Mary Lou L. Narowski
Texts
Allen, Janet. Plugged-in to Reading. Prince Frederick, Maryland: Recorded Books. 2008. This is the New Haven, Connecticut reading program instituted 2009-2010.
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Bantam Doubleday. 1967. The coming-of-age story of two rival groups who are divided by their socioeconomic status. This is the main text used in this unit.
Websites
http://www.eslflow.com/Comparecontrast_Outlinepdf.pdf. May 10, 2010. Outline for student use when writing compare/contrast essay.
Perdue Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/ May 20, 2010. Understanding plagiarism.
http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html. May 10, 2010. This website supplies us with a brief biography of Susan Eloise Hinton, author of The Outsiders. It also provides an interview with the author on the making of the film.
TFK Homework Helper. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/comparecontrast_sample.pdf. June 20, 2010.A sample compare/contrast essay with notes to be used by students.
