W121 Synthesis Unit Materials

You will find the articles we will be reading (as well as any other materials we use in class) during our Synthesis Unit.

Torture at Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh

My President Was Black by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Problem With Obama's Faith in White America by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Response to Coates Excerpt)

In the Heart of Trump Country by Larissa MacFarquhar

Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds by Elizabeth Kolbert

PBS Frontline Immigration Battle Documentary

PBS Frontline Immigration Battle Documentary TRANSCRIPT

The Moral Instinct by Steven Pinker

9/11: The View from the Midwest by David Foster Wallace

American Limbo by Jeffrey Toobin

The End of Men by Hanna Rosin

Thresholds of Violence by Malcolm Gladwell

The Big Sort by Bill Bishop

Twilight of the Elites by Chris Hayes

Mr. Wu's Synthesis Essay Example

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Sample Student Synthesis Essay

Below, you can find a PowerPoint that includes all of the assignments that will be due at the end of month of February/ early March and April including instructions on how to accomplish those assignments. This PowerPoint will be updated with every new assignment.

February Reader Response and Writing Process Assignments

April Reader Response and Writing Process Assignments

Draft 1 Introduction Paragraph for Synthesis Essay PPT

Draft 2 Body Paragraph for Synthesis Essay PPT

Lit/ Comp 11 Persuasive Writing Rhetorical Strategies - Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Diction, Syntax, Imagery Materials

In this post, you will find materials that we have used in class during our Persuasive Writing Unit.

Ethos Advertising Activity

"2005 Stanford Commencement Address" by Steve Jobs

"Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger" by President Ronald Reagan

Mr. Wu's Sample Ethos, Pathos, Logos Draft on Education

Mr. Wu's Sample Ethos, Pathos, Logos Draft on PC Gaming vs. Console Gaming

Pathos PPT

Persuasive Essay and Speech Assignment Sheet

Lit/ Comp 9 Persuasive Writing Rhetorical Strategies - Ethos, Logos, Pathos Materials

Here you will find the sample reading materials that we have used in our Persuasive Writing Unit.

"Woman's Right to Suffrage" By Susan B. Anthony

Ethos Advertising Activity PPT

Mr. Wu's Ethos Sample Draft on Education

Pathos PPT

"Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger" by President Ronald Reagan

Persuasive Essay and Speech Assignment Sheet

Lit/ Comp 9 Honors Seminar Materials

You will find the Honors I Student Manual for 2016-2017 in this post. If you are interested in pursuing an Honors designation on your diploma, you must complete the independent activities in the Student Manual by May, 2017.

Honors I Student Manual 2016-2017

Below, you will find a link to a Google Doc which contains links to the poems and short stories/ essays you must choose from as part of your Honors I requirements.

Honors I Poems and Short Stories/ Essays