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February 17, 2020February 17, 2020Brett Vogelsinger

Poetry as Prewrite (Part 2)

In last month’s post on Moving Writers, I shared how some simple poetry writing helped students tease out a theme in their reading. Crafting poetry can also help students dig deeper into details they later incorporate in the heart of their writing. Prewriting with poetry can give literary analysis essays a pulse. While waiting in line […]

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August 4, 2016August 4, 2016karlahilliard

HAMILTON, the Mentor Text

A challenging, fun, and engaging activity using Hamilton as a mentor text for character and theme analysis.

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