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THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS AND SAMPLE LESSONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK:
1. SECTION 1 ORIENTATION
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
GRADING AND EVALUATION
POSITIVE/NEGATIVE REACTIONS
SAMPLE NOTE TAKING
TEAMWORK AND WRITING
KEYS TO COOPERATIVE LEARNING
TEAMMATE INTERVIEW
THINKING SKILLS AND WRITING
WRITING PORTFOLIO
ENGLISH-MARKINGS FOR PURPOSE OF REVISING
WRITING CHART CRITERIA
WRITING CHART TERMS
2. SECTION 2 DESCRIPTION
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
STANDARD VS. NONSTANDARD ENGLISH
CONCRETE NOUNS VS. ABSTRACT NOUNS
DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
ANALYZING ADJECTIVES
CREATIVE ADJECTIVE -NOUN COMBINATIONS
SIGHT LANGUAGE
TOUCH LANGUAGE
SMELL LANGUAGE
TASTE LANGUAGE
SOUND LANGUAGE
STRONG VERBS
VERB USAGE
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
THE DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
CONJUNCTIONS
PEER EDITING
PRONOUNS
3. SECTION 3, CHARACTER SKETCH
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
WHAT IS A CHARACTER SKETCH?
SCENARIOS FOR CHARACTER SKETCHES
DESCRIPTION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CARICATURES
SAMPLE CHARACTER SKETCH
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND APPOSITIVES
ALLUSIONS, METAPHORS, AND SIMILIES
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FROM PROFESSIONALS
PREWRITING INTO PARAGRAPHS
CHARACTER SKETCH EVALUATION
PEER EDITING-CHARACTER SKETCH
4. SECTION 4, SENTENCE STRUCTURE
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
WHAT IS A GOOD SENTENCE?
DEFINITIONS OF SENTENCES
SENTENCE EXPANSION
EXPANDING THE SENTENCE CORE
WRITING COMPLEX SENTENCES
VARIETY IN SENTENCES
CONSTRUCTING AND DESTRUCTING SENTENCES
SENTENCE TENSION
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX SENTENCES
EMPHASIS AND VARIETY IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
JUMBLED SENTENCES
EMPHASIS IN SENTENCES
SENTENCE CHART
VERBALS AND VARIETY
UNDERSTANDING PARTICIPLES
THE RUN-ON SENTENCE
ECONOMY IN SENTENCES
5. SECTION 5, PERSONAL NARRATIVE
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
WHAT IS A PERSONAL NARRATIVE?
EXPERIENCE AND EMOTION IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
DESCRIPTION AND MOOD
HOW DESCRIPTION CREATES MOOD
DRAFTING THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE
EVALUATING THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE
6. SECTION 6, PERSUASION
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
OPINIONS AND PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE
PERSUASION AND PRECISE LANGUAGE
SUPPORTING YOUR OPINION
SAMPLE PERSUASIVE ESSAY
ARGUMENTS, OPINIONS, AND OUTCOMES
DANGEROUS LANGUAGE
ESSAY CONTESTS
DEVELOPING A THESIS, INTRODUCTION, AND CONCLUSION
WRITING A THESIS STATEMENT
TYPES OF INTRODUCTIONS
TYPES OF CONCLUSIONS
COHERENCE IN THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY
WRITING AND STYLE
GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING A PERSONAL WRITING STYLE
PEER EDITING- PERSUASIVE ESSAY
PERSUASIVE ESSAY EVALUATION FORM
7. SECTION 7, RESEARCH
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
PERCEPTION VS. REALITY
CULTURAL AWARENESS SURVEY
LABELS, NAMES AND GROUPS
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
TOPIC AND AUDIENCE
PROMPTS FOR SELECTING A TOPIC FOR THE RESEARCH
ESSAY
CULTURAL AWARENESS ESSAY
RESEARCH ESSAY CHECKLIST
TOPIC, THESIS, AND INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTION?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES AND NUMBERS- GATHERING RESEARCH
TO QUOTE OR TO PARAPHRASE
TAKING NOTES FROM SOURCE
Q @ A GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCHING DOCUMENTATION
OUTLINING
SAMPLE OUTLINE
OUTLINING- KEY POINTS
TYPES OF OUTLINES
OUTLINING THE FIRST DRAFT
PEER EDITING THE RESEARCH ESSAY
RESEARCH ESSAY EVALUATION FORM
8. SECTION 8, INTERVIEWS
SOME OF THE LESSONS INCLUDE:
CELEBRITIES, IDOLS, AND HEROES
INTERVIEWING CELEBRITIES
MAGAZINES AND INTERVIEWS
SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWS
GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWS
TYPES OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
TYPES OF QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEWERS
SAMPLE INTERVIEW
GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWERS
HANDLING AN INTERVIEW
TALK SHOW
DIRECT QUOTE VS. PARAPHRASE
ARTICLES
INTERVIEW ARTICLE CHECKLIST
DESCRIBING THE INTERVIEWEE
PSYCHOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION
PEER EDITING AND PUBLISHING- INTERVIEW ARTICLE
GUEST SPEAKER
9. SECTION 9, THE NEWS
SAMPLE LESSONS INCLUDE:
WHAT'S NEWS TODAY?
HEADLINES
THE FIVE W'S
IDENTIFYING THE FIVE W'S
FACTS VS. OPINIONS IN THE NEWS
OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY
PRIVACY AND THE PRESS
LIBEL CASES
GUEST SPEAKER
DRAFTING THE NEWS ARTICLE
PEER EDITING- NEWS ARTICLES
CLASS NEWSPAPER
NEWS TRIVIA
10. SECTION 10, WRITING LETTERS
SAMPLE LESSONS INCLUDE:
WHY WRITE LETTERS?
SURVEY ON LETTER WRITING
LETTER TRIVIA
LETTERS AND HISTORY
FAMOUS LETTERS
HISTORY OF THE POSTAL SERVICE
PARTS OF A LETTER
GUIDELINES FOR LETTER WRITING
WILLIAM ARMORE LETTER
CONSUMER MAIL
DICTION IN LETTERS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER OF APPLICATION
PERSONAL LETTERS
LETTER WRITING PROJECTS AND PEER EDITING
11. SECTION 11, SHORT FICTION
SAMPLE LESSONS INCLUDE:
STORIES BEGIN WITH CHARACTERS
FICTION IS LYING
PLAYING WITH THE TRUTH
CHARACTERS AND PLOTS
TYPES OF CHARACTERS
CONFLICT, CLIMAX, AND RESOLUTION
TYPES OF CONFLICTS
WHAT DOES A STORY LOOK LIKE?
SETTING
DIALOGUE
DIALOGUE AND DIALECT
FROM START TO FINISH
PEER EDITING- FICTION
SUBMITTING FICTION FOR PUBLICATION
12. SECTION 12, POETRY
SAMPLE LESSONS INCLUDE:
THE POPULARITY OF POETRY
QUOTES ABOUT POETRY
THE BENEFITS OF POETRY
POETRY AND HISTORY
POETIC LANGUAGE
CLICHE'S
RHYME AND RHYTHM
GIMMICK POEMS
IMAGERY IN POETRY
FIGUARATIVE LANGUAGE
PEER EDITING- POETRY
SUBMITTING POETRY FOR PUBLICATION
SPECIAL POEMS
COUPLETS, HAIKU, AND LIMERICKS
POETRY TECHNIQUES
13. SECTION 13, PEER EDITING
INCLUDED:
PEER EDITING GUIDELINES
PEER EDITING CHECKLIST #1, #2, AND #3
PEER EDITING MODEL
APPENDIX AND ANSWER KEY
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