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

Writing 121 Diction, Syntax, and Imagery PowerPoint and Other Related Materials

You will find the link to the PowerPoint we started on Wednesday regarding Diction, Syntax, and Imagery (which will be a part of your final in-class exam).

Diction, Syntax, and Imagery PowerPoint

In addition, I will also post the sample essay(s) that we will look at in regards to Diction, Syntax, and Imagery.

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

In Cold Blood (jump to page 59-61 for the excerpt we used in class)

Ethos, Pathos, Logos PPT

President Obama's First State of the Union Address, 2009

Purdue Owl MLA PPT

Sample Essay in the MLA Format

Below, you will find the 4 articles you had to choose from for your Rhetorical Techniques Final on Friday. You will also find the PowerPoint detailing the Format for your Final and the Full Credit Samples we looked at on Wednesday AND Author Biographies which could help you generate Ethos based responses on your Final.

"Bad Feminist" by Roxane Gay

"Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer

"The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"The New Abolitionism" by Chris Hayes

Format of Final Plus Full Credit Examples

Author Biographies

Lit/ Comp 9 Writing Process Prompts for Night

In this post you will find all of the in-class Writing Process Prompts you have been free-writing to. This post will be updated at the end of every week, so if refer to it often to catch up on any Prompts you might have missed.

Writing Process Prompts #1-#9

NOTE: Period 1 A Schedule does not have to do Prompt #9

Lit/ Comp 11 Writing Process Prompts for Catcher in the Rye

This post will contain all of the Writing Process Prompts for Catcher in the Rye which you have responded to in class with your free-writes. This post will be updated at the end of every week, so please refer to it often if you need to catch up on your Prompts.

Writing Process Prompts #1-#9