It’s that time of year again. College applications are flowing out of high school students and parents are getting nervous. testing is a huge part of the formula, so here are some suggestions and resources to help keep nerves calm: Barron’s ACT English, Reading, and Writing Workbook by Linda Carnevale gives college-bound students extensive practice…
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Mastering Basic Grammar and Usage for the ACT
As you’ve probably already gathered, the English Test will never explicitly ask you to name a grammatical error, reads SparkNotes. “But in order to identify and fix errors, you should know what they are. While you’ll often be able to rely on your ear to detect errors, many of the questions will ask you to…
350 Fabulous Writing Prompts: Thought-Provoking Springboards For Creative, Expository, and Journal Writing
350 Fabulous Writing Prompts: Thought-Provoking Springboards For Creative, Expository, and Journal Writing Paperback by Jacqueline Sweeney highlights creative, engaging, thought-provoking prompts for every day of the school year! More than 300 ways to motivate even your most reluctant writers. Topics include feelings, ethics, “imagineering,” quotations, humor, problem-solving, school situations, and so much more. For use…
Michelle Witte: “Big Isn’t Always Better”
The following is an excerpt from a blog entry by Michelle is an author, editor, and literary agent Michelle Witte, “Publishing is in flux,” Michelle writes. “Anyone who pays attention to the industry knows that. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. With change comes opportunity, and some of the smaller independent publishers out there…
Setting and Point of View in The Hunger Games: Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Wednesday July 10 and Thursday July 11, 2013
Like my Get Published: Free Tips and Resources page on Facebook. I post tons of Creative Writing tips, quotes, thoughts, and resources there. The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem,…
Let’s Write a Short Story: Creative Writing Lesson Plan Monday 6/24/13 and Tuesday 6/25/13
On Monday we will have a quiz with 50 multiple choice questions. The quiz is found at: http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ Quiz topics will include: The Fall of the House of Usher: See The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe. Elements of a Short Story: See Short Story Elements. Plot, characters, and literary devices…
Writing Toward Home: Creative Writing Lesson Plan – Wednesday 6/19/13
Here are further thoughts on Creative Writing: Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes. Due to the looseness of the definition, it is possible for writing…
Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief: Lesson Plan – Monday 6/17/13
“Revising makes a person aware of how vast imagination is. One accesses something much larger than one’s self.” – Baron Wormser This diary is my lesson plan for Monday, June 17 2013, for my 10th and 11th grade TRIO/Upward Bound Students. All of my daily lesson plans for this summer can by found at: https://youngpeoplespavilion.com/category/creative-writing-summer-2013/…
Dead Poets Society: Creative Writing Lesson Plan – Thursday 6/13/13
Yesterday we watched Dead Poets Society and wrote and shared abut what the movie meant to each of us, as well as what we learned about poetry from the film. Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has…
Creative Writing Lesson Plan – Tuesday 6/11/13
Nice job yesterday. I really enjoyed meeting all of you and was impressed by the way you exhibited seriousness about this class and about your writing. Keep up that attitude and we will have a very fruitful summer session. REMINDERS: No electronic devices in class. There will be a quiz in class on Wednesday on…
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