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Letter for College Instructors
Letter for College Students
1. Lesson 1: Writing Preferences and The Writing Process
2. Exercise 1: Identify Your Writing Preferences
3. Lesson 2: Writer's Block
4. Video: Writer's Block Instant Cure
5. Exercise 2: Your Experience with Writer's Block
6. Lesson 3: Elements of Fiction
7. Short Story: The Story of an Hour
8. Exercise 3: Freytag's Pyramid
9. Video: The Clues to a Great Story
10. Lesson 4: Show vs. Tell
11. Video: How to Write Descriptively
12. Exercise 4: Show vs. Tell
13. Lesson 5: Creating Characters
14. Short Story: Miss Brill
15. Video: What Makes a Hero?
16. Writing Assignment: Character Story
17. Rubric: Character Story
18. Lesson 6: Building a Setting
19. Short Story: A White Heron
20. Video: How to Build a Fictional World
21. Writing Assignment: Setting Story
22. Rubric: Setting Story
23. Lesson 7: Writing Dialogue
24. Short Story: The Necklace
25. Video: Three Anti-social Skills to Improve Your Writing
26. Writing Assignment: Dialogue Story
27. Rubric: Dialogue Story
28. Lesson 8: Exploring Points of View
29. Short Story: The Yellow Wallpaper
30. Video: The Danger of a Single Story
31. Writing Assignment: Point of View Stories
32. Rubric: Point of View Stories
33. Video: Poetry Makes People Nervous
34. Lesson 9: Understanding Levels in Poetry
35. Lesson 10: Voice in Poetry
36. Poem: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
37. Poem - I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
38. Video: Tell Me about Yourself – Stories Through Poetry
39. Writing Assignment: Voice Poem
40. Rubric: Voice Poem
41. Video: Everyday Moments, Caught in Time
42. Lesson 11: Imagery in Poetry
43. Poem: A Bird Came Down the Walk
44. Poem: A Narrow Fellow in the Grass
45. Poem: The Great Figure
46. Writing Assignment: Everyday Moment Poem
47. Rubric: Everyday Moment Poem
48. Video: Poetic Devices Rap by Testament
49. Lesson 12: Figures of Speech in Poetry
50. Poem: Fog
51. Poem: Prayers of Steel
52. Writing Assignment: Figure of Speech Poem
53. Rubric: Figure of Speech Poem
54. Video: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
55. Lesson 13: Sound and Rhythm in Poetry
56. Poem: The Eagle
57. Poem: Out, Out–
58. Writing Assignment: Sound Poem
59. Rubric: Sound Poem
60. Video: Hip-Hop & Shakespeare?
61. Lesson 14: Form in Poetry
62. Poem: When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be
63. Poem: The House on the Hill
64. Poem: In Just
65. Writing Assignment: Form Poem
66. Rubric: Form Poem
67. Lesson 15: Allusions, Direct Addresses, and Symbols in Poetry
68. Poem: To E. T.
69. Poem: Acquainted with the Night
70. Writing Assignment: Allusion, Address, or Symbol Poem
71. Rubric: Allusion, Address, or Symbol Poem
72. Lesson 16: More about Poetry
73. Writing Assignment: Last Poem
74. Rubric: Last Poem
75. Assignment: Peer Review Instructions for Fiction
76. Sample Peer Review for Fiction
77. Assignment - Peer Review Form for Fiction
78. Assignment - Peer Review Instructions for Poetry
79. Sample Peer Review for Poetry
80. Assignment - Peer Review Form for Poetry
81. Revising with the Search/Find Tool
82. Comma Rules and the Search/Find Tool
83. Writing Assignment: Fiction Portfolio
84. Rubric: Fiction Portfolio
85. Writing Assignment: Poetry Portfolio
86. Rubric: Poetry Portfolio
Author: Jeff Bollow
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