CAT-W Handouts
- CAT-W Evaluation Rubric (abridged)
- How Your Writing is Evaluated
- Sample Student Responses to "Hype"
- Sample Student Responses to "Playtime Is Over"
- Sample Student Responses to "Hang It Up"
To Do List Materials
- Time Management Handout
- Summarizing: The 5Ws
- Connecting, Generating, and Outlining
- Relieving Stress Anxiety and Overcoming Writer's Block
Websites to practice Reading, Annotating, Connecting, and Outlining
- This I Believe
- The New York Times Opinion Pages
Essays for copying
- I Want A Wife--Judy Brady
- Mother Tongue--Amy Tan
- Evan's Two Moms--Ana Quindlen
- Just Walk On By--Brent Staples
- Be Cool to the Pizza Dude--Sarah Adams
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In-class Practice Readings
Preparation Readings
Extra Practice Readings
- Seven-year-old Girls with Breasts
- As Police Get Drones, Some Get Worried about Privacy
- Is America's Food Supply Safe?
- Are Illegal Immigrants Good for the U. S. Economy?
- Kid Kustomers
- Boys and Girls Together, Taught Separately in School
- New Health Rule: Quit Worrying about Your Health
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