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Analysis Essay

• • Learning to Use NOODLE TOOLS to create a theme analysis essay: click here during our in-class lesson.

  • How to Determine Theme *This is a YouTube video. You will not be able to use the district WiFi to view the video.

  • For the Birds *This is a YouTube video. You will not be able to use the district WiFi to view the video.

  • Handout to accompany How to Determine Theme and For the Birds activity.

  • Theme Analysis Essay - paragraph 1 example

Argument

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Brainstorming a Topic

• • Brainstorming a Topic

  • 200 Topics from New York Times

  • Choosing a Topic

  • An excellent collection of sample essays.

  • Should Libraries Have Books? link 1 link 2 TED

Argument Speech

• • Speech Outline 2017

  • Assignment and Rubric

  • All Men are Created Equal (From To Kill a Mockingbird)

  • Ancient Wisdom (TED Talk)

  • Being a Hero

  • Democratic National Convention

  • The Girl Who Silenced the World

  • Miracle

  • Pep Talk to Teachers and Students

  • Valedictorian Speech

  • You Treat a Person (From Patch Adams)

Drafting and Revising an Argument

• • Video How-To (Click on each link)

  • Ms. Jeffers' Prezi introduction to argument vocabulary

  • Video #1 Guided Notes for Video #1

  • Video #2 Guided Notes for Video #2

  • Writing a Hook Guided Notes

  • MLA Citations MLA Video Guided Notes

Sample Argument Essays

• • An excellent collection of sample essays. Scroll down for a link on a color-coded essay that shows how to construct an argumentative essay.

  • Should Libraries Have Books? link 1 link 2 TED

Book Talks & Journal Sharing

• • Sample Book Talk by Caroline (2016).

  • Words for Book Sharing

  • Journal Sharing "How To"

Personal Philosophy (This I Believe)

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• • This I Believe

  • This I Believe Teen Writing (with podcasts)

  • 2017 Essays

RACER

Survival of the Fittest (Team Effort)

Suspenseful Scene

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Warning: Jump scares, blood, death, and gore are NOT elements of well-crafted suspense and will not be permitted.

Winning Essays

• • 2015 Winners

  • 2014 Winners

  • 2013 Winning Essays

  • Project explanation and rubric

  • V-Sauce Video - What is Suspense?

Figurative Language

• • Figurative Language Homework

  • Concise Writing (a requirement for this project). See the completed activity in your red binder.

  • Spooky Word Synonyms

Resources

• • Phobias - things people fear. Perhaps reading this list will give you an idea for your suspense scene.

  • Spooky Words List

  • Suspenseful tales to spark your imagination

  • Suspenseful Story Starters

  • Pre-writing sheet for creating a scary story

  • Scary story starters for middle school

  • How to write a scary story...scroll down for story starters

  • How to write a scary story, with three examples

  • Story starters with photos

  • Scary name generator

  • Scary name generator (for dogs...but some could be human)

  • Youtube link for eerie music to write to (will not work on PVJH server). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDiPhVVrZ8

  • Notice how a simple object (a swing set, a doorway, or a music box) can be eerie. This video will not work on PVJH server. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtgTpxgwjc

  • More story starters. This is a BLOG site, so be aware that content is added to by the general public and may be changed from day to day.