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Kohnen, Angela M. – English Journal, 2013
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) explicitly call for a wide variety of writing assignments in all subjects, with special emphasis on informational writing and argumentation (National Governors Association). In a footnote to the 6-12 writing standards, the CCSS point out that "these broad types of writing include many subgenres"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Writing Assignments, High Schools
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Mitchell, Diana – English Journal, 1996
Provides language arts teachers with specific techniques to help content-area teachers get more writing into their classrooms. Suggests that some of these techniques might be helpful to language arts teachers themselves, especially in getting students to think about learning. (TB)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Fiction, Interviews, Journal Writing
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Juzwik, Mary M. – English Journal, 1999
Describes a unit wherein students reading "The Odyssey" produced visual representations of important story elements, considered differences in Homer's use of language and their own, enacted scenes from "The Odyssey," and wrote goal-setting and interpretive essays. (NH)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, High Schools, Literature Appreciation