Welcome to our first unit of study in which we will explore a variety of short texts such as essays, poems, and short videos. Learning activities will include developing critical thinking and close reading skills, identifying and creating effective rhetorical devices, discussing and debating short texts, and writing a review of form essay.
Some Important Literary Terms
Some Important Literary Terms
Refer to the following pages in the Senior Style Guide over the course of this unit and while writing your review:
Student Review of Form Exemplars:
Sample essay
Sample essay with comments
Additional Resources for Unit 1: Review of Form
The Alligator River Story
Labour Day is a Dreaded School-Bell in the Schoolyard of the Mind
Tabulate Asia
- Steps in the Writing Process (2)
- How to Construct a "Classic" 5 paragraph Essay (6-8)
- Introductions and Conclusions (9-10)
- Transition Words (11-12)
- Blending Quotations (13)
- Embedded References (14)
- Works Cited (15)
- Close Reading (16-17)
- Rhetorical Devices (18-20)
- Tone (21-22)
- Close Reading Exemplar (23)
- "I'll Have Mine Annotated, Please: Helping Students Make Connections with Texts" (24-29)
Student Review of Form Exemplars:
Sample essay
Sample essay with comments
Additional Resources for Unit 1: Review of Form
The Alligator River Story
Labour Day is a Dreaded School-Bell in the Schoolyard of the Mind
Tabulate Asia