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Writing Basics:
Attention Getters
Hooks
What to do before writing a thesis statement
Thesis Statement Practice
Literature Circles
Story Structure
Writing: Response to Literature/Literary Analysis
How To Write a literature analysis Essay
Literature response essay-character analysis ppt
Literature response: Theme analysis PPT presentation
Graphic Organizer
Literary Analysis PPT
Annotating:
Annotating instructions
"What I Really Want is Someone Rolling Around in the Text"
Note-taking chart for non fiction
Types of informational articles handout
Book Review:
Initial Assignment
Adjectives to describe a book
Book review organizer
How to Write a Precis:
Guidelines/example
How to Write a Rhetorical Precis
Literary Elements:
Figurative language
Symbol, motif, foreshadowing, flashback
Allusion, irony
Theme, imagery, tone, mood
Literary Elements PPT
Literary Devices PPT
Theme analysis units:
Figurative language exercise
Note-taking chart for article
Note-taking chart for short story
Theme analysis essay task
Organizer for theme analysis
Theme analysis PPT presentation
Research Units:
Thesis overview
Developing a thesis statement
Short Stories:
The Lottery Worksheet
Harrison Bergeron Text
Harrison Bergeron Questions and Response
Harrison Bergeron Study Guide
Socratic Seminar Preparation Guide for All Summer in a Day
Shooting an Elephant - George Orwell
Shooting an Elephant Study Guide
Thank You Ma'am PPT
Elements of Plot PPT
To Kill A Mockingbird:
About the author-article
"A Short History of the Great Depression"
"Harper Lee's Novel Achievement"
Approved Killings Article
Sleepy Lagoon Murders Article
Sleepy lagoon Characters article
Response assignment to "A Short History of the Great Depression"
Response assignment to "Harper Lee's Novel Achievement"
Character analysis on the author
Culminating character analysis essay
Character analysis ppt
TKAM literature elements ppt
Response to literature essay guidelines
Character Analysis rubric
TKAM Academic League PPT
Anticipation Guide
Rubric for a Collage (Shoebox Project)
Of Mice and Men:
OMAM Book txt
"The Migrant Experience"
Assignment for "The Migrant Experience"
"The American Dream" assignment
Marvin Wilson Execution article
Belgium Parliament Article
Belgium Parliament Article 2
Legal terminology for mental disabilities
Response to terminology and Marvin Wilson articles
To a Mouse Poem-original version
To a Mouse poem- modern translation
OMAM Chapter note taking
OMAM Response to Literature/Persuasive
Graphic organizer for response to literature
Response outline
Writer's Workshop: passive vs. active voice
Active Vs. Passive Voice PPT
Simplified organizer OMAM
Response chapter 1
Response chapter 2
Response chapter 3
Response chapter 4
Response chapters 5/6
OMAM Powerpoint
OMAM Jeopardy PPT
OMAM Pre-Reading Activities
House on Mango Street:
Assignment Requirement Overview
Marin/Values Activity
Marin/Values Activity attachment (Name)
Identifying figurative language worksheet
Figurative Language Worksheet
Books Overview (Emily Dickinson-Poem6)
Vignette Peer Review
Vignette Rubric
Sandra Cisneros Bio
Character Analysis Unit:
Character traits
Character analysis note-taking chart
Character analysis chart 2
Self-character analysis essay
Silhouette
Model essay
Grading rubric
Understanding character analysis
Character Analysis chart
Discerning reliable information sources:
"Won't get Fooled Again" article
John Hopkins article
Response assignment
Fahrenheit 451:
Themes in F451
Figurative Language in F451
Article-to-Novel Connection Project
Dystopia Guide
Character in Fiction PPT
How to write a character analysis PPT
The Big Read
Levittown, Pennsylvania Article
The Chosen:
The Chosen Vocabulary
Jewish Americans (Overview and History)
Jewish Americans (European Life and Immigration)
Jewish Americans (Settlement Patterns)
Jewish Americans (Family and Community Dynamics)
Jewish Americans (Education and Religion)
Jewish Americans (Employment and Economic Traditions)
Jewish Americans (Cuisine)
Jewish Americans (Stereotypes/Discrimination)
40 000 Here Seek to Save Jews-article
Parenting Styles-article
Miracle of the Oil-from the Talmud
My Father Sits in the Dark
Proverbs
The Dispersal of European Jewry by Einstein
Walking Away by C. Day Lewis
Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers
Key to a Well-Adjusted Child: Tailored Parenting?
Silencing Article
Parents using the Silent Treatment Article
A Life Apart
Ultra-Orthodox in Israel (U-T)
Narrative Structures
Peer Review Worksheet
Theme Lit. Analysis Rubric
Ender's Game:
Ender's Game unit
Ender's Game PPT
Introductory non-fiction assignment
War Games Article
Response to War Games article
Abuses in China Policy article
Note-taking chart chapters 1-3
Note-taking chart chapters 4-9
Note-taking chart chapters 10-12
Note-taking chart for non-fiction articles
Culminating writing task
EG Hero Activity
Tone & Mood Worksheet
Tone & Mood PPT
EG Packet
Persuasion/Argument Unit:
Persuasion PPT
Common Persuasive Techniques PPT
"Why Your Kid Needs to Write Essays"
Do Students Cheat? Article and Response
In Class Assignment: Analyzing editorials
In Class Assignment: Analyzing famous speeches
Franklin Speech
Reagan Speech
Kennedy Speech
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Gettysburg Address analysis
Group assignment: recreating famous speeches
Persuasive Speech Topics
Persuasive Rubric
Persuasive Essay Rubric
Literature Movements:
Li. Movements Jeopardy PPT.
Lit Movements PPT
Subgenres of Literature:
Subgenres PPT