In this one-semester course students will learn about and write a variety of expository compositions. Our principal text will be Basic English Revisited, which includes examples of good expository writing, as well as a primer on basic style. Students will write on a variety of topics -- Should abortion be legal? What is the proper punishment for murder? Why are reality TV programs so popular? We will make a weekly trip to the computer lab to write and to review certain stylistic issues (combining related sentences; achieving coherence and transition; eliminating wordiness; finding parallel structure; varying subject placement; and avoiding the passive voice). In addition to expository writing, students will have some opportunity to write creatively (poetry, short stories, and journalism).
To vary our regimen, and because vocabulary is essential to good writing and useful on the SATs, students will work on mastering and using a list of 400 “college vocabulary” words.
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College Essays
December 1, 2009
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Attached are various documents to help you prepare, write and edit your college essays.
There is no new assignment due related to these items. |
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Document 2 (43.52 KB)
Document 3 (52.22 KB)
Document 4 (25.6 KB)
Document 5 (29.18 KB)
Document 6 (26.62 KB)
Document 7 (29.18 KB)
Document 8 (32.77 KB)
Document 9 (41.47 KB)
Document 10 (30.21 KB)
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Various Essay Topics (Expo)
December 3, 2009
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Write an essay of 300 or more words on topic one, two or three. Ignore the other topics for now.
1. Writing on poetry (poems included in attachment).
2. Compare and contrast essay
8. Writing about a place in Hamden you're emotionally connected to
5. Writing about a town charcter (like Milo or the "Shakespeare Lady"); writing about an addiction
6. Stereotyping
7. Explanation Essay
8. (Second "8") Represetation Essay (Writing about some object that represents you.)
8. (Third "8") What's your preference: Boxers v. Briefs
9. Getting a Cell Phone That Locates Your Friends. |
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Document 1 (46.08 KB)
Document 2 (26.62 KB)
 Document 8 (26.11 KB)
Document 5 (24.58 KB)
Document 6 (27.65 KB)
Document 7 (30.21 KB)
Document 8 (25.6 KB)
Document 8 (27.65 KB)
Document 9 (23.55 KB)
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Figures of Speech
December 4, 2009
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Attached are definitions and examples of the 15 most important figures of speech. They are powerful tools in writing phrases for advertising copy, short stories, creative work, political speech or classroom quips. This posting reminds you of this material (which you may be tested on).
Additionally, you must write out examples of 10 figures of speech. |
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Lyrics and Stories (WW)
December 8, 2009
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| Read the lyrics attached and write a story embodying one of them. (Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald; Fast Car; Delilah; Bullet and a Target). |
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Document 2 (36.86 KB)
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Sports Analogy Essay (homework)
Due Date: March 26, 2010
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Expository Writing: VARIOUS IDEAS
Write a 250 word essay comparing an activity (going to class, driving to work, having a conversation) to a sports game (tennis, basketball, bowling, volley-ball, etc.). You may describe more than one activity and use more than one sports analogy.
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Hamden High School
Richard Pershan
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