Teacher Jade's Writing Academy https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Welcome to the Academy Build Your Own Bundle Lit Pack: Dystopian Novels Literary Analysis Essay Writing & Reading the Short Story (Self-Paced) Reflection Assignment Submit Your Revision Reading: The Tell-Tale Heart – Edgar Allan Poe Lesson 11: Revising your final draft Lesson 13: Compare and Contrast The Necklace – Guy de Maupassant The Pedestrian – Ray Bradbury Literary Analysis Rough Draft Everyday Use – Alice Walker Analytical Paragraph Writing Reading: Harrison Bergeron – Kurt Vonnegut Using Textual Evidence Reading: The Gift of the Magi Writing a Strong Thesis Reading: The Wise Old Woman – Yoshiko Uchida Lesson 1: Introduction to Literary Analysis Creative Writing: Personal Narratives & Short Stories (Self-Paced) Reading: Thank You, Ma’am, Langston Hughes Presentation Final Assignment: Letter to Self Refining and Revising Reading: The Fun They Had, Isaac Asimov Drafting Your Short Story Reading: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling Crafting a Plot and Conflict Reading: The Lottery, Shirley Jackson Writing the Short Story Part II: Developing Characters and Setting Raymond’s Run, Toni Cade Bambara Writing the Short Story Part I Reading: My First Free Summer, Julia Alvarez Personal Narrative Lesson 2: Short Story Reading: Seventh Grade, Gary Soto Personal Playlist Persuasive Writing & Public Speaking (Self-Paced) Final Assignment Guidelines: Reflection Writing Submit Your Recorded Informative Speech Lesson 15: Informative Speech Famous Speeches Submit Your Persuasive Speech Recording Dead Men’s Path – Chinua Achebe Lesson 11: Introduction to Speech Writing A Visit of Charity – Eudora Welty Lesson 9: Putting it All Together The Most Dangerous Game – Richard Connell Lesson 7: Counterarguments and Rebuttals Blog