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[|Writing Strong Letters of Recommendation]
====**Thank you for supporting BHS students by taking the time to write stellar letters of recommendation. Whether the letters are for jobs, colleges, or scholarship applications, the support of faculty and staff is essential to students’ success.** ==== ====**The information provided here is a brief overview of things to include and things to avoid in letters of recommendation.** ==== ====**This information has been adapted from information provided by Mary Tolar, Deputy Secretary of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and Mark Bauer, Fellowships Adviser at Yale University.** ====

**I have provided several to use as examples if you need them:**  **Blank Letterhead to insert your letter into:**   **Letter One:**

**Letter Two: **


**Letter Three: **


**Letter Four: **


**Letter Five: **
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= = = PLC: Writing Across the Curriculum Fall 2013 = __**Transfer Student Writing Prompts**__
 * Goal 1: To increase student achievement on writing tasks by explicitly 'unpacking the prompt' to teach students what is being asked in the question.**

=__** Resources to Unpack the Prompt **__=

= = =** Map with Teacher Names **=

= = =__**Resources**__= __**[|Lesson Plan Ideas Achieve the Core]**__


 * Common Core Ideas**

= = =__**Writing**__= Persuasive Writing

=__**Wikispaces Help:**__= [|Wikispaces Tutorial Site]

=__**Summer 2013 Core Class Planning Guides**__=

=__**Fall 2013 Assessment Materials**__= __ **Assessment Schedules** __

=__**LDC Tasks by Grade Level**__=

= = =**New 11/2014 diagram for 9th grade assessments**=

=**11/14/2014 district meeting notes by grade level**=

=__**LDC Grading Rubrics**__= = = =__**12th Grade Post Annotated Assessment Rubric**__= =**Editable Word Copy**=

=__**12th Grade Post Annotated Assessment Rubric PDF**__=

=__**Secondary Language Arts Reporting**__=