Introduction o Welcome o Credits o Search Essays o Essays o "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan o "The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death" by Peter Stark Author's Voice! Skill Building Focus Activity o Essay from A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Third Reading Now, Your Voice Again! o Teacher Created Keyboard Test keyboard test 2 Documentary Films o Documentary Films o How Do Documentaries Work? More on Objective versus Subjective
o Jack by Grace Jackson First Viewing Second Viewing Third Viewing o The Record Breaker by Brian McGinn First Viewing Second Viewing Third Viewing Now, Your Voice Again! Biographies and Autobiographies o Biographies and Autobiographies o Excerpt from The Dark Story of Eminem About Biographies Excerpt from The Dark Story of Eminem o Excerpt from Up From Slavery: An Autobiography About Autobiographies Excerpt from Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Again! Eyewitness Accounts o Eyewitness Accounts o The Outhouse by Clyde and Post-Reading Reflection Questions
o Excerpt from Courage Was My Only Option by Roman Kent and Post-Reading Reflection Questions o James Brophy s Eyewitness Account of the Roer River Crossing o A Chaplain s Account of the Death of a Soldier o More on Eyewitness Accounts 1 2 Speeches on Going to War o Speeches on Going to War o What Are Rhetorical Appeals? o Day of Infamy Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt Video of Day of Infamy Speech Now, Research It! o George Bush's Address on the Start of the Iraq War Video of Start of Iraq War Speech o Declaration of War Against Germany by Woodrow Wilson
Manifestos! o Manifestos! o Excerpt from The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino, Reading, and Questions for Analysis o Excerpt from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx o The Declaration of Independence Jefferson Memorial: Extended Challenge o Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau Voices that Inspire o Voices that Inspire o Letter From a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, Research It! o Elie Wiesel s Nobel Acceptance Speech
Skill Building Focus Activity o Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Third Reading Ad, Ads Everywhere o Ads, Ads Everywhere o What Is Advertising? What Is Advertising? o Persuasive Techniques in Advertising Evaluating Ads, Part 1 Evaluating Ads, Part 2 o Weasel Words in Advertising Weasel Words in Advertising o Doublespeak What Is Doublespeak? o Persuasive Techniques in Political Advertising Political Advertising o Marketing Department Marketing Versus Advertising Image Marketing Case Study
Image Marketing Case Study, Continued Film Reviews o Film Reviews o A Look at Film Reviews A Look at Film Reviews Analysis of a Film Review Post-Reading Reflection Questions o Write a Film Review How to Write Your Own Film Review Review the Film, Mr. Christmas Pre-Writing Reflection Questions Democracy Written Down o Democracy Written Down o Primary Versus Secondary Sources Exercise o Town Council Minutes Post-Reading Reflection Questions o The US Constitution Building Connections o Supreme Court Case, Morse v. Frederick Background on Morse v. Frederick
Further Reading on the Case Research and Interpretation o Research and Interpretation o Research Study: Solving Underwater Crimes Part 1: First Look Part 2: Closer Look o Research Interpreted "America's Real Criminal Element: Lead" 1 Weighing the Evidence Response: "Lead and Crime" 2 Instructions o Instructions o Evaluating Instructions Activity #1 Activity #2 Activity #3 Comparing Instructions o Writing Instructions Exploring Audience Use Your Imagination!
Letters: Then and Now o Letters: Then and Now o Postcards Postcard Activites o Love Letters An Exchange of Letters o Text Messages Text Messages Panorama o Letters Now Everyday Texts o Everyday Texts o Forms Activity #1 Activity #2 Activity #3 o Bills Activity #1 o Road Signs About Road Signs Sample Road Signs and Questions More About Road Signs
And the Wider World of Nonfiction o And the Wider World of Nonfiction... o Excerpt from Prison Life in Andersonville o "Advice to Youth" by Mark Twain o Articles on the Common Core 1 2 o Excerpt from Language in Action by S.I. Hayakawa o Shiloh: A Requiem, by Herman Melville /Comparison Writer's Toolbox o Writer's Toolbox o Defining Purpose and Audience o Prewriting o Writing a Rough Draft o Revising o Editing and Proofreading o Common Writing Errors Checklist o Publishing o What Is Parallel Structure? o Using Periods, Colons, and Semicolons Student's Toolbox o Student's Toolbox o Collaboration o Finding and Evaluating Sources o Tips for Giving an Oral Presentation o What Is Plagiarism? o Using Style Guides