Check here for links to all kinds of helpful (and sometimes necessary) resources...
On Demand Writing
Not sure what to expect? See below! Practice, if you want!
Sample Argumentative Prompt (Passage-based)
Sample Informative/Explanatory Prompt (Stand-alone)
Rubric
Writer's Reference Sheet
Scoring Criteria
Sample Argumentative Prompt (Passage-based)
Sample Informative/Explanatory Prompt (Stand-alone)
Rubric
Writer's Reference Sheet
Scoring Criteria
Apartheid in South Africa
Examples of jargon
American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches
Follow this link to the list of the top 100 speeches in American history. The site itself has a number of helpful resources in your study of persuasion.
"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Follow this link to watch Dr. King's moving delivery of this groundbreaking speech. You may use this to help you in your identification of his use of ethos, logos, and pathos.
Greek Drama and Antigone
Oedipus Rex background
Just for fun...
Conjunction Junction (What's Your Function?)
TP-CASTT Poetry Breakdown (PowerPoint here)
Annotation
Click on the link above for the PowerPoint about getting dirty with reading!
THIS I BELIEVE
You'll be writing an essay this year entitled "This I Believe." Unlike many school assignments that are turned in and forgotten, you'll be living with it for the entire school year. You'll write your first draft the second week of school and continually revisit it until May (or June...but hopefully May) rolls around. Check out these links for some information and inspiration...
http://thisibelieve.org/about/
http://www.npr.org/series/4538138/this-i-believe?sc=gaw&gclid=CM-u67bZvqoCFY8j7AodPA946w
Matt Harding (Dancing Matt of YouTube "Where the Hell is Matt" fame) wrote a "This I Believe" essay for NPR. Watch his video below. To read a copy of his essay, see the "Readings" tab under "Class Documents."
http://thisibelieve.org/about/
http://www.npr.org/series/4538138/this-i-believe?sc=gaw&gclid=CM-u67bZvqoCFY8j7AodPA946w
Matt Harding (Dancing Matt of YouTube "Where the Hell is Matt" fame) wrote a "This I Believe" essay for NPR. Watch his video below. To read a copy of his essay, see the "Readings" tab under "Class Documents."