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Michigan Merit Curriculum Courses
+ 8th grade
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Blue pages are for writing.
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Purple pages are for
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Index to Site
Classroom Rules
Late Work Policy
Extra Credit Policy
6-Trait Writing Rubric (51.5k Doc)
ACT-Style Writing Rubric (Doc)
Simple Essay Rubric (Doc)
American Lit (10th Grade)
Animal Farm (Novel)
Appositives (Noun phrase)
Biography, Instructions (157k PPS)
Blank Verse (a type of poem)
Books for 8th Graders
Books for 9th Graders
Books for 10th Graders
Books for 11th & 12th Graders
Book Analysis Paper
British Literature (11-12 Grade)
Couplet (a type of poem)
Crediting & Works Cited (492k pps)
Crediting a Quote in-the-text
Eighth Grade Writing (Overview)
Elements of Fiction (8th Gr. Unit)
Essay, Lit Analysis html doc
Essay, 5-Paragraph
Essay, Persuasive / Opinion
Film Studies (1 Semester Course)
Free Verse (a type of poem) .
Introductions, How to Write
Limericks (a type of poem)
Literary Papers
Metaphor & Simile
Memoir What is it?
Michigan Merit Curriculum
Modern Art (2.33M PPS, American Lit)
Modernism, American
Much Ado About Nothing (a play)
Mythology (8th Grade Unit)
Novels Units:
1984
Animal Farm
Frankenstein
Grapes of Wrath
Great Gatsby
Hiroshima
Huckleberry Finn
Lord of the Flies
Night
Odyssey, The
Of Mice and Men
Their Eyes were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
To Kill a Mockingbird
Opening Lines for Fiction
Opinion or Persuasive Writing
Outline, Organizing with
Participle Phrase ("Ing" phrase)
Phrases, A Study of (8th Grade Unit)
Plagiarism
Plays:
Anne Frank
Antigone
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
Raisin in the Sun
Romeo and Juliet
Plot (Basic, Three-Act Structure)
Plot (Detailed, Five-Act Structure)
Poetry Analysis Flowchart (35k Doc)
Poetry, Different Types of
Poetry, Student Reviews of
Poetry, US, 1800-1850 105K Doc
(Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Lowell)
Poetry, US, 1850-1900 118K Doc
(Whitman, Crane, and Dickinson)
Poetry, US, 1900-1950 96.5K Doc
(Frost, Cummings, Sandburg, Moore, Pound)
Poetry, US, 1950-2000 Doc
(Frost, Cummings, Sandburg, Moore, Pound)
Prepositional Phrases
Profundity Scale, an adaptation
Proofreading (a list of Common Errors)
Proofreading (instruction sheet in doc)
Published Teens
Publishing Opportunities
Quatrain (a type of poem)
Quiz, How to take a lit
Quotes, Proper Use in Research
Reading: see also "books" & "Novels"
Reading Levels (10 levels of difficulty)
Reading Lab Requirements
Reading Record (48.5K Doc)
Realism/Regionalism in Art
(1.37M PPS, American Lit)
Research Paper Rubric (38k Doc)
Research Schedule/Calendar
Research Topics (big pps)
Resume Sample (157k doc)
Romantic Art (2.51M PP, American Lit)
Romantic Personality Quiz
Romanticism, American
Romeo and Juliet (MMC Unit)
Rubrics:
5 Paragraph (50.5k Doc)
6-Trait (51.5k Doc)
Essay for Literary Quizzes
Lit Analysis (html, 54k doc)
Quiz Essay
PowerPoint (k doc)
PowerPoint, Novel (40k doc)
Poetry Presentations (47k doc )
Research Paper (38k Doc)
Short Story (web page) (59k doc)
Short Story, How to Write
Short Story Ideas
Simile and Metaphor
Sonnet (a type of poem)
Sources, Reliability (Web page) (Doc)
Sources, Quoting Correctly
Sources, Creating Works Cited
Term Papers
Themes in Literature
Thesis Statement (Web page) (pps)
Title: To Italicize or Use Quotes?
Title: How to Write an Effective
Transitions, How to Write
True Stories, Problems with
Verbs, Simple vs. Action (148K pps)
Vocabulary, Strategies to Learn
Works Cited Page, How to Write
Works Cited & Crediting (397K PPS)
Writing Lab, Expectations for
Writing Record (41.5k Doc)
Writing Rubric, 7 Trait (56k Doc)
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Sources: These are the texts which have most affected my teaching, and the sources referred to on many pages.
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Knott, William. The Craft of Fiction. Reston, VA: Reston Publishing (Prentice-Hall), 1983.
LeGuin, Ursula. Steering the Craft: Exercises on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. Portland Oregon: Eight Mountain Press, 1998.
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Other Resources
Burke, Jim. The English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum,
XXX and the Profession. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1999.
Burke, Jim. The English Companion. Website. www.englishcompanion.com
Gardner, Traci. Traci's Lists of Ten. http://tengrrl.com/tens/. Formerly,
XXX http://www.daedalus.com/teach/tens.html.
Lettiere, B. Mr. Lettiere's English Room.
Saitz, Raymond. Outta Ray's Head. http://www.cgocable.net/~rayser/index.htm
Stark, Paul. Shakespeare and Dragons. Podcast. www.imaginaryworlds.com
Willis, Meredith Sue. Deep Revision: A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Other Writers.
XXX New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1993.
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You have found the secret message. Tell Mr. Greenlee.
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