Writing Lab/American Humanities (F)

Frederick Douglass

General Links √+ Summer Reading Study Guide√+ Course Overview √+ Setting Up WHS Gmail √+ Anchor Activities √+ Robust Vocabulary √+ Final Exam Review √+ BYOD Setup

Catcher in the Rye

Slang We Found in Catcher √+ Holdenspeak and Slang√+ Catcher Slang Glossary √+ How to Write Like Salinger √+ NYT Teaching Materials and Activities √+ Catcher Slang

Dating Lesson √+ Dating Do's and Don'ts: An Instructional Video for Teens from the 1940s and 50s √+ Shy Guy (1947) √+ The 1950's: Fads, fashions and Song √+

Robert Burns's Poem Comin Thro' The Rye √+

Chapter 1-3 Activities √+Chapter 4-5 Activities √+

Chapters 6-9 √+ Going Beyond Definitions of Adolescence√+ Chapters 10-11 √+ Chapters 12-19 √+ Catcher Skits 17-19 √+ Chapter 20 √+ Catcher Wrap √+ Essay Rubric

Immigrants and America BlendSpace

Poetry Lessons √+ Poem Idea

Writing Instruction √+ My Writing Pet Peeves: a kind of style guide for analytical writing √+ Tools for developing scenes and characters:

1. Descriptive Writing Techniques
2. Techniques for Developing Character
3. Writing Concisely
4. Quotation Weaving
5. Quotation Weaving Lesson

Character Development Lesson √+ Character Notes/Criteria √+Notes after reading character descriptions √+ Cause and Effect Scenarios √+ Cause and Effect Outlines √+ Compare/Contrast Essay √+ Persuasive Appeals √+Persuasive Considerations: Getting Off to a Good Start √+ Persuasive Considerations: Memorable Words and Effective Endings √+ Writing Introductions

Short Stories for Writing Lab

Qualities of Character/For Esmé Class √+ Mules and Bare Feet √+ Spunk Questions √+ In the American Society Activity √+ Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff √+ Welding with Children by Tim Gatreaux √+ Last Words on Earth

MCAS Links

MCAS Review √+ MCAS: State Resources √+ MCAS Open Response Scoring Guide √+ MCAS Long Composition Scoring Guide √+ Long Comp Homework √+ MCAS Sample Answers and Essay (Choose a year to look at, then click on the "writing prompt" link until you see the prompt and the scoring rubric. Click on the blue numbers on the left of the table to see the student work that corresponds with that score)

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 √+ Huck 17-18 √+ Duke and King √+Twain and Royalty Lesson √+ 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

Essays/Opinion on the "N" Word: Gloria Naylor Essay √+ The Protean N Word by Randall Kennedy √+ Brandt William on Minnesota Public Radio