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What If We Taught Composition Like Bob Ross Teaches Painting?
What if we taught composition like Bob Ross teaches painting? Two distinct traits become manifest in your classroom.…
Read issue →Student-Facing Writing Workshops
While most writing instructors have their students try their hand at cobbling together an essay with a set of templates,…
Read issue →My Uninstagrammable Self Writing Workshop
Last week, an ELA teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado (brand new teacher to AP Lang.) reached out to me and BEGGED for…
Read issue →Human Library Project
I want for my students to fall in love with stories. A love of stories leads to empathy, intellectual curiosity, and…
Read issue →Dave Barry "Turkeys In the Kitchen" Writing Workshop
Here's some timely holiday fodder if you're looking for a juicy rhetorical analysis assignment. Barry, forever…
Read issue →The Art of Styling Sentences (Pattern 11-15)
Getting kids to write with voice, rhythm, and flow takes a lot of elbow grease on our behalf. While many AP teachers…
Read issue →Poetry of Hip Hop & Rap (Writing Workshop)
Perhaps unfairly, poetry has been dubbed the "Dead Genre." And without doubt, most of our students hold a general…
Read issue →Alternative Grading Methods (Free Webinar!!)
Who wants to spend all of their evenings and weekends grading a heaping stack of essays? Not only does the traditional…
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