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 * UNITS 1 & 2: GRAMMAR & PERSONAL WRITING **

Instructions, Requirements & Rubrics for All Major & Minor Writing Assignments: [|Units 1 and 2 Assignments - Instructions Requirements Rubrics.pdf]

Presentation 1: Word Choices, Uses, Forms: [|Presentation 1 - Word Choices Uses Forms.pdf] [|RUBRIC FOR PRESENTATION 1.pdf]

Response Assignment Handouts: [|A3 A4 and Response Assignment REVISED INSTRUCTIONS.pdf] [|Neusner_The Speech the Graduates Didn't Hear.pdf] [|Critical Reading Part 1.pdf] [|Critical Reading Part 2.pdf] [|Response Examples.pdf] [|my response to Neusner.pdf] [|Strategies for Elaborating on Readings - Ideas for Response Assignment.pdf] [|Intro to Basic Quoting and Paraphrasing.pdf]

Opinion Essay Handouts: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Opinion Essay Worksheet.pdf] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Thesis Workshop Activity - Opinion Essay.pdf] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Example_War with the Mirror.pdf] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Example_Intelligent Design.pdf] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Example_Cats vs Dogs.pdf] [|Example Opinion Essay_BASEBALL SUCKS.pdf] [|Example Opinion Essay_City Life.pdf]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A1: Evaluation Using the Five Criteria <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Explanation of Criteria: [|Explanations of the Five Criteria.pdf] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Student essay to read carefully: __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Example_American vs Chinese Education.pdf] __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rubric to fill out on student essay: [|A1 - Evaluation Using the Five Criteria.pdf]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A2: Persuasive Appeals, Argument Strategies, Audience & Tone Plan/Report <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">DO NOT BEGIN A2 UNTIL AFTER TUESDAY'S CLASS!
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NOTE: These are the correct instructions for the assignment. Do NOT use the instructions on the Units 1 & 2 handout (above) **. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|A2 - revised instructions.pdf]

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