American Author Handout Template   

Rhetorical Devices  

Weinstein's Placemat Experiment

Flip book instructions

Quicklist topics

LeeAnn Gregory's Rap for the TAKS

Analogies Page


Gretchen's Way Oversimplified Rubric

Changing Gears" Lesson   

Brochure: 25 Ways to Use Student Essays

"My Paper" by Cyndi Piña

Alternative Text Structures

"Swoosh" by Celeste Cardenas

Ba-Da-Bing Workshop Brochure

Released TAKS Prompts  

Two hands (experience and beliefs)


Gretchen's Favorite Links


Discover Writing

Texas Council of Teachers of English
Language Arts

Priceless Literacy  

Half.com

Poetry Daily

National Council of Teachers of English

American Rhetoric

National Writing Project

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