INTERPRETING ENGLISH 12
at
EAST LONGMEADOW HIGH SCHOOL
with
MR. CALABRESE

 Important Class Documents
Vocabulary List
Glossary of Terms

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Student Masterpieces:

 Current Student Writing
Writing from Past Classes
Where's Mr. C.?
Position Papers

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Syllabus and Hyperlinks:

1. The Writing Process:

• Prewriting: clustering/ targeting/ purpose statements/8 specifics/ focused brainstorming/ mapping/ outlining

• Freewriting: "guk –bo"exercise/ writing journal

• Revision : unity/ coherence/ order/ introductions/conclusions/ titles/ style/ layers of meaning/ variety

• Editing: trimming the fat/ mechanics/ usage

• Assignments: open topic/ photo-paper/ opinion paper/ game papers - proposal/ instructions/ commercial

• Types studied: Definition/ Classification/ Exemplification/ Description/ Compare-Contrast/ Cause-Effect/ Process/Narration
• Assignment: student created guide to the types of writing

• Blend of all concepts learned/ research/ documentation/ Internet/ log sheets

• Assignments: Position Paper, Research Paper

• Study of problems encountered in writing assignments
• Assignments: Five major mistakes log/ “A” rewrites/ Diagnostic grammar test

African-American: various stories and poems plus I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Jewish: Night

Asian-American: The Joy Luck Club

Hispanic: various stories and poems

Arab: Kite Runner plus stories and poems

Native-American literature:  Ceremony

Irish:  Angela's Ashes

Writing on Literature Paper - Comparison/contrast of the various readings