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Hammerin' Home the Thesis
Up my sleeve today, I have some tricks for hammerin' home the thesis for all of my AP friends. With my AP Language…
Read issue →To Prompose ... Or Not To Prompose? (Synthesis Essay)
The big homecoming dance is this coming weekend … so many of my students are preoccupied with the best ways to…
Read issue →Using the Forgetful Elephant to Teach Line of Reasoning
Sustaining that pesky line of reason can certainly confound a kid or two in any ELA class. To solidify the concept, I…
Read issue →Keeping Rhetorical Analysis Bite Size
The other week, I made a compilation of several of my synthesis units and was asked to do the same for my rhetorical…
Read issue →Guaranteeing a Clear Line of Reasoning
Not only is the Yarn Test a fantastic alternative grading method, but it's a surefire way to ensure that your students…
Read issue →The Surefire Student Disengagment Cure
Last Tuesday, I started year number twenty-one in the classroom - and on the first day of school, as soon as the bell…
Read issue →Easy Peasy Synthesis Units
Every ten weeks, my students get a report card And guess what ... I grade them ... and they grade me. Here's the best…
Read issue →National Hispanic Heritage Month: Poetry Workshop
Today marks the beginning of my 20th year in the classroom, and I am locked and loaded with some exciting units and…
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