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We have read a number of extraordinary tales from ordinary people. Whether you know it or not, YOU have also had some extraordinary tales in your life. Your job for this assignment is to recount one of these stories, and let the reader know what you learned as a result of that experience.

Students are to take a position on any issue, and defend/support that position.

Oral communication is a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

Public speaking as it pertains to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks.

Compose a detailed essay in which you discuss at least three symbols that Paul Fleischman uses to convey one of the major themes in Whirligig.

Students have chosen to write on one of the three MSND essay prompts dealing with love, fools, and parental authority. Each essay must not only reference the text, but the individual interviews as well.

Society's Influence on three characters

Should the needs of society be more important than the needs of the individual?

Students have chosen one of the four expository essay prompts, or the compare and contrast evolution essay. The same rubric applies to both essays.

Students are to take a position on any issue, and defend/support that position.

Students have chosen to write on one of the three Of Mice and Men essay prompts dealing with characteristics from the book, and application to daily lives.

Students have chosen to write on one of the five Anthem essay prompts dealing with characteristics from the book, and application to daily lives.

Students have chosen to write on one of the three MSND essay prompts dealing with love, comedy, or mythology.

Rubric for the C2O of the scholarly paper.

Rubric for the conclusion of the scholarly paper.

Rubric for the introduction of the scholarly paper.

Students are to exhibit a scholarly tone in this essay, while meeting the standard criteria in a number of specific areas.