Unit 1: The Rhetoric of America -- Our Dreams and Divides

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE (major assignments, see calendar for daily work/homework)

• Sunday 8/5 at 11:59 - Summer assignment for How to Write a Sentence due to turnitin.com
• Tuesday 8/14 - The Great Gatsby Summer Reading Test
• Thursday 8/16 - Vocab.com DUE and Vocab Quiz
• Monday 8/20 - Letter of Recommendation final draft DUE

CLASS RESOURCES (ongoing, more to come)

• Syllabus
• Vocab List 1
• 2^nd period - http://vocab.com/join/33XXVVE
• 6^th period - http://vocab.com/join/1RHX3T8 
• 7^th period - http://vocab.com/join/3GKQWC2
• Letter of Recommendation Essay
• Assignment
• Tips for Brainstorming and Planning
• NYTimes “The Art of the Recommendation” - collection of columns
• NYTimes editors on the "Art of the Recommendation"
• Thinking About Creativity
• Going beyond your first (predictable) idea - This American Life on typical college essays (start at the 6-minute mark but the first bit is pretty funny as well)
• Three Levels of Creativity from Burris Research
• Great TED playlist on creativity
• Revision and Proofreading Workshops
• To Be Verbs and Active Voice
• Parallel Structure
• MLA Formatting
• Summer assignment for How to Write a Sentence and the Great Gatsby
• Instructions for Turnitin.com (for your HTWAS assignment)
• How to Write a Sentence PPT with passages and examples
• Meacham’s “Keeping the Dream Alive” (here is the layout from the magazine)
• HW for Monday - read sections 3, 6, 7 -- Stewart’s “The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy” 
• Journal 1 PPT -- add a slide for your addition to our American Dream gallery 
• 2nd period
• 6th period
• 7th period 
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OF INTEREST / FOR FUN

• Forbes Magazine: The House That Inspired Fitzgerald
• Architectural Digest: The House That Inspired the Baz Luhrmann Movie