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Look here for essays, news articles, and other non-fiction (and non-poetry) reading assignments and resources.
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OpEd Packet for Fall 2011
(117KB .doc file)
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This packet includes:
- table of contents
- instructions and rubric for OpEd project
- eight Opinion pieces from newspapers such as The Washington Post and magazines including Newsweek
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| Published Aug 29, 2011 04:52 PM
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OpEd Rhetorical Analysis Project Details, Including Rubric
(36KB .doc file)
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| Published Aug 28, 2010 11:14 AM
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Mukherjee's 'American Dreamer'
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| Published Aug 19, 2007 01:35 PM
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Excerpt from Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory
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We will use this text for both a close reading activity and a more in-depth "PAPA/AP2" analysis.
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| Published Aug 5, 2008 01:49 PM
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Excerpts from de Crevecoeur's 'What Is an American?'
(85KB .doc file)
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| Published Aug 19, 2007 10:40 AM
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PowerPoint Lecture on de Crevecoeur
(43KB .ppt file)
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| Published Aug 19, 2007 01:16 PM
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'Once More to the Lake,' by E.B. White
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:15 PM
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Barrington 'Using Your Senses' 1
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:48 PM
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Barrington 'Using Your Senses' 2
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:44 PM
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Barrington 'Using Your Senses' 3
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:45 PM
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Barrington 'Using Your Senses' 4
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:45 PM
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Barrington 'Using Your Senses' 5
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| Published Jan 5, 2009 12:46 PM
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Suggestions for Organizing Your Personal Narrative
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| Published Jan 19, 2010 10:04 PM
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Writing Believable Dialogue
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This helpful handout comes from a BBC forum on writing; more specifically, author Glenn Patterson gives a number of tips on writing effective dialogue.
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| Published Jan 8, 2010 10:24 AM
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Dr. Martin Luther King's 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail'
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The King Center's site provides links to both text and audio versions of this famous letter.
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| Published Aug 19, 2007 01:42 PM |
