Writing+Resources

__//**Write on Track (Kemper)**//__ __//**Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher - Chapter on Purpose and Audience**//__
 * __//Writer's Express//__ - Great tools for students to get writing support**

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"This I Believe" NPR Story Corps - A link on NPR
 * Individual stories recorded a great audio resource!

Final Essay on Assessment - Reworked it(example given to forum) Frank Persuasive Writing - from an emotional standpoint! 12 month school year (Gene)
 * Generates discussion
 * familiarizes students with format
 * List of main points from article "why a 12 month school year"
 * Discuss the difference from your Emotional perspective vs. Factual
 * used a give one get one strategy!
 * Emphasized the critical thinking aspect
 * As a group chose arguments that went together to assist with the organization
 * Chunk the writing - individual pieces
 * Focused on the individual paragraphs and it seemed to help with the organization

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Writing in Response to Advertisements: Manipulation : Because they attempt to manipulate me..I object because (Chris ) "The Gospel According to Larry" - Super Bowl commercials too! Pedro's Journal __**Sleeping Freshman Never Lie**__
 * Foreground
 * Background
 * Product
 * Text

Head Print-Ad Assignment (Chris Archibald) Gospel According to Larry as a resource Fahrenheit 451
 * senior project
 * vocabulary (e.g. bandwagon)
 * scheme (foregound, background product, text are in most ads)
 * 3 body paragraphs to attack one of the ads

Pedro's Journal (Sonja)
 * different writing styles
 * same topic/different genera

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
 * Have students journal about advice for incoming students
 * Lint to speech

Senior English-Monty Python as parody
 * middle ages
 * King Arthur story

Article from current Reading Teacher (by Denise Morgan) Erica

Step Up to Writing activity (Erica)
 * 3 strategies
 * 2-column note process
 * short story about guitars with add'l resources that are conducive to process

Karen Kondrick is using Core Curriculum framework with Step-Up

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