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	<title>Mrs. Stevenson Smith's English</title>
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	<description>Education is the great equalizer. Education will set you free.</description>
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		<title>Welcome Back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope your return to school finds you refreshed and energized for a year of great learning!
As a sophomore taking my English 2a class, plan to jump right into thinking the first day. You will be analyzing and evaluating and writing about all that thinking on the first day! Don&#8217;t worry! It&#8217;ll be fun!
As a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2010/08/09/welcome-back/</link>
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		<title>English 102/Dual Credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we review and analyze the Rhetorical Situation, consider the experiences you have with &#8216;argument&#8217; every day! Continue to collect your visual arguments for the Weekly Homework assignments &#8211; DUE EVERY FRIDAY!(through Feb. 11th)
Our discussion about Aristotle&#8217;s Three Appeals will continue through next week (1/25). Do yourself a favor: Keep up with the reading!
Do you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2010/01/25/english-102dual-credit-2/</link>
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		<title>Fiction v Non-Fiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In English 2b, we continue with weekly vocabuly. Quizzes are every Friday. Be sure to study!!
As we look at the differences between fiction and nonfiction, consider how much fiction you read and how much nonfiction you read during an average day. . .
Which type do you have more experience with? Fiction or nonfiction?
What types of fiction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2010/01/25/fiction-v-non-fiction/</link>
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		<title>Comparison essays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due date for the comparison essays will NOT change due the AIMS test schedule. The classes will be long enough as to not interfere with our production of the essay. Comparison essays are DUE &#8211; Wednesday, October 28th. Come to class with the typed final draft ready to complete the reflection.
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		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2009/10/26/comparison-essays/</link>
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		<title>Celebrate!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s done! The blog is updated! Now let&#8217;s get down to business . . .
In all classes we are steadily working on improving writing skills. In English 101, this is the main focus of the course, and students are revising  comparison essays for sentence style. In English 2a, students are working drafting the Speak essay, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2009/10/26/celebrate/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to KUSD Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2009/07/29/hello-world/</link>
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		<title>English 2b &#8211; 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After spending time &#8220;on the edge,&#8221; we will be exploring what it takes to &#8220;strive for success&#8221; in the next thematic unit.
What are you currently &#8220;striving for success&#8221; in at this time in your life? To get good grades? To be a better person? To get a job? To get a scholarship? To stay in school?
For this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2009/02/02/english-2b-2009/</link>
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		<title>English 102/Dual Credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we finish Chapters 1-5, &#8220;thinking rhetorically&#8221; should be a habit. As you watch every commercial, TV show, YouTube video,  or read a blog, a Myspace page, or even a book, Aristotle&#8217;s Trinity should automatically come to mind as you ask the question, &#8220;What is the argument?&#8221;
Read carefully the &#8216;yellow pages&#8217; in the book which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2009/02/02/english-102dual-credit/</link>
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		<title>Running Loose by Chris Crutcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[English 2a students are reading Running Loose by Chris Crutcher now and until December 16th. Take note of the following due dates:
Read Chapters 1-4 by 11/25 /Graffiti Gram due 12/1
Read Chapters 5-10 by 12/3 /Graffiti Gram due 12/4
Read Chapters 11-15 by 12/10 /Graffiti Gram due 12/11
Read Chapters 16-19 by 12/15 /Graffiti Gram due 12/16
Graffiti Journal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2008/11/24/running-loose-by-chris-crutcher/</link>
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		<title>Agenda 9/23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.  Shirts update &#38; $ collection
2.  Set up for Lemonade stand on FRIDAY.
3.  Discuss time line for first 08-09 publication of The Publication formerly known as Students Speak Out. 
4.  SHARE.
5. Adjourn
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		<link>http://blogs.kusd.org/mrs_smith/2008/09/21/agenda-923/</link>
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