Initiatives & Resources

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Initiatives and Resources: Content Area: ELA

These resources primarily focus on college readiness in the content area of English/language arts.

Resource

Region

Grade Level

Type/Description

Writing Unit Template(DOCX)

South TX

Secondary

Lesson planning aligned to CCRS and TEKS

Writing Seminar Series Syllabus (PDF)

South TX

Secondary

Professional development

What is a Critical Analysis?(PDF)

South TX

Secondary

Lesson planning

Significant Statements (DOC)

South TX

Secondary

Lesson planning

Teaching Writing: Multi-modal Mixed-media Methods for Teaching Composition (PPTX)

East TX

Postsecondary

Presentation

Texas CCRS Resource Manual for English III Teachers (PDF)

Gulf Coast

Secondary

Curriculum alignment manual developed in a collaboration between Spring ISD and University of Houston

English IV Year-At-A-Glance(PDF)

Gulf Coast

Secondary

Lesson planning, TEKS-aligned syllabus implemented by Clear Creek ISD

English Essential College Readiness Skills (PDF)

Gulf Coast

Postsecondary

Curriculum alignment resource developed from College of the Mainland's partnership with eight area high schools in several ISDs to align English II/IV to entry-level college English Composition

English Composition I Syllabus (PDF) 

Gulf Coast

Postsecondary

Lesson planning

Tasting Freedom: Kate Chopin's "Taste of an Hour" (PDF)

South TX

Secondary

Lesson planning

Poetry Writing & The New York Times (PDF)

East TX

Secondary, Postsecondary

Presentation given at a four-day writing symposium at Stephen F. Austin State University

South Texas Writing Project Summer Institute 2010 Syllabus (PDF)

South TX

Intermediate, Secondary, Postsecondary

Professional development

Interviewing Techniques and Writing Strategies (PPTX)

South TX

Intermediate, Secondary, Postsecondary

Presentation given at the 2010 South Texas Writing Project Summer Institute

The Practice and Study of Ethical Decisions Within Literature (PPTX)

South TX

Intermediate, Secondary, Postsecondary

Presentation given at the 2010 South Texas Writing Project Summer Institute