I thought, There must be a key to good endings. It must be a skill – a teachable, practice-able skill.
The answer: Irony.
Tag: irony
Thinking Smaller
I am proud that under normal circumstance I can choreograph a lot of “movement” into a single class period, but for this year, I am learning to embrace the fact that I cannot. I need smaller, simpler moves in a writing workshop that we can learn together and execute well. Otherwise, frustration will prevail.
Ironic How-To’s: Using Satire Writing As a Tool for Self-Discovery
Today’s guest post is from Christina Gil, a veteran high school English teacher who recently left the classroom to follow a dream and move her family to an ecovillage in rural Missouri. Christina believes that teaching creative writing helps students excel on standardized tests, that deeply analyzing and unpacking a poem is a fabulous way […]
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