Handouts
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Embedding Quotations Worksheet
Use with Embedding Quotations handout. Editable version:
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Embedding Quotations
I use this with a Nature of Writing video on YouTube. Editable version:
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Reflective Mission Statement Assignment
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Counternarrative Assignment
This list of master narratives may help students brainstorm. Editable version:
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Rhetorical Analysis Assignment
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Jason Reynolds Discussion Questions
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Rubric-Literacy Narrative
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Lit Analysis vs. Rhetorical Analysis
When first learning to do rhetorical analysis, students often ask how it differs from literary analysis. I made this handout for easy reference. Word version:
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What is a thesis?
I recommend using this in tandem with the following resource: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/englishcomp2/chapter/5-5-connecting-thesis-and-argument/ The chapter by Amy Guptill does an excellent job of explaining the difference between a complex thesis and the kind of simple thesis students used in high school. What is a thesis? Editable version: