Writings:

College Essay (Narrative); Response; Informative; Comparison; Persuasive

Proofreading Symbols

Punctuating Titles: Italics, Underlining, and "Quotations"

LA Writing Rubric

Writing NO NO #1--do not use 1st or 2nd person

Personal Narrative

Like a Weaning Instructions

"Like a Weaning" article by Peggy O'Mara

Block Quoting

Rules for all the papers!

Embed Quotations

College Essay/Personal Narrative

Examples of excellent college essays:

Detasseling Corn

Piano, Basketball, Soccer/Camp

Several more college essay examples & high school where wrote them

College Essay Narrative Rubric for Editor & Self Assessment

Response Writing

11 point Book Response

Argument Essay

Argument Claim vs. Expository Essay Thesis

The thesis statement or main claim must be debatable. An argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. In other words, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on

Prezi on topic

Claims vs.Thesis

a handout to explain the argument paper

104 Expository vs. Claim -a video

Graphic Organizers for Argument:

Nothing is sacred about using any of these pre-printed organizers; you could easily make one of your own!

Argument visual maps

Argument linear maps

Sample Literary Argument (LA student)

Informative Essay

Literary Analysis:

informative-literary criticism

Open informative-literary criticism

The Structural Organization for Literary

Analysis

literary criticism-writing structure

Open literary criticism-writing structure