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(Mad Libs) Wielding the 20 Sentence Patterns
You ever notice that your struggling and emerging writers tend to over-rely on the short-simple sentence (independent…
Read issue →Banning Energy Drinks For Teens (Synthesis Essay Writing Workshop)
If your students are anything like mine, it is not uncommon to see first period students double-fisting a keg of…
Read issue →Banning TikTok (Synthesis Essay Writing Workshop)
If your students are anything like mine, you may have noticed that the proverbial wheels fall off their synthesis essays…
Read issue →Micro-Synthesis Essay Writing
'Tis the seasons for all things cold and flu (as evidenced by my raspy voice in this particular video), but it's also…
Read issue →Going Gradeless: Synthesis Essay
To go gradeless ... or to keep intact the current grading paradigm? This is the essential question students are…
Read issue →Free-Response Friday: Jim Gaffigan's "Food: A Love Story"
Every third week of the month, the good folks of Applied Practice host their Free-Response Friday. Last year, they…
Read issue →Free-Response Friday: Marge Piercy's "Barbie Doll"
Every third week of the month, the good folks of Applied Practice host their Free-Response Friday. Last year, they…
Read issue →The Nuts & Bolts of Teaching the College Personal Statement
As the weather begins to feel a tad bit more crisp, it can only mean one thing: It's college personal statement…
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