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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: Lesson in Discovering Theme
In an effort to help my students develop complex reads, and accurately ascertain deeper levels of meaning, I've…
Read issue →Lesson in Discovering Theme (Rendering the Abstract More Concrete)
I sat down this weekend to make test-prep material for the inevitability of exam season, and one thing is clear to me as…
Read issue →Test-Prep Season Is Almost Upon Us
Test-prep season is rapidly approaching, so I sat down this week to make a few explainer videos. Not sure about your…
Read issue →5-Minute Thesis (Letter to Franz Kafka)
Want a surefire way to get your students to peg down a thesis? Well, I got you covered with this exercise. Let's first…
Read issue →Analyzing Superbowl Commericals
The week leading up to the Superbowl tends to waylay some kids, so I've decided to embrace this inevitability in today's…
Read issue →More Mad Libs (20 Sentence Patterns)
I think I may have the perfect exercise to get our struggling and emerging writers from exclusively using the…
Read issue →Free Webinar: Poetry Analysis and the Yarn Trick
Next Tuesday evening, February 4th, Applied Practice and I will be hosting a really unique webinar. If poetry…
Read issue →5-Minute Thesis (The Barbershop)
In any compositional pursuit, nailing the thesis is half the battle. This is especially true of literary analysis. If…
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