English With Miss Robinson

Literary Essay Outline Template

MLA Citation Guide

Peer Editing Sheet

Writing Your Introduction

Introduction Format Labelling Activity

Writing Your Body Paragraphs

Writing Your Conclusion

Practice Passage Analysis #1

Twelfth Night Unit Test:

Thursday May 12th, 2016

Unit Test Format

Unit Test Review #1

Practice Passage Analysis #2

Who loves whom in Twelfth Night?

Unit Test Review #2

SAMPLE PASSAGE ANALYSIS

Unit Test Review #3

Final Discussion Questions

Finish the Rhyming Plot Summary

Here is an interactive character map for you to use in order to help you review for the unit test: http://www.mccarter.org/Education/twelfthnight/index.html

Twelfth Night Creative RAFT Assignment:

Wednesday May 11th, 2016

Creative RAFT Assignment

Creative RAFT Rubric

Creative RAFT Organizer

Self-Editing Sheet

Twelfth Night Act 3 Quiz:

Monday May 2nd, 2016

Poetry Analysis Test:

Day #1: Tuesday March 8th, 2016

Day #2: Wednesday March 9th, 2016

Poetry Analysis Tips

Review Activity #1

Review Activity #2

To Kill A Mockingbird Unit Test:

Day #1: Wednesday December 16th, 2015

Day #2: Thursday December 17th, 2015

Day #1 and Day #2 Test Format

Textual Analysis Review #1

Textual Analysis Review #2

Textual Analysis Review #3

Textual Analysis Review #4

Textual Analysis Review #5

Textual Analysis Sample Response

Symbol Analysis/Paragraph Review

PRACTICE Test for Day #1

PRACTICE Test for Day #2

Dramatic Character Monologue Presentation:

December 8th – December 11th, 2015

Dramatic Monologue Evaluation

Dramatic Monologue Rubric

Dramatic Monologue Organizer

Peer Editing Checklist

1A Presentation Schedule

1B Presentation Schedule

What to Submit…

IN-CLASS Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation:

November 18th – November 30th, 2015

Mayella Ewell Persuasive Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph Rubric

Brainstorming and Preparation Work

Ways to Improve Your Paragraph

Short Story Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation:

Now Due: October 30th, 2015 (1 day extension)

Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation

Persuasive Paragraph Rubric

15 Steps to Writing a Persuasive…

Sample Persuasive Paragraph

Another Sample Paragraph

Ways to Improve your Persuasive…

MLA Citation Format for Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph Peer Editing

Turnitin Steps for Students in #1A

Turnitin Steps for Students in #1B

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News Flash: Friday May 13th, 2016

The book club groups, and corresponding novel selections, are included below in the following word document. Section #1A is on the first page of this document, and Section #1B is on the second page! Check it out! We will begin our book club unit on Monday May 16th, 2016.

Your Book Club Groups

News Flash: Your MARCH BREAK HOMEWORK!

Your March Break homework is the following:

Read Act 1 of Twelfth Night (take notes for yourself about what you find important from each scene, and write down any questions that you have so that we can discuss these questions upon your return to class). Please use your scene charts to help you organize your notes!

News Flash: Wednesday March 2nd, 2016

If you were absent today due to bus cancellations (or for any other reason), please complete the following course work for tomorrow’s class (Thursday March 3rd, 2016).

If you are in my period #1A class (1st section):

Exploring SLAM Poetry

Poetry Slam: “Lost Voices”

Harry Baker, Grand Slam Poetry Champion:

Slam Poetry Champion Questions

If you are in my period #1B class (2nd section):

Exploring Beat Poetry

Your Holiday Homework: Due Monday January 4th, 2016

For your holiday homework, you are required to write your own “Mockingbird Moment”. This is a multi-paragraph reflection about how the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, affected you as a reader. Please be detailed and thoughtful!

Your OWN Mockingbird Moment

News Flash: Monday December 7th, 2015

My 1A students will have their Blueprint Training in the computer lab on Monday December 7th to select their Grade 10 courses.

Reminders for your Formal Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation:

1. It is due on Friday October 30th, 2015 at the beginning of class.

2. Please hand in your Formal Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation in the following order:

i) Your rubric (detached from the assignment sheet) with your name on it

ii) A typed, double-spaced good copy of your paragraph with a creative title (cited correctly using MLA formatting)

iii) An edited rough copy (edited by you and two peers)

iv) All brainstorming and planning notes

v) Two completed peer editing sheets

3. According to correct MLA formatting, you do not need a title page for your paragraph

4. You must include your name, your teacher’s name (Mrs. A. Robinson), your course code (ENG1DB-06 or ENG1DB-07), and the assignment due date (Friday October 30th, 2015) in the top, left-hand corner of the first page of your paragraph. Also, a header with your last name and the page number should also be included in the top, right-hand corner on all pages of your paragraph.

5. Be sure to correctly cite all quotations in your paragraph using MLA format. You are not required to include a Works Cited page for this evaluation.

6. You must submit a paper copy of your paragraph in class, and an electronic copy of your paragraph onto www.turnitin.com by 11:59PM on Friday October 30th, 2015 or you will not receive a grade on this assignment.

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Short Story Analysis Unit:

How Much Do You Know? Quiz

Elements of a Short Story Review

Elements of a Short Story

Reading Strategies (Metacognition)

Characterization Handout

Character Archetypes:

Character archetypes are stock characters or character models that share similar characteristics, and are developed in similar ways, in many pieces of literature.

Character Foils:

Character foils are two characters who are meant to contrast one another in one or more significant ways. These characters may share some superficial similarities, but they usually possess ONE key difference that is important to an understanding of each character’s personality.

What is Irony?

Verbal Irony:

Situational Irony:

Dramatic Irony:

Steps to Writing a Good Short Answer

Short Answer Format (A.P.E.)

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Short Story

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Analysis Questions

Character & Irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter”

Archetypes in “Lamb to the Slaughter”

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Alfred Hitchcock Version:

Making Text-to-Text Connections

“The Jade Peony”

“The Jade Peony” Analysis Questions

Suspense Techniques PowerPoint

Suspense Techniques Handout

Suspense Brainstorm for “Lamb to the Slaughter”

Types of Narration

“Just Lather, That’s All”

“Just Lather, That’s All” Questions/Paragraph

The KEY Conventions of Formal Writing

15 Steps to Writing a Persuasive Paragraph

A PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE

Examining Literary Devices PowerPoint

The Difference Between Similes and Metaphors:

Good, Bad and Ugly Similes & Metaphors

Hilarious Similes

“Death By Scrabble” (story)

“Death By Scrabble” Analysis Questions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Judgement Statements

“The Tell-Tale Heart” (story)

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Vocabulary Definitions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Analysis Questions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Animation:

Suspense in “The Tell-Tale Heart” Short Film

Analyzing “Lisa’s Rival” as a Parody

How To Write Persuasively

Paragraph Practice: Visual Suspense

Television Episode: “Four Scary Stories” (3:45 – 14:36)

Short Film: “Form 17″

Ways to Improve your Persuasive Paragraph

A PRACTICE Persuasive Paragraph

Creative Writing Activity

Novel Study Unit: To Kill A Mockingbird

An Introduction to the Novel

The Great American Novel

Chapter #1 Content Questions

Chapter #2 Content Questions

Chapter #3 Quotation Response

Reading and Evaluation Schedule

Chapters #4-7 Content Questions

Oprah Winfrey’s “Mockingbird Moment”

Analyzing the Mockingbird in TKAM

TKAM: Who’s Who in Maycomb?

Be a Crime Scene Investigator

Responding to Atticus’s Closing Statements

Caged Bird Poem Connections

The Story Behind the Story

Write Your Own Mockingbird Moment

Film Viewing Sheet

Discussions of Racism (History to Today)

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech:

Bryan Stevenson’s TED Talk:

Gwen Stefani/Andre 3000 Song: “Long Way to Go”

Poetry Analysis Unit:

Introduction to Poetry

“Dead Poet’s Society” Clip #1:

“Dead Poet’s Society” Clip #2:

Poetic Terms and Definitions

A Checklist for Analyzing Poetry

Literary and Poetic Devices Review

Poetry Writing Visual Prompts

Exploring Identity Through Poetry

“O Me! O Life!” by Walt Whitman

Making Emotional Connections to Poetry

Seeing Things From a Unique Perspective

“Dead Poet’s Society” Clip #3:

Examining Shape Poems

Stephen Burt: “Why People NEED Poetry”

“Why People NEED Poetry” Questions

Figurative Language Review (Questions)

Figurative Language Review (Answers)

Figurative Language in Poetry

Finding Figurative Language

Found Poetry Activity

Student Examples of Found Poetry

Narrative Poetry: “Annabel Lee”

Inferencing: “The Child Who Walks…”

Lyric Poetry: Shakespeare and Dickenson

Taking Up Lyric Poetry: Sample Answers

Lyric Poetry: “Common Magic”

A Focus on Sonnets

The Use of Rhyming Couplets

What is an ode?

Dramatic Poetry: The Merchant of Venice

Making Connections Poetry Activity

Exploring Beat Poetry

Exploring SLAM Poetry

Poetry Slam: “Lost Voices”

Harry Baker, Grand Slam Poetry Champion:

Slam Poetry Champion Question Sheet

Play/Shakespeare Unit: Twelfth Night

Introduction to Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Biography

Things to Know When Studying Shakespeare

Twelfth Night Summary Poem

BBC Animated Tales for Twelfth Night:

What is Twelfth Night About?

Characteristics of a Shakespearean Comedy

Background on the Play’s Title

The Importance of Character Names

Reading and Understanding Logs

Twelfth Night Article and Questions

Key Themes in the Play

The Opening Passage…

Act 1, scene 3 Scene Analysis Questions

Music Metaphor Activity

Comparing Act 1, scene 2 with Act 2, scene 1

Act 2, scene 4 Group Work

Malvolio as a Puritan

Malvolio and the Letter in Act 2, scene 5

Act 3, scenes 1 and 2 Reading Log

What is a Pun?

Act 3, scene 1 Analysis Questions

Textual Analysis Activity #1

Act #3, Scene #4 Questions

Book Club Unit:

Your Book Club Groups

Lord of the Flies Reading Schedule

A Long Way Gone Reading Schedule

The Lottery Reading Schedule

The Fault in our Stars Reading Schedule

The Book Thief Reading Schedule

The Chrysalids Reading Schedule

Responding to the First Three Chapters…

Exploring the Importance of Setting

Analyzing a Character in Your Novel

Write a Horoscope for a Character

Theme Discussion Template

Figurative Language Chart

Building Your Vocabulary As You Read

Visualizing and Illustrating What You Read

Questioning as a Reading Strategy

Post-it Reading Strategy

Summary Writing Strategies

Book Club Summary Writing

Discuss Your Favourite Passages

Final Discussion Director

Final Journal Response

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News Flash: Friday April 15th, 2016

The due date for your ISU literary research essay ROUGH COPY has been extended to Thursday April 21st, but the GOOD COPY of your essay is still due on Tuesday April 26th (no changes will be made to this FINAL due date).

News Flash: Monday March 21st, 2016

For tomorrow’s class (Tuesday March 22nd), please bring one scholarly, secondary source for your ISU Literary Research Essay (this can be printed or accessible on your laptop). Please make sure that you have read this source completely prior to coming to class tomorrow. We will be working on one of your annotations for your Annotated Bibliography Assignment in class. You must arrive prepared!

News Flash: Your MARCH BREAK HOMEWORK!

Your March Break homework is the following:

Read Act 1 of Hamlet (take notes for yourself about what you find important from each scene, and write down any questions that you have so that we can discuss these questions upon your return to class)
Continue to research for your ISU Literary Research Essay (use JSTOR to help you find FIVE relevant and credible scholarly sources for your essay). You will need these academic sources for your Annotated Bibliography assignment (to be taught and completed after the break – due April 4th, 2016).

News Flash: Wednesday March 9th, 2016

Reminders for your Personal Persuasive Essay Evaluation:

1. It is due on Thursday March 10th, 2016 at the beginning of class.

2. Please hand in your Personal Persuasive Essay Evaluation in the following order:

i) Your rubric (detached from the assignment sheet) with your name on it

ii) A typed, double-spaced good copy of your essay with a creative title (and a Works Cited page if applicable)

iii) An edited rough copy (edited by you and two peers)

iv) Two completed peer editing sheets

3. According to correct MLA formatting, you do not need a title page for your essay.

4. You must include your name, your teacher’s name (Mrs. A. Robinson), your course code (ENG4U1-06 for period #2 or ENG4U1-07 for period #5), and the assignment due date (Thursday March 10th, 2016) in the top, left-hand corner of the first page of your essay. Also, a header with your last name and the page number should also be included in the top, right-hand corner on all pages of your essay.

5. Be sure to correctly cite all quotations in your essay using MLA format. If you include quotations in your essay, you must also attach a separate Works Cited page with your essay. If you do not include quotations, you do not need a Works Cited page.

6. You must submit a paper copy of your essay in class, and an electronic copy of your essay onto www.turnitin.com by 11:59PM on Thursday March 10th, 2016 or you will not receive a grade on this assignment.

News Flash: Tuesday March 8th, 2016

Here are the turnitin.com set-up instructions for your class:

Period #2 Turnitin Instructions

Period #5 Turnitin Instructions

News Flash: Friday February 26th, 2016

Use these PowerPoints to help you with your ISU research!

English Research PowerPoint

How to Use JSTOR

News Flash: Friday February 19th, 2016

Here are your ISU novel selections (please review this list in order to ensure that it is accurate)! Please start reading your novel A.S.A.P.!

Period #2 ISU Novel Selections

Period #5 ISU Novel Selections

News Flash: Tuesday February 9th, 2016

We will have a full ISU preparation period in the library tomorrow (Wednesday February 10th, 2016)! Please meet in room A210 at the beginning of period #2 (if you are in my period #2 class), or in room A328 at the beginning of period #5 (if you are in my period #5 class), and we will go down to the library together! Please bring your library/student card!

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Final Exam: Worth 20% of your final grade in the course…

Your final exam will be written on Wednesday June 22nd at 12:00PM

Period #2: Write in room A210

Period #5: Write in room A208

Final Exam Review

Tragedy and The Common Man

Final Exam Review #2

Final Performance Task: Worth 10% of your final grade in the course…

Student Interviews will begin on Wednesday June 15th, 2016, and will run until Monday June 20th, 2016

The class media gallery walk will take place for everyone on Monday June 20th, 2016

Final Performance Task with Rubric

Period #2 Interview Schedule

Period #5 Interview Schedule

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oral Presentation OR Literary Essay:

Period #2: Tuesday June 7th, 2016

Conventions of Formal Evaluations

Oral Presentation Assignment

Oral Analysis Presentation Rubric

Literary Essay Assignment

Dorian Literary Essay Outline

How to Cite the Novel (MLA)

Peer Editing Sheet

The Handmaid’s Tale Oral Presentation OR Literary Essay:

Period #5: Tuesday June 7th, 2016

Conventions of Formal Evaluations

Oral Presentation Assignment

Oral Analysis Presentation Rubric

Literary Essay Assignment

Passage Analysis Test Review

Peer Editing Sheet

Hamlet Unit Test:

Wednesday May 4th, 2016

Hamlet Passage Analysis Test:

Wednesday April 20th, 2016

Sample Passage Analysis

Practice Passage Analysis

More Practice Passage Analysis

ISU Annotated Bibliography:

Due: Monday April 4th, 2016

Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Annotated Bibliography Rubric

ISU MLA Citation Resource Sheet

ISU Literary Essay Outline

Personal Persuasive Essay:

Due: Thursday March 10th, 2016

Personal Persuasive Essay

Personal Persuasive Essay Rubric

Persuasive Essay Peer Editing

Period #2 Turnitin Instructions

Period #5 Turnitin Instructions

Persuasive Essay Analysis Test (REAL Test):

Tuesday March 8th, 2016

Taking up “Living Like Weasels”

Essay Analysis Test Review #1a

Essay Analysis Test Review #1b

Essay Analysis Test Review #2a

Essay Analysis Test Review #2b

Essay Analysis Test Review #3

Essay Analysis Test Review #4a

Essay Analysis Test Review #4b

Essay Analysis Test Review #5a

Essay Analysis Test Review #5b

Persuasive Essay Analysis PRACTICE Test:

Wednesday February 24th, 2016

PRACTICE Test Essay

PRACTICE Test Questions

INDEPENDENT STUDY UNIT

(Literary Research Essay) Due Dates:

Please read and adhere to the following timelines…

Novel Must Be Read By:

March 7th, 2016

Thesis Statement Must Be Written By:

March 10th, 2016

Annotated Bibliography Must Be Written By:

April 4th, 2016

Peer Editing Work Period:

April 21st, 2016

The Final Copy of Your Essay is Due:

April 26th, 2016

ISU Evaluation

English Research PowerPoint

How to Use JSTOR

JSTOR Information

Research Tools

ISU Suggested Reading #1

ISU Suggested Reading #2

ISU Reading Exit Pass

ISU Thesis Template

ISU Literary Essay Outline

Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Annotated Bibliography Rubric

ISU MLA Citation Resource Sheet

ISU Peer Editing Sheet

Period #2 Turnitin Instructions

Period #5 Turnitin Instructions

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“Want To Be My Boyfriend? Please Define”

7 Steps to Dissecting a Persuasive Essay

Sample Tone Words

Structuring An Argument

Figurative Language (Rhetorical Devices)

Rhetorical Devices Review Definitions

“Convocation Address” Essay

“Convocation Address” Questions

“What I’ve Learned From Men” Essay

“What I’ve Learned From Men” Questions

Visual Essay: “The Power of Introverts”

“The Power of Introverts” Questions

“Being a Man” Essay

“Being a Man” Questions

Taking Up “Being a Man”

PRACTICE Test: “Living Like Weasels”

Essay Analysis PRACTICE Test Questions

“How Long Have I Known You…” Essay

“How Long Have I Known You…” Questions

“This is Emo” Part One

“This is Emo” Part Two

“This is Emo” Questions

“This is Emo” Sample Responses

Essay Analysis Test Review #1a

Essay Analysis Test Review #1b

Essay Analysis Test Review #2a

Essay Analysis Test Review #2b

Essay Analysis Test Review #3

Essay Analysis Test Review #4a

Essay Analysis Test Review #4b

Essay Analysis Test Review #5a

Essay Analysis Test Review #5b

Play Unit: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

An Introduction to Hamlet

The Shakespearean Tragedy

Hamlet Reading and Understanding Logs

Act I, scene i Analysis Questions

Act I, scene ii, Things to Look For…

Analyzing Hamlet’s First Soliloquy

Advice Chart for Act I, scene iii

Act I, scene iv Close Reading Activity

Hamlet Act I in Review Questions

“O What a Rogue…” Soliloquy Analysis

Act II Quotation Analysis

Hamlet Act II Review Questions

Hamlet Conscience Pre-Reading Activity

Act III, scene i Soliloquy/Quotation Analysis

A Close Reading of Act III, scene ii

The Oedipus Complex in Hamlet

Hamlet Chamber Scene Response

Practice Passage Analysis

Hamlet Act III Review Questions

Acts III and IV: Key Points (Summary)

Hamlet Act IV Content Questions

Hamlet’s Conversation with R&G

Soliloquy Analysis: “How all occasions…”

Father and Son Relationships in the Play

Examining Ophelia’s ‘Mad’ Scene

Hamlet Act V Thinking Questions

Responding to the Final Scene of the Play

Novel Study Unit: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Per. #2)

Introducing The Picture of Dorian Gray

Reading and Evaluation Schedule (Per. #2)

Narcissism in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Exploring the Preface of the Novel

Themes in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Recording Themes in the Novel

Analyzing Chapter #1 of the Novel

Chapter #2-4 Critical Analysis

Responding to Wilde’s WILD Statements

A Visual Representation of Sibyl Vane

Quotation Analysis for Chapters #6 and #7

Exploring the Death of Sibyl Vane (Ch. #8-9)

The Little Yellow Book (Ch. #10-11)

Quotation Analysis in Chapters #11-13

Dorian Gray Thinking Questions

Making Connections to the Novel

Responding to the Conclusion

Textual Analysis Activity

Novel Study Unit: The Handmaid’s Tale (Per. #5)

An Introduction to The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood’s Note to Readers

Reading and Evaluation Schedule (Per. #5)

Chapter #1 of The Handmaid’s Tale

Chapters #2-6 Analysis Questions

Chapters #9-12 Analysis Questions

Analyzing Themes in The Handmaid’s Tale

Characters in The Handmaid’s Tale

Symbolism in The Handmaid’s Tale

Passage Analysis & Paragraph Responses

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Final Exam: Worth 15% of your Final Grade in the Course…

Your final exam will be written on Thursday June 18th at 8:30AM. My first section of grade nines (period 2A) will write their final exam in room A310, and my second section of grade nines (period 2B) will write their final exam in room A308 (our classroom).

Exam Review #1

Practice Passage Exam Review #1

Exam Review #2

Exam Review #3

Practice Sight Passage #3

Exam Review #4

Sample Paragraph Starters…

How to Survive Your Final Exam

Final Performance Task: Worth 15% of your Final Grade in the Course…

Presentation Dates: Thursday June 11th – Tuesday June 16th, 2015

Final Performance Task

Final Performance Task Rubric

Section #2A Presentation Schedule

Section #2B Presentation Schedule

Twelfth Night Literary Essay Evaluation:

Thursday June 4th, 2015

Twelfth Night Essay Brainstorm

Twelfth Night Essay

Twelfth Night Essay Outline

Sample Essay Outline

Essay Peer Editing Sheet

How to Cite Quotations from the Play

Twelfth Night Essay Exemplar #1

Twelfth Night Essay Exemplar #2

Book Club Creative RAFT Evaluation:

Thursday April 9th, 2015

Book Club Creative RAFT Evaluation

Creative RAFT Evaluation Rubric

Creative RAFT Evaluation Exemplar

Poetry Analysis Unit Test:

Monday February 23rd, 2015

PRACTICE Poetry Analysis Test

Poetry Analysis Review Activity #1

Lyric Poetry Analysis Feedback

Poetry Analysis Review Activity #2

Poetry Analysis Review Activity #3

Poetry Analysis Review Activity #4

To Kill A Mockingbird Unit Test:

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE EVALUATION DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL READING SCHEDULE!

Day #1: Tuesday December 16th, 2014

Day #2: Wednesday December 17th, 2014

Day #1 and #2 Test Format

Textual Analysis Review #1

Textual Analysis Review #2

Textual Analysis Review #3

Symbol Analysis/Paragraph Review

Dramatic Character Monologue Presentation:

December 9th – December 12th, 2014

Dramatic Monologue Evaluation

Dramatic Monologue Rubric

Dramatic Monologue Organizer

Peer Editing Checklist

Monologue Schedule for 2A

Monologue Schedule for 2B

Short Story Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation:

Friday October 24th, 2014

Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation

Persuasive Paragraph Rubric

15 Steps to Writing a Persuasive…

Ways to Improve your Persuasive…

MLA Citation Format for Paragraph

Sample Persuasive Paragraph #1

Sample Persuasive Paragraph #2

Sample Persuasive Paragraph #3

Persuasive Paragraph Peer Editing

Period #2A Turnitin.com Steps

Period #2B Turnitin.com Steps

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Course Information:

Course Outline

Class Rules and Guidelines

Achievement Level Conversions

Sensory Language Writing Activity

Student Introduction Mad Libs

Student Information Sheet

Short Story Analysis Unit:

How Much Do You Know? Quiz

Elements of a Short Story Review

Reading Strategies (Metacognition)

Elements of a Short Story

Characterization Handout

What is Irony?

Steps to Writing a Good Short Answer

Short Answer Format (A.P.E.)

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Short Story

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Analysis Questions

Suspense Techniques PowerPoint

Suspense Techniques Handout

A Visual Example of Suspense (“Form 17″):

A Visual Example of Suspense Worksheet

Suspense Brainstorm

“Death By Scrabble” (story)

“Death By Scrabble” Analysis Questions

Examining Literary Devices PowerPoint

Figurative Language Game (Questions)

Figurative Language Game (Answers)

Figurative Language Definitions

Good, Bad and Ugly Metaphors

Hilarious Similes

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Judgement Statements

“The Tell-Tale Heart” (story)

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Vocabulary Definitions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Analysis Questions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Animation:

Suspense in “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Characteristics of Dystopian Fiction

“Harrison Bergeron” Short Story

“Harrison Bergeron” Analysis Questions

“The Open Window” by Saki

How To Write Persuasively

15 Steps to Writing a Persuasive Paragraph

A PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE

“The Open Window” Paragraph Assessment