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Writer's Block: Key questions to ask before composing  
Subject Matter
Language arts Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views. http://www.nysatl.nysed.gov/engstand.html
Thirteen/United Learning Video On Demand (registration required) http://edvideo.thirteen.org/index.cfm "The Wrinkle Free World of English Composition, Module 1" "The Magic Never Ends: The Life & Work of C.S. Lewis, The Enduring popularity of the works of C.S. Lewis" 
Familiar Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/100/ Database of quotation resources available online Chapter I "Of our spiritual strivings", Souls of black folk http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/product/book/excerpt/1349 Showcases usage of poetry as a context for formal writing. Dubois also demonstrates citation style Wuthering Heights http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0553898027&view=excerpt Wuthering Heights showcases fiction writing; this excerpt demonstrates colloquial writing and the use of punctuation as a means of clarifying voice in a story. Dead Sociologists' Index http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/INDEX.HTML Academic site with links to the ideas and writings of several sociologists Catalogue of the life and work of W.E.B. DuBois Prep for teachers Register for access to Video on Demand (VOD) Download video clips from VOD and add to Media player playlist (Clips can be streamed if Media player is not available or if system capability is limited.) Bookmark sites Register for access to GED Connection Literacy link |
