Sample Expository Essay

I've uploaded the Sample Expository Essay we annotated in class. If you have the Kami app, you will be able to see my annotations as well.

Sample Expository Essay

W121 Necessary Slides for Book Club Presentation PLUS Sample Nickel and Dimed Presentation

I've included links to the PowerPoint presentation which includes the 4 necessary slides for your presentation as well as the Sample Presentation using Nickel and Dimed:

Necessary Slides for Presentation

Sampel Presentation Using Nickel and Dimed

Writing 121 - Sample Argumentative Presentation

I've uploaded a Sample PowerPoint presentation for you to look at to prepare you for your Wednesday Book Club presentations:

Sample Argumentative Book Club Presentation

Passwords for Westview High School Library Databases

I've uploaded a PDF which includes passwords for Westview HS's Library databases. You will need them to access the databases at home. If you are on the Westview HS's wifi connection, then you will not need the passwords to access the databases.

Westview HS Library Databases Passwords

Lit/ Comp 9 - Book Club Presentation Sample

Here's the PowerPoint presentation that we looked at in class:

Sample Student Book Club Presentation

Writing 121 Argumentative Writing Fact Sheets and Samples

Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?

Should the United States Accept Syrian Refugees?

Should Private Gun Ownership Be More Tightly Regulated?

Mr. Wu's Minimum Wage Draft

Lit/ Comp 11 Expository Text Unit Articles and Samples

In this post, you will find the articles and other sample writing that we will read and generate during our Expository Text Unit.

"In the Land of the Free"

Mr. Wu's "In the Land of the Free" Response Draft

"How to Rig Elections, the Legal Way"

"College Students Confront Subtler Forms of Bias"

Mr. Wu's "Microaggressions" Draft

"Economics of College Majors"

Lit/ Comp 9 Expository Text Unit Articles and Samples

You will find all of the articles and sample writing that we will examine during our Expository Text Unit in this post.

"The Holocaust of the Bullets"

Mr. Wu's "Holocaust of the Bullet" Response Draft

"Joseph Harmatz"

Mr. Wu's "Joseph Harmatz" Response Draft

"Pension for SS Veterans"

"An Auschwitz Survivor's Radical Forgiveness"

Mr. Wu's Eva Kors Draft

Lit/ Comp 9 Sample Reading ALT 2 and 3 Style Reader Response Entries

I've included a link in this post to the sample Reading ALT 2 and 3 style Reader Response entries we generated after reading the short excerpt from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Sample Reading ALT 2 and 3 Style Reader Response Entries

Lit/ Comp 9 Personal Narrative Final Essay Assignment

I have included a link to the Personal Narrative Final Essay assignment sheet to this post:

Personal Narrative Final Essay Assignment

Lit/ Comp 11 Mr. Wu's Personal Essay Drafts

This post will contain all of the rough drafts I've been working on in class with you during our Personal Essay unit.  This post will be continually updated as I revise my drafts and add new drafts.

Common Application Prompt #1 Period 4 Draft

Common Application Prompt #1 Period 6 Draft

Ten Years Ago Common Application Prompt #1 Draft

Common Application Prompt #2 Period 4 Draft

Common Application Prompt #2 Period 6 Draft

Lit/ Comp 9 Mr. Wu's Personal Narrative Drafts

This post contains links to the drafts I have begun in class with you.  Return to post for updated versions of my drafts as well as new drafts.

This Is 40 Draft

Live Your Life 3 Important Words Draft

Knowledge Is Power 3 Important Words Draft

My Failure Prompt Draft

My Sample Personal Narrative Weave Draft

Lit/ Comp 11 and Writing 121 Personal Essay Samples and Excerpts

In this post, you will find all of the personal essay samples and excerpts we will have looked at and studied in class during our Personal Essay Unit.  This post will be constantly updated with the samples and excerpts so keep checking back to find a reading that we've used in class.

Common Application Question #1 Analysis

"Life Without Language" Common App Question #1 Sample

"I was a spy" Common Application Question #1 Sample

Common Application Question #2 Analysis

"Defeating the Devil Inside" Common Application Question #2 Sample

"Si no quieres estudiar" Common Application Prompt #2 Sample

"Emotional Agility" by Susan David

Common Application Prompt #3 Analysis

"I'm Not Really An Athlete" Common Application Prompt #3 Sample

"You Think You Already Know Everything" Common Application Prompt #3 Sample

"My Father's Words" Common Application Prompt #3 Sample

Common Application Prompt #4 Analysis

"Growing Strawberries" Common Application Prompt #4 Sample

"I Will Never Know" Common Application Prompt #4 Sample

Common Application Prompt #5 Analysis

"His Name Was Eric Ramirez" Common Application Prompt #5 Sample

"How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others In America" by Kiese Laymon

"You Want to Dye Your Head WHAT?" Common Application Prompt #5 Sample

Nineteen Eighty-Four Excerpt for Reader Response Journal Entry Work

Lit/ Comp 9 Personal Narrative Unit Articles and Excerpts

In this post, you will find all of the articles and excerpts we will use in class to learn the art of the personal narrative.  This post will be constantly updated, so keep checking this post if you want to find any of the articles and excerpts we use in class.

This Is 45 by Emily Mendell

Sick In Bed by Sheila Heti

Against All Odds by Lauren Manning (Scene Study)

Emotional Agility by Susan David

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Personal Failure Prompt Analysis

Football Failure by Anonymous

The Devil Inside by Anonymous

Nineteen Eighty-Four Excerpt for Reader Response Sample Entries

If You Don't Want to Go to School by Anonymous

Sample Reader Response Journal Entries

I've included a link in this post to the Sample Reader Response Journal Entries that I wrote out in class based on the excerpt from Ready Player One.  Remember, for every month, you MUST:

1) have 10 half-page (at least) entries about the Independent Choice Book(s) you are currently reading

2) select 2 out of 10 entries for me to grade more closely

Prompts to Help You Write Entries for Your Reader Response Journal

I've included a link to some sample prompts you can use to help you write the 4 entries you are required to enter into your Reader Response Journal every two weeks on the Independent Choice Book you are currently reading.

Reader Response Journal Prompts

Welcome Lit/ Comp 9, Lit/ Comp 11, and W121 to Westview High School's 2016-2017 School Year!

I'd like to extend a hearty welcome to all of you!  It is my privilege to have you all as my students this 2016-2017 academic year at Westview High School.  I am very excited about the journey we are about to embark on this year.

Included in this post are the syllabi for Lit/ Comp 9, Lit/ Comp 11, and W121.  Keep checking this blog for all of the materials that we will be accessing during the school year.

NOTE: The syllabi also include the Academic Learning Targets in Language, Reading, and Writing which we will study this year.

Lit/ Comp 9 2016-2017 Syllabus

Lit/ Comp 11 2016-2017 Syllabus

Writing 121 2016-2017 Syllabus