[Syllabus - 2007-2008]

Nonfiction is a mixed level -10th, 11th, 12th - class on contemporary nonfiction - speeches, essays, books, WWW writing.  Students read and analyze various genres.  We usually work around thematic units.  Some activities and books are whole class, some are done in lit circles, some with a partner and some are individual projects.  Some of the units we do in Nonfiction are listed below.

Nonfiction Intro Powerpoint

[The Way to Rainy Mountain]

[Sixties Webquest]

[Vietnam] (two activities)

[Vietnam] (Powerpoint Flow)

[Vietnam Scavenger Hunt}

(World War II) Scavenger Hunts

[Death Penalty]

[The Hot Zone Simulation]

[Annotated Book Reviews]

[Black History Month]

[The Sixties Webquest]

[Holocaust Multigenre Projects]

[Saturation Research Paper]

[Ishmael]

[Partner Books}