1.) Reflective Essay
Author: Me
*Reflection on personal growth as a writer
2.) Personal Essay
Author: Me
*Essay about a personal life experience/lesson
3.) Creative Pieces (2)
Author: Me
*Huckleberry Finn point of view shift (as Jim)
*1920's mock-newspaper
4.) Analytical Piece
Author: Me
*In-class timed-write on The Great Gatsby
5.) Professional Pieces (3)
*"What Teachers Make" slam-poetry by Taylor Mali
*"First Lesson" poetry about growing up by Phyllis McGinley
*"Thank You Ma'am" short-story by Langston Hughes
6.) Professional Artwork (2)
*Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" Landscape artwork
*Pablo Picasso's "Still Life On a Piano" Modernist artwork