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"Karma" Taylor Swift Literary Analysis Writing Workshop
One way to ignite student's spark (as well as a love of poetry) is to allow them to analyze their favorite song…
Read issue →"Is Harry Potter Evil?" Rhetorical Analysis Writing Workshop
In an effort to keep our exploration and study of rhetorical analysis, in the words of the kids, "lit" ... I decided…
Read issue →"Cathedral" by Raymond Carver (Writing Workshop)
Writing across the genres isn't the apples and oranges ordeal some of our students make it out to be. In fact, if…
Read issue →Styling Sentences: Patterns for Success
A common trait among our struggling and emerging writers is that they clobber us over the head with independent…
Read issue →National Day of Writing (10/19)
I'm overjoyed to have been invited to join the good folks of NCTE for this year's National Day of Writing. On October…
Read issue →Tiddlywinks: Gamifying Grammar, Punctuation, Syntax
In today's instructional video, I want to make good on a promise I made a few weeks ago to open the vault on a few of my…
Read issue →The Art of Styling Sentences (ViewMaster Edition)
Up my sleeve today, I have a really cool exercise to help your students flex their writing chops. All too often,…
Read issue →Tom Brady Half-Time Speech (Rhetorical Analysis Writing Workshop)
No matter which home team you find yourself cheering for, it is undeniably true that Tom Brady's half-time speech is…
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