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Josh Nisley

Josh Nisley

Faith Builders Educational Programs

Who Are You--As a Writer?

This assignment allows students to personally engage with the writing process. Students are asked to write a short essay about their past writing experiences and ways they would like to grow.

Modernist Literature Final Project

The document outlines the final project for a unit on Modernist Literature. Students are asked to recite and explicate a short passage of poetry or prose. Explication is a way to clarify pieces of writing (Gardner, et al....

Research Paper Topic Selection Worksheet

This worksheet guides students in finding a research paper topic. It includes ideas, resources, and questions.

Research Question Notesheet

This document's goal is to help students develop a strong research question. It contains note-taking space for in-class lecture, as well as a research question template to guide students in their writing.

Working Bibliography Template for Research Papers

This document will aid students by providing a bibliography template as they write research papers. It can be adapted to reflect different teachers' requirements.

Reading Journal Prompts for "Poor Richard" Proverbs

The journaling prompts in this document are related to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard proverbs. Students are asked to evaluate proverbs from the collection.

Reading Outline and Journal Prompts for "A Wrinkle in Time"

This document contains a reading schedule for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time . It also provides many journaling prompts for students to chose from as they read the book. Many of the journaling prompts in this document were...

Reading Journal Prompt for "The Old Man and the Sea"

This documents contains a journal prompt to help students interact with Earnest Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea . The prompt focuses on the existentialism found in the book and asks students to compare this philosophy with...

Discussion Guide: "The Chosen"

This document contains discussion questions for chapters 13-14 of The Chosen by Chaim Potok. It also includes a final reading journal prompt so that students can reflect on the book.

Reading Journal Prompt 1: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

This is the first journal prompt for students as they read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

William Faulkner and the Southern Renaissance

This assignment provides guidance to students as they watch a short documentary on the American South's literary renaissance: https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/southern-renaissance/ . Students are...

Realism and American Literature

This assignment provides guidance to students as they watch a short documentary: https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/regional-realism/ . Students are asked to summarize and interact with the...

Transcendentalist Poetry Evaluation Sheet

This evaluation sheet is meant to be a companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "Self-Reliance." Students are asked to compare statements in the poem with Biblical truth.

Early American Poetry

This PowerPoint introduces students to several early American poets: Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Phillis Wheatley.

Vendler Poetry Analysis Worksheet

A worksheet that walks high school literature students through a poetry analysis. The assignment is adapted from Helen Vendler's Poems, Poets, and Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology (2nd ed.).

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