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Mr. Ruderman's Classes
Class Pages
AP Language and Composition
Writing & The American Experience
A Raisin in the Sun Introduction
A Dream Deferred
Raisin 2.3 and Act 3
Raisin in the Sun 1.2 Questions
To Be Young Gifted and Black
Blizzard Under Blue Sky Questions
Douglass Reading Schedule
F and G Block Character Notes...turned into a criteria for success
Gatsby Chapter One
Gatsby Chapter 2
Gatsby Chapter Five
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapter Three
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapters Two, Three and Four
Gatsby Vocabulary List
Gatsby Journals
Recurring Ideas in Gatsby
Gangsters
Huck 7-9: A Storytelling Exercise
Huck Final Essay
Hunters in the Snow Lesson
In the American Society Activities
Literary Features in Narrative
Literary Terms for Huck Finn
Rubrics and Organizers
Google Classroom Link
Story Comparisons
Feminist Reading of Gatsby
Huck Finn Chapters 25-27
Vocabulary Studies
Act 4 Questions
Aristotle's Persuasive Appeals
Catcher 1-3
Catcher "Skits" 17-19
Catcher 12-19
Definitions of Adolescence
Catcher 8-9
Catcher Chapters 5-7
Catcher Slang
Catcher Wrap 24-26
Catcher: Chapter 20
Cause and Effect Outline
Cause and Effect Scenarios
Characteristics of Moral Panic
Crucible Act 2 (first 15 pages)
Crucible Study Questions
Douglass 1-5
Douglass 11
Douglass 6-9: Working with Quotations
Duke and King Questions
Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Jazz Age
Final Exam Review
For Esmé-with Love and Squalor
Gatsby 7-8
Gatsby Last Do Now
Gatsby 7-9
Gatsby Chapter Six
Gatsby Notes
Gatsby Wrap
Holden and Girls and Dating in the 1950s
Huck 1-2
Huck 10-11
Huck 15-16
Huck 17-18
Huck Finn Schedule
Huck Questions 33-
Long Comp Planning
Mules and Bare Feet
Nombres and Last Words on Earth
Notes on Character Essays
Poets and Writers
Puritan Artifacts
The Catcher in the Rye and Slang
The Catcher In the Rye, Chapters 10-11
The Crucible and McCarthyism
The Lottery Revisited: Point of View Exercise
The Things They Carried Project Rubric
Thinkin' About Jim
Welding With Children Inspired Story
Compare Contrast Structures
Compare/Contrast Introductions
Developing Topic/Thesis/Outline for CC Essay
Sample Compare/Contrast Introductions
Writing Compare/Contrast Essays
Writing Lab / American Literature Vocabulary Exercises
Writing Lab/Am. Lit. Handouts
Writing Lab/American Dream (out)
Catcher Slang
Crucible Reading Questions G Block
Douglass and Covey
Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings
Persuasive Essay: Getting Off to a Great Start
Spunk-Two Activities
Writing Lab Overview
Writing Lab/American Humanities (F)
Google Classroom Link
Huck Final Questions
Speech & Debate
Creative Writing
Collaborative Point of View Writing Exercise
Conflict Exercises
Creative Writing Final Exam
Creative Writing Overview
Descriptive Writing Techniques
First Lines and Starting Stories
Genre Writing Assignments
Gothic
Longer Writing Exercises
Techniques for Developing Character
Metaphors: They’re Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.
Oral Tradition
Personal Narrative
Magic Realism
Perspective Writing Prompt
Science Fiction
Short Creative Writing Exercises
Dialogue Exercise
Stitch Sampler: Another POV Exercise
Suspense, Complication, Climax
Turning a Phrase
Types of Verbal and Written Humor
Writing Dialogue
Improving Dialogue 1
Writing Dialogue 2
Writing Dialogue 3
Writing Dialogue 4
Writing Endings
Bios and Syllabi
WHS Block Schedule
Resources
Grammar & Writing
Graphic Organizer Central
Conjunctions & Prepositions
How to Make a Good Essay Better
Making Sentences with Adjective Clauses
My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing
Paragraph Skills: Writing Topic Sentences
Pronoun Reference Errors, Solutions & Exceptions
Punctuating Independent Clauses
Quotation Weaving
Sample Introductions
Semi-Colons
Types of Phrases and Clauses
Unity and Coherence
Writing Concisely
Writing A Strong Thesis
Finding the Thesis in an Essay
Thesis Exercsie
Robust Vocabulary Freshman
MCAS Prep 2024
Mr. Ruderman's Classes
Class Pages
AP Language and Composition
Writing & The American Experience
A Raisin in the Sun Introduction
A Dream Deferred
Raisin 2.3 and Act 3
Raisin in the Sun 1.2 Questions
To Be Young Gifted and Black
Blizzard Under Blue Sky Questions
Douglass Reading Schedule
F and G Block Character Notes...turned into a criteria for success
Gatsby Chapter One
Gatsby Chapter 2
Gatsby Chapter Five
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapter Three
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapters Two, Three and Four
Gatsby Vocabulary List
Gatsby Journals
Recurring Ideas in Gatsby
Gangsters
Huck 7-9: A Storytelling Exercise
Huck Final Essay
Hunters in the Snow Lesson
In the American Society Activities
Literary Features in Narrative
Literary Terms for Huck Finn
Rubrics and Organizers
Google Classroom Link
Story Comparisons
Feminist Reading of Gatsby
Huck Finn Chapters 25-27
Vocabulary Studies
Act 4 Questions
Aristotle's Persuasive Appeals
Catcher 1-3
Catcher "Skits" 17-19
Catcher 12-19
Definitions of Adolescence
Catcher 8-9
Catcher Chapters 5-7
Catcher Slang
Catcher Wrap 24-26
Catcher: Chapter 20
Cause and Effect Outline
Cause and Effect Scenarios
Characteristics of Moral Panic
Crucible Act 2 (first 15 pages)
Crucible Study Questions
Douglass 1-5
Douglass 11
Douglass 6-9: Working with Quotations
Duke and King Questions
Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Jazz Age
Final Exam Review
For Esmé-with Love and Squalor
Gatsby 7-8
Gatsby Last Do Now
Gatsby 7-9
Gatsby Chapter Six
Gatsby Notes
Gatsby Wrap
Holden and Girls and Dating in the 1950s
Huck 1-2
Huck 10-11
Huck 15-16
Huck 17-18
Huck Finn Schedule
Huck Questions 33-
Long Comp Planning
Mules and Bare Feet
Nombres and Last Words on Earth
Notes on Character Essays
Poets and Writers
Puritan Artifacts
The Catcher in the Rye and Slang
The Catcher In the Rye, Chapters 10-11
The Crucible and McCarthyism
The Lottery Revisited: Point of View Exercise
The Things They Carried Project Rubric
Thinkin' About Jim
Welding With Children Inspired Story
Compare Contrast Structures
Compare/Contrast Introductions
Developing Topic/Thesis/Outline for CC Essay
Sample Compare/Contrast Introductions
Writing Compare/Contrast Essays
Writing Lab / American Literature Vocabulary Exercises
Writing Lab/Am. Lit. Handouts
Writing Lab/American Dream (out)
Catcher Slang
Crucible Reading Questions G Block
Douglass and Covey
Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings
Persuasive Essay: Getting Off to a Great Start
Spunk-Two Activities
Writing Lab Overview
Writing Lab/American Humanities (F)
Google Classroom Link
Huck Final Questions
Speech & Debate
Creative Writing
Collaborative Point of View Writing Exercise
Conflict Exercises
Creative Writing Final Exam
Creative Writing Overview
Descriptive Writing Techniques
First Lines and Starting Stories
Genre Writing Assignments
Gothic
Longer Writing Exercises
Techniques for Developing Character
Metaphors: They’re Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.
Oral Tradition
Personal Narrative
Magic Realism
Perspective Writing Prompt
Science Fiction
Short Creative Writing Exercises
Dialogue Exercise
Stitch Sampler: Another POV Exercise
Suspense, Complication, Climax
Turning a Phrase
Types of Verbal and Written Humor
Writing Dialogue
Improving Dialogue 1
Writing Dialogue 2
Writing Dialogue 3
Writing Dialogue 4
Writing Endings
Bios and Syllabi
WHS Block Schedule
Resources
Grammar & Writing
Graphic Organizer Central
Conjunctions & Prepositions
How to Make a Good Essay Better
Making Sentences with Adjective Clauses
My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing
Paragraph Skills: Writing Topic Sentences
Pronoun Reference Errors, Solutions & Exceptions
Punctuating Independent Clauses
Quotation Weaving
Sample Introductions
Semi-Colons
Types of Phrases and Clauses
Unity and Coherence
Writing Concisely
Writing A Strong Thesis
Finding the Thesis in an Essay
Thesis Exercsie
Robust Vocabulary Freshman
MCAS Prep 2024
More
Class Pages
AP Language and Composition
Writing & The American Experience
A Raisin in the Sun Introduction
A Dream Deferred
Raisin 2.3 and Act 3
Raisin in the Sun 1.2 Questions
To Be Young Gifted and Black
Blizzard Under Blue Sky Questions
Douglass Reading Schedule
F and G Block Character Notes...turned into a criteria for success
Gatsby Chapter One
Gatsby Chapter 2
Gatsby Chapter Five
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapter Three
Gatsby Chapter 4
Gatsby Chapters Two, Three and Four
Gatsby Vocabulary List
Gatsby Journals
Recurring Ideas in Gatsby
Gangsters
Huck 7-9: A Storytelling Exercise
Huck Final Essay
Hunters in the Snow Lesson
In the American Society Activities
Literary Features in Narrative
Literary Terms for Huck Finn
Rubrics and Organizers
Google Classroom Link
Story Comparisons
Feminist Reading of Gatsby
Huck Finn Chapters 25-27
Vocabulary Studies
Act 4 Questions
Aristotle's Persuasive Appeals
Catcher 1-3
Catcher "Skits" 17-19
Catcher 12-19
Definitions of Adolescence
Catcher 8-9
Catcher Chapters 5-7
Catcher Slang
Catcher Wrap 24-26
Catcher: Chapter 20
Cause and Effect Outline
Cause and Effect Scenarios
Characteristics of Moral Panic
Crucible Act 2 (first 15 pages)
Crucible Study Questions
Douglass 1-5
Douglass 11
Douglass 6-9: Working with Quotations
Duke and King Questions
Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Jazz Age
Final Exam Review
For Esmé-with Love and Squalor
Gatsby 7-8
Gatsby Last Do Now
Gatsby 7-9
Gatsby Chapter Six
Gatsby Notes
Gatsby Wrap
Holden and Girls and Dating in the 1950s
Huck 1-2
Huck 10-11
Huck 15-16
Huck 17-18
Huck Finn Schedule
Huck Questions 33-
Long Comp Planning
Mules and Bare Feet
Nombres and Last Words on Earth
Notes on Character Essays
Poets and Writers
Puritan Artifacts
The Catcher in the Rye and Slang
The Catcher In the Rye, Chapters 10-11
The Crucible and McCarthyism
The Lottery Revisited: Point of View Exercise
The Things They Carried Project Rubric
Thinkin' About Jim
Welding With Children Inspired Story
Compare Contrast Structures
Compare/Contrast Introductions
Developing Topic/Thesis/Outline for CC Essay
Sample Compare/Contrast Introductions
Writing Compare/Contrast Essays
Writing Lab / American Literature Vocabulary Exercises
Writing Lab/Am. Lit. Handouts
Writing Lab/American Dream (out)
Catcher Slang
Crucible Reading Questions G Block
Douglass and Covey
Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings
Persuasive Essay: Getting Off to a Great Start
Spunk-Two Activities
Writing Lab Overview
Writing Lab/American Humanities (F)
Google Classroom Link
Huck Final Questions
Speech & Debate
Creative Writing
Collaborative Point of View Writing Exercise
Conflict Exercises
Creative Writing Final Exam
Creative Writing Overview
Descriptive Writing Techniques
First Lines and Starting Stories
Genre Writing Assignments
Gothic
Longer Writing Exercises
Techniques for Developing Character
Metaphors: They’re Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.
Oral Tradition
Personal Narrative
Magic Realism
Perspective Writing Prompt
Science Fiction
Short Creative Writing Exercises
Dialogue Exercise
Stitch Sampler: Another POV Exercise
Suspense, Complication, Climax
Turning a Phrase
Types of Verbal and Written Humor
Writing Dialogue
Improving Dialogue 1
Writing Dialogue 2
Writing Dialogue 3
Writing Dialogue 4
Writing Endings
Bios and Syllabi
WHS Block Schedule
Resources
Grammar & Writing
Graphic Organizer Central
Conjunctions & Prepositions
How to Make a Good Essay Better
Making Sentences with Adjective Clauses
My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing
Paragraph Skills: Writing Topic Sentences
Pronoun Reference Errors, Solutions & Exceptions
Punctuating Independent Clauses
Quotation Weaving
Sample Introductions
Semi-Colons
Types of Phrases and Clauses
Unity and Coherence
Writing Concisely
Writing A Strong Thesis
Finding the Thesis in an Essay
Thesis Exercsie
Robust Vocabulary Freshman
MCAS Prep 2024
Suspense, Complication, Climax
Suspense: uncertainty, enjoyable tension, anxiety
Complication: a snag, difficulty or new problem
Climax: the high point of the drama
These three elements are vital to a story.
So...how do you create them in your writing?
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