Asst. Sheets/Models
Asst. Sheets/Models
Research stuff
Other stuff
Assignment Sheets and Other Information
Senior Memory Book
Senior Memory Book guide sheet - This assignment spans the semester.
Closed to open paragraph info: Using one of the following prompts, write for an audience of your peers, a 200 to 400 word piece that relates to the open-closed continuum which is discussed on p. 6-11 of the ABGW text.
1. Write a closed-form paragraph explaining the closed to open continuum.
2. Using an analogy, explain the closed-open continuum.
3. Write a story in which two or more characters ponder the closed-open continuum.
4. Write an ode to the closed-open continuum.
Parent letter assignment sheet Workshop Questions Example parent letters Brady Srna Mark McClure rough Mark McClure final
Parent letter formatting guide
Study Materials for Test over ch. 1-4
Test 1-4 Study Guide
Presentation guidelines that replace essay test
Scholarship essays (blending reflective and informative writing)
Scholarship Writing Guide Sheet
Dakota Baker's Earl Bane - Example Earl Bane winning essay
3 sample essays of varying lengths by Wyatt Rutherford, who also won an Earl Bane scholarship.
Angle of Vision (Description and Analysis)
Angle of Vision Assignment Sheet
Checklist for descriptive paragraphs
Peer editing and grading guide
Angle or Vision Examples
Max McClure description (Devil's Washboard) Max analysis
John Christie descriptions and analysis Rachel Peuchen (Amsterdam)
Linzy Kaniper (The Beach) Paige Nurnberg (Snowboarding)
Midterm
Kyle Maine similar topic (enjoyable read but not exactly the same assignment)
Shaylin Ptacek midterm (waves analogy)
Tyler Blochlinger midterm (weights)
An Informative/Surprising Essay (research paper)
Info
Assignment sheet Schedule and checklist
Peer editing guide Self-evaluation Grading sheet
Informative/surprising examples
Option A: Short informative (I-search) with surprising twist
Marissa McClure - Chronic Fatigue Rachel Peuchen - Indonesian Concentration Camps
Wyatt Rutherford - A Numb Nation
Option B: Surprising reversal Droge - Oil Lockhart - The Language of Color
The following models use the previous MLA formatting.
Jena Sauber (cell phones in school) Skylar Bosco (Teen sex laws)
Evaluative Essay (Cost-benefits analysis)
APA template (Kent Kimball's rough essay)
Example essays
Laura Peterson - Which Salina Coffee Shop?
Morgan Thaxton - Which Beauty and the Beast?
Evelyn Barnhart - Choosing a college
Kendall Schlessener - Choice of Kansas Universities
Deric Schettler - Best Fun Cars for College
Final exam
Example open form essays
Lindsey Lockhart Marissa McClure (with comments) Mark McClure
Sadie Myers Max McClure Catherine Conley
If you desire to hear The Polar Express, to which Catherine alludes, click here and scroll down until you see the "Play" button above the author's photo.
Example closed-form essay
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Summary and Strong Response (Summary and Analysis)
Summary/Response Assignment Sheet
Outline Examples Self editing guide
Summary/response examples Jena Sauber Patrick Eslick rough draft
Kristin Conley Lindsay Poage (Miley's twerk)
Other summary/response materials Ch. 6 practice quiz
Boolean Search Info
Newspaper search sites (to find op-ed articles)
Some articles for consideration
Autobiographical Essay (Reflective Essay)
Assignment Sheet Peer editing guide In Medias Res beginnings
Autobiographical Essay Examples Zach Downey's Big Lie Mark McClure's Prince Dauntless Chelsey Mueller's Mud Monster
Assts. before 2016 curriculum revision
Image analysis
Assignment sheet Print ad web sites Starter questions
Example papers Jena Sauber Sadie Myers Lance Maine
Believe/Doubt (with and against the grain)
Note: This is a new assignment for SES. I have no local writing models, but I have included a nameless example from KSU above. We are using APA style for this essay. You may use the example above as a template. Another helpful source can be found here, but I think you'll need a computer with flash (not a Chromebook) to view the accompanying video. A Purdue Owl video, which can be accessed on a Chromebook, can be found here.
Cultural Analysis/Synthesis essay
A discussion of literacy: Literature in Three Metaphors by Sylvia Schribner
Readings:
An Indian Fathers Plea by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear)
How I Learned to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass
Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish by Andrea R. Fishman
Why There's no Turning Back in the Middle East by Fareed Zakaria
Rage, Rap and Revolution by Bobby Ghosh
Portfolio