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Writing Instruction
Writing Instruction
My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing √+ Writing Concisely √+ Sentence Combining √+ Editing Exercises √+ Quotation Weaving √+ Quotation Weaving Lesson
Tools for developing scenes and characters: Descriptive Writing Techniques √+ Techniques for Developing Character √+ Character Development Lesson √+ Character Notes/Criteria √+ Notes after reading character descriptions
Cause and Effect Scenarios √+ Cause and Effect Outlines √+ Compare/Contrast Essay √+ Symbols, Themes and Motifs √+ Theme Essay √+ Argumentative/Persuasive Appeals √+Persuasive Considerations: Getting Off to a Good Start √+ Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings √+ Writing Introductions
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Fashion of the Times: An Intro to the 20s √+ Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Jazz Age √+ The Lost Generation √+ Chapter One √+ Chapter Two √+ Chapter Three √+ Gangsters √+ Two and Three: Party Time √+ Chapter Four √+ Chapter Five √+ Chapter Six √+ Chapter Seven-Nine Questions √+ Recurring Ideas √+ A Critical Lens √+ Gatsby and Franklin √+ Franklin Video √+ My Gatsby Notes √+ Gatsby Vocabulary
The Poet X
The Poet X
Short Stories
Short Stories
Blizzard Under Blue Sky Questions √+ Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff, Story Lesson √+ Welding with Children by Tim Gatreaux √+ Welding Class √+ Spunk Questions √+ Spunk Questions √+ In the American Society Activity √+ Names/Nombres and Last Words on Earth √+ Qualities of Character/For Esmé Class √+ Bananafish Class: Mules and Bare Feet
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Poetry
Poetry
An Introduction to American Poetry √+ Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes √+ Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance √+ Poetry of the Jazz Age √+ Poetry Lessons √+ Poems About Growing Up √+ Original Poem Ideas
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
Holdenspeak and Slang √+ Catcher Slang Glossary √+ How to Write Like Salinger √+ NYT Teaching Materials √+ Dating Lesson √+ Dating Do's and Don'ts: An Instructional film from the 1940s and 50s √+ Shy Guy (1947) √+ Duck and Cover √+ The 1950's: Fads, Fashions and Song √+ Robert Burns's Poem Coming Thro' The Rye √+ Chapter 1-2 Activities √+Chapter 5-7 Activities √+ Chapters 8 -9 √+ Chapters 10-11 √+ Chapters 12-19 √+ Catcher Skits 17-19 √+ Chapter 20 √+ Catcher Wrap √+ Essay Rubric
Satire
Satire
The Crucible
Act 2 √+ Puritan Artifacts √+ Life in the New England Colonies √+ A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials √+Witchcraft in Salem √+ The Salem Witchcraft Papers Primary documents, transcriptions, historical maps, and archival collections related to Salem Witch trials. √+ Secrets of the Dead This site contains interactive map profiling individuals involved in the witchhunts and provides a timeline. √+ Characteristics of Moral Panic √+ The Crucible and McCarthyism √+ Crucible Reading Questions √+ Act IV Questions √+ Audio of The Crucible
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Theme / Twilight Zone
Theme / Twilight Zone
In years past, we have viewed Twilight Zone episodes when learning about theme.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Born to Trouble: The Adventures of Huck Finn √+ Controversy Surrounding the Novel √+Teacher Resources for Huck Finn √+ Dialect in Huck √+ Chapters 1-2 √+Chapters 7-9 √+ Chapters 10-11 √+ Huck 15-16 √+ Duke and King √+Twain and Royalty Lesson √+ Jim Kahoot √+ Looking at Jim √+ Chapter 25-27 Lesson √+ Huck 33-End √+ My Huck Finn Notes are in the "Class Handouts" file √+ The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University √+ Huck Final Essay Topics √+ Huck Vocabulary 1-16 √+ Huck Vocabulary 17-28
Essays/Opinion on the "N" Word: Gloria Naylor Essay √+ The Protean N Word by Randall Kennedy √+ Brandt William on Minnesota Public Radio
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing
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