Syllabus

Misc:

First Day Intro Card

Introduction Activity

Personal Essay

Creative Product Resources:

The Shape of Stories (Vonnegut)

Color Theory

Dissecting Van Gogh’s Night Cafe

Critical Thinking:

Critical Thinking Standards (Concise)

Critical Thinking Standards

Discussion:

Class Discussion Expectations

Critical Reading/Annotation:

Critical Reading/Annotation Tips

Annotation Example

CPAs: (Class Preparation Assignments):

CPA: Reading Note Form

CPA: Passage-Based Paper

CPA: Questions

Resources:

Unit 1: Literacy Narratives

Unit 2: Characterization and Setting Create Meaning: Of Mice and Men

Major Assignments:

Fall:

Literacy Narrative 

Novel Project (Fall)

Spring:

Novel Project (Spring)

Visual Rhetoric:

Visual Rhetoric

Writing:

RUBRIC (REFLECTIVE)

RUBRIC

Student Writing Models

A Level Intellectual Standards

Thesis Statement

Thesis Statements and the Literary Argument

Hook

How to write a Paragraph

Transitions

Integrating Quotes (detailed guide)

Signal Phrases (page 2)

The Art of Quoting

Organizing your Argument

Peer Review

Integrating Quotations Lesson

How to Recognize and Correct Problems in your Writing Style

Writing Skills Workshop

Introductions, Conclusions, etc

MLA Format:

MLA Sample Paper w/Works Cited Page

A Quick Guide to MLA

Works Cited Page: Basic Format   (Kindle, iBooks)