Mrs.+Langert's+English+II


 * Welcome to Mrs. Langert's English II Wiki!**


 * We will definitely get wiki with it here! This is one of our newest endeavors to assist students and their families in staying informed and having resources available to continue to support and to further their learning.**


 * In English II, we focus on becoming better, more analytical readers, writers, and researchers. Every day we learn something new, and each day is a new opportunity to improve, to explore, to analyze, to discuss, and to learn.**


 * We will write several essays using writing prompts that focus on topics such as pet ownership, extracurricular activities, death, stress on teenagers, peer pressure, school uniforms, and various others. We will focus our writing styles on //Definition// as well as //Cause and Effect//. I am very confident that all of my students' writing will significantly improve as the semester progresses.**


 * I will be here at Northern Vance High School every Tuesday and Thursday after school to help students prepare for the North Carolina Grade 10 General Writing Assessment that is required for all 10th grade students. The hours for the remediation will be from 3:15 p.m until 4:15 p.m. Students that arrive after 3:30 will not be permitted to attend that session.**

__**Check out the following links provided to help students prepare for the North Carolina Grade 10 General Writing Assessment:**__
 * __Add the following dates to your calendar__:**
 * [|Sweet Search] This site is great search engine specifically designed for students.**
 * [|English Study Guides] This site helps students find a text they are currently reading in class and use the study guides available as a tool to prepare for exams.**

The purpose of the Online Interactive Training System is to provide teachers, administrators, parents, and students the opportunity to practice applying the North Carolina Writing Assessment Scoring Model to student responses. Students should select the first time user icon at the bottom of the page. Then, select "Content and Conventions Scoring Rubric Application". Students then select the training for the grade 10 section. There are 10 documents in the Content Annotations as well as 10 documents in Conventions Annotations. The due dates for students reviewing the documents are as follows: Annotations || Conventions Annotations ||
 * [|High School Ace]Check this out! The //High School Ace// website is a terrific resource for students, teachers, and parents. It provides helpful links for students to improve their writing skills.**
 * [|Basic Facts about the General Writing Assessment at Grade 10] This site provides helpful information about the General Writing Assessment at Grade 10 that both parents and students need to be aware of.**
 * [|North Carolina Writing Assessment Online Interactive Training System]**
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As well as using the Online Interactive Training System link above, students are expected to use the following links to begin understanding and practicing the writing process. Thes sites provide students with step by step guidance from prewriting through proofreading.

[|Starting the Writing Process]
Tips for how to start a writing assignment.

[|Prewriting (Invention)]
This section explains the prewriting (invention) stage of the composing process. It includes processes, strategies, and questions to help you begin to write.

[|Writer's Block]
Help in overcoming writer's block and a short series of exercises to get you writing.

[|Stasis Theory] [|http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/736/01/]
This resource provides an overview of stasis theory and what you can do with it to help you conduct research, compose documents, and work in teams.

[|Creating a Thesis Statement]
This resource provides tips for creating a thesis statement and examples of different types of thesis statements. [|Developing an Outline] This resource describes why outlines are useful, what types of outlines exist, suggestions for developing effective outlines, and how outlines can be used as an invention strategy for writing. [|Reverse Outlining] This exercise is useful for either difficult texts that you must read, or as a way to revise your work for organization and clarity.

[|Proofreading]
Proofreading is primarily about searching your writing for errors, both grammatical and typographical, before submitting your paper for an audience (a teacher, a publisher, etc.). Use this resource to help you find and fix common errors.