Class Handouts and Study Guides

WRITING HANDOUTS

• Anchor Papers
• Scoring Indicators
• Paper Organizer—Outline
• Outline for Paper format
• Computer Generated Outline
• High Frequency Vocabulary Words
• 21 Things to Remember for the Writing Assessment (PowerPoint)
• Improving Your Score (PowerPoint)
• What to Do When You Finish…
• Great Tips Website
• Adjectives—Listed by category
• Commonly Used Adverbs
• Transition Words
• Show Me the Money!—Great article using pros and cons on celebrity salary.
• Call to Action on AIDS—Short article from Commercial Appeal using call to action
• Questions for Research—Going Green
• Persuasive Article from the Commercial Appeal—Metal Detectors in Schools
• Article on measures taken to curb violence in schools
• Example Essay—Mandatory Testing
• Example Essay—Mandatory Testing
• Example Essay—PE in High School
• Example Essay—Favorite Movie
• Example Essay—Importance of Education
• Example Essay—Importance of Education
• Example Essay—Cameras in the Classroom
• Example Essay—Cameras in the Classroom
• Enrichment—No TV Week Assignment

• Official Writing Assessment Review—test is Wednesday, February 6, 2008!

1^st 9 Weeks Study Guide

• 1 and 2 odd exam is Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

QUICK GRAMMAR—handouts include answers. So STUDY!!!!

• Quick Grammar 1—10/16/07 Subjects and Predicates
• Quick Grammar 2—10/22/07 Subject-Verb Agreement
• Quick Grammar 3—10/24/07 Dependent Clauses
• Quick Grammar 4—01/15/08 Sentence Fragments