CLASS WEB CALENDER

PROVINCIAL EXAM PREP BOOKLET

DEBATE SCHEDULE

Getting teenagers to argue about ideas and matters of substance, instead of showy oratorial displays, is great.

Anne Johnstone, The Herald

Debates - An introduction

What is a Debate?

Debating:  Roles, Structure and Timing

How to Debate

How to Debate a Point

Debate Rubric

Debate Topics

Resources:

Debate Matters

Idea Generator - journal prompts

Organize research and manage citations download Zotero (mozilla firefox add-on)

Assignments:

Great Thinkers Assignment

Oral Assessment Senior Years

October Literature Challenge

OPTION 2 for FINAL ASSIGNMENT: 

Exam Prep Questions:

Real Boys - Reading            Real Boys - Question

A Well in India - Reading and Question

ELA outcomes

Links to Figurative Language Terms: 

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

http://www.slideshare.net/kjhatzi/figurative-language-terms-presentation

http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/20figures.htm

http://academic.reed.edu/writing/paper_help/figurative_language.html

WRITING PROCESS TIPS

Online Writing Guides - AWESOME RESOURCE - OWL at Purdue

How to Write a Thesis Statement

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml/

Check out these sites to enhance your writing:

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/writing.html

http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/index.htm

Transition Words

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/writing-composition/vocabulary/1780.html

The following standards apply to all formal (academic) writing assignments for Ms. Atkinson. Students will cover this information in Language Arts classes, but the standards of effective writing are expected in ALL content areas.

Section 1:  Writing

The Writing Process
Thesis
What Does an Essay Look Like?
Sample Essay
Essay Format: Visual Example
Essay Outline Format
Six-Trait Self-Review Guide

Section 2
For further details on the research process, see the new Holt textbooks.

The Big Six
Works Cited Formats I
Works Cited Formats II
Sample Works Cited Page
Parenthetical Documentation
Response/Revision Guide
Sample Resumé

Writing Resources

There are countless Internet sites dedicated to writing. In fact, there are so many that it becomes difficult to decide which ones will be the most useful. This small list contains web sites that are focused around the types of writing required in most secondary schools. These sites provide a good general overview of the basic writing competencies.

If you would like to download the writing guide, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program installed on your computer. (Most recent web browsers already have it built in. If you need it, click here.)

Depending on your connection speed, it could be a long download. For that reason, it has been divided into two sections. You will need to download both of them:

Click here to download Part 1

Click here to download Part 2