Unit Five: The Glass Castle
From V. Dodd: Focus – Memoir, analyzing multiple aspects of writing such as point of view, diction, imagery, syntax, organization, language, and selection of detail; Assessments – Class blog, close reading discussions, writings, Response Log, TGC Paper
more fromdocs.google.com
Summer Reading Assignment
From V. Dodd: Response Log for Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins
more fromdocs.google.com
Gr 12 Summer reading Round Table assignment (Sept 07)
Formative activity designed to establish expectations for student-driven discussion, adapted from Harkness teaching style.
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Synthesis assignment - Presidential Rhetoric Project
by Mindy Perez. An assignment focusing on the rhetoric of the candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential race.
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
1984 Discussion Board Assignment (08)
by Jodi Rice. Includes both analysis and synthesis components (both student-generated)
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
This I Believe Essay Assignment 07
assignment based on NPR's series and on similar assignments by Marti Nelson and Kyle Stevens
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Synthesis Practice - Student Journalism
by Rolf Gunnar. A multi-day assignment about student journalism, freedom of speech, and a school's control over its student publications.
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Synthesis Practice - Scapegoating
by Susan Grandfield. Question inspired by The Crucible and quotation by Margaret Atwood on the historical recurrence of scapegoating.
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Synthesis Practice - The War Assignment
by Lori Carr. Out-of-class researched argument assignment with some teacher-provided, some student-provided source materials.
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Synthesis Practice - The Importance of Allegories Parables and Fables
by Erika Thorsen, with differentiated difficulty tasks
in list: AP Language
more fromdocs.google.com
Hamlet 2.2 study guide
Activity that leads students to generate their own study guide for the scene
more fromdocs.google.com
Notation: * = Private bookmark and comment|… = Clipping [?] | … = Public highlight [?]




