
Teaching the Anti-Essay
18 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prompts for the English Classroom
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Teaching the Anti-Essay
18 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prompts for the English Classroom
About this book
Teaching the Anti-Essay helps secondary school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers introduce literary nonfiction and creative nonfiction essay writing to their students, demonstrating how writing is a fun and engaging activity where students can see tremendous value in "thinking on paper." Meaningful essays are also, by default, analytical.
This book offers English teachers and their students 18 different essay prompts that challenge student writers to take calculated risks on paper, leading to essays that students can write and want to write, allowing them to add something new to the conversation in the process. Each chapter explores a unique essay prompt, along with rationale, the targeted skills, teacher models, student models, and reflections. The book is intended to be a tool for change in the English classroom at large by motivating students through tried and tested prompts, demonstrating that anyone can write like a journalist, a professional blogger, a creative nonfiction essayist, becoming an author with one's own voice and style.
This is a great resource for in-service middle school and high school ELA teachers, and beyond.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Endorsements Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Support Material
- Contents
- Meet the Author
- Author’s Note: Teaching the Anti-Essay
- Preface by Toby Rosewater, Managing Sports Editor, The Amherst Student
- Acknowledgments and Shout-Outs
- Introduction by James Treadway, CEO of GrowthWise Tutoring
- 1. The Wax Pack: Breaking Wax
- 2. The Philosophy of You: Your Students Are Deeper than You Think
- 3. Consider the Lobster
- 4. When the Hitmakers Knock, You Answer
- 5. The Unicorn College Essay
- 6. Emily’s Way and How to Wrangle a Guest Speaker
- 7. My Lipogram: The no “E” paper
- 8. The Usual Suspects: A Dialogue Essay from England with Love
- 9. The Living Artists Literary Research Paper
- 10. Nice to Meet You and Goodbye: 7 Intros and 7 Outros
- 11. Ranting and Raving: Why Complaining Is Good for Your Students
- 12. Dave’s Way: The Humor Essay a la Dave Barry
- 13. The Poetry Forgery Unit: How Imitation Breeds Greatness
- 14. The Feature Article: Journalism Your Classroom Needs
- 15. The Autopsy of You: When Students Metacognate Good Things Happen
- 16. Ebert’s Way: Lessons from a Late-Great Film Critic
- 17. The Video Essay Is Not Just for YouTubers
- 18. The Interrogative Mood: Questions Only, No Answers
- 19. Grading Essays Means Never Having to Be Alone Again