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RESOURCES:
Improving Your Writing Style
Information here will assist in improving the design of your writing and the quality of your prose.
| CLICK HERE to go to our Grammar, Mechanics, and Composition pages |
| CLICK HERE to go to our Vocabulary page |
| CLICK HERE to go to our Composition page |
| CLICK HERE to go to our Study Guides page |
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Helpful Internet Links for you to browse: TV and Video, Reading and Literature, Research and Learning |
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Below are documents to help you with your career writing.
Below that are articles, guides and research topics.
| Career Writing Writing Good Resumes & College Applications Tips & guidelines for writing successful résumés and college admission essays. |
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Template Résumé - High School (an exampleof a good high school résumé) |
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Scans Competencies (five competencies employers want you to have) |
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Keywords for Interpersonal Traits |
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A list of Action Verbs that add Strength to your Résumé |
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College Admission Essays |
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Personal Characteristics for Evaluation and Job Performance: |
| 1. Character and Inward Traits 2. Presence and Outward Qualities 3. Application and Emotional Qualities 4. Manner and Outward Qualities |
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More Pages to Help You Improve Your Reading Skills and Writing Style |
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| MLA Format - Modern Language Association's standard format for essays and research papers, using Mircosoft Word |
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| Allusions - Research and read about selected topics from the allusion projects (below) | |
| Allusion Projects - Allusion topics for your research | |
| Anti-Fan Club - An article that deals with Anti-Fan clubs | |
| AP Reader - AP Placement reading process and Writing strategies | |
| Book a Month - Fabulous 15 - Cards to help practice reading techniques and critical reading skills | |
| Brainstorming - Brainstorming Principles and Rules | |
| Cartoon Analysis - A guide for identifying the persuasive techniques used in political cartoons | |
| Combining Sentences - two sets of fifteen exercises, plus four pre-test and post-test essays | |
| Critical Reading - How to think about ideas discussed | |
| Critical Thinking - Questions that probe reasons and evidence | |
| Essay Discussion Questions - 7 Questions to discuss - with a written essay | |
| Goals and Mission Statement - Use this form to help formulate your goal for this class | |
| Honors English 9 Summer Reading Assignment - books you should read during high school | |
| Language Analysis - Writing style - that which makes an author's writing unique | |
| Learning Styles - Learn about how you like to learn things | |
| Masculinity and Violence in Advertising - Drama and Poetry | |
| Misplaced Modifiers - A test on Misplaced Modifiers | |
| Monday Morning Meltdown - Read a different columnist's writing weekly and comment on style | |
| Questions for Visual Works - How an author creates a visualization of his work | |
| Research Analysis - How to format your term papers | |
| Skills and Learning Styles - Learn what English-related skills would you like to improve this year | |
| Socratic Questions - Socratic questioning and critical thinking | |
| Suggested reading list - lists of books for you to read by author - drama and poetry | |
| Sentence editing - Editing sentences from passive to active to improve strength and clarity | |
| Vocabulary Journaling - Instructions and an example of a journal entry | |
| 100 Words - 100 words that every graduate should know |
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Forms
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| Cover Sheet Template - How to format your cover sheets | |
| Journal Evaluation Form - A form to help you evaluate your journal entries | |
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Graphic Organizers for Writing - 15 + 54 forms to help organize your writing ability (Grades 9-12) |
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Read 25 Books a Year - Keep track of the books you read for the entire year |
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Writing Self-profile - help you to discover your writing backgrounds, attitudes, and strengths |
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Reading Self-profile - help you to discover your reading backgrounds, attitudes, and strengths |
| Release Form - for publication of student work on the Internet | |
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Templates and Project Forms
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| Assignment Sheet - A form to list your assignments | |
| "GIRL" - By Jamaica Kincaid | |
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"I Am" Poem - It's all about you |
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Mission Statement Template - A form for your mission statement and your goals |
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Prophyria's Lover - Six questions and three short essays |
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Where I'm From - A template to explain your origins |
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A WebQuest - An Internet WebQuest on the Plague |
| Digital Media Summer - Explore the use of digital media | |
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