Arts

includes author information, historical context, and discussion questions to think about.

An L.A. Weekly article about what the novel really means.   

 Statistics about television's influence in America

 

       

 

 

Purdue University Online Writing Lab - A great site in general, but you might want to focus on the topics in the "Grammar and Mechanics" section

Tips for writing paragraphs from the University of Richmond Writing Center 

A site about paragraph writing that is actually for new English speakers.  It is clear and useful.

11 Rules of Writing 

Writing Introductions and Conclusions

The "top-down" introduction

Author Laurie Halse Anderson's blog about writing - includes a daily writing prompt.

 
 
GRAMMAR:
Gorilla Grammar - site with handouts, games, etc.

Grammar Jeopardy - test your knowledge of verb phrases and verbals (participial and infinitive   phrases) with one or two players 

 
EXTRA CREDIT:
Handout about extra credit response for cultural opportunities 

 

FOR PARENTS:

Encouraging reading

Getting Boys to Read