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 * interesting background information related to material we are studying
 * web site resources to help with homework and studying
 * mulitmedia writing prompts

[|Study Skills Strategies University website: advice to students] [|First Day of School speech] [|Pictures of Walden Pond] [|Picture of replica Thoreau cabin]
 * // How to Learn: //****// [|learning style assessment] //**


 * // On Writing: //**
 * // Website with tips about nearly EVERYTHING you need to know about writing from Purdue University--prepared for students grade 7-12. //**
 * // [|OWL writing strategies website] //**


 * // MLA style guide: How to cite sources properly //**
 * // How to Search and Cite Sources //**


 * // [|Link to Easybib.com] //**

GRAMMAR Tutorials and quizzes [|On-line interactive grammar resources and writing tips] This college level site ALSO has interactive grammar quizzes and very user friendly resources you would otherwise look up in a grammar book. Some of the guidelines for writing might be more appropriate at a college level, but the basic advice on how to use a comma, or how to write a transition are very helpful. Interactive quizzes could help you practice items you feel are a weakness.

= = = Resources for VERIFYING VOCABULARY MEANING AND WORD USAGE =

[] = TWO links to check for Greek and Latin Roots = = = = [|Link to list of Greek and Latin affixes (roots, prefixes and suffixes)]  = = = = [|Link to Wikipedia list of common Greek and Latin Roots, prefixes and suffixes] = = = = = = Site to make flashcards and play review games with terms and vocabulary = = [|Quizlet.com] = = = = Site to make crossword puzzle study aide = = [|crossword puzzle maker] =

= = = [|Link to BostonGlobe.com The Big Picture] =

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**// Explanation of the Rhetorical Triangle (how to argue effectively) //**

Argument in speeches and in posters

First Day of School Speech media type="youtube" key="47c6z2mrTEM" width="560" height="315"

"The Four Freedoms" speech

[|"Four Freedoms" audio and artwork]

Click on this title for background information on why Dec. 7 is "infamous"

[|The day that lives in Infamy] Below is the text of a DRAFT of FDR's famous address to Congress. Notice that his draft, like ours, is dated, labeled as a draft, and contains **MANY, MANY revisions to give his words more impact,** clarity, and just the right tone. Notice that the word "infamy" was originally "world history". Without the revision, the line would not be as strong or memorable. **If the President of a nation that has 24 hours to decide to enter a world war has time to revise and edit--YOU DO TOO!!!** Even the best ideas can use some polishing to become better--and in this case, part of our collective culture. 

[|Character logo slideshow writing assignment] [|"Why I lived with Garbage..." writing prompt article] [|Poetry Out Loud site: Delight poem--What delights you?]
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[|Screen cast explaining how to add sensory language to writing]

//Out of the Dust// related websites [|American Experience: Surviving the Dustbowl] [|Text of "In Flanders Field" poem]
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[|Plato's Allegory of the Cave animation]

//Walk Two Moons// related websites [|Walk Two Moons Author Sharon Creech's web site] [|Vase or Face? optical illusion]

[|O. Henry story]

=**//The art of argument: How do these videos try to persuade?//** =

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Click on this page of public service announcements that try to get kids to brush for 2 minutes. How do they try to persuade? Which is most effective and why?" //[|Brush your teeth PSA]//**

Short video of plastic bottle "waterfall" media type="youtube" key="OZbTXDkrD1o" height="153" width="210" align="left"

CNN on tap water vs. bottled water

media type="youtube" key="saSgpX186MM?rel=0" height="315" width="420" Longer form video message with music media type="youtube" key="N9axry-Y76w" height="152" width="210"

EDITORIAL: an argument to persuade people to buy electric cars...this contains great examples of how write's set out a claim and present and then rebut the strongest counterclaim(s) to try to persuade. It uses logos (facts, data, logic) and pathos (makes you FEEL how great riding in one of these might be) and ethos ( quotes and refers to credible experts on energy and on how to have a commercially successful company. []

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Veteran's Day background information for writing prompt Nov 10, 2011

[|Video of Veteran's Day WWI poem "In FlLanders Field] Useful Links

= PLOT and CONFLICT = =Watch the video of the PCs falling and write down what a GREAT piece of fiction has in common with the PCs in the video= =[|Link to video of Domino PCs]=