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Letter for College Instructors
Letter for College Students
1. Lesson 1: Writing Preferences and The Writing Process
2. Lesson 2: Writer's Block
3. Video: Writer's Block Instant Cure
4. Lesson 3: Elements of Fiction
5. Short Story: The Story of an Hour
6. Video: The Clues to a Great Story
7. Lesson 4: Show vs. Tell
8. Video: How to Write Descriptively
9. Lesson 5: Creating Characters
10. Short Story: Miss Brill
11. Video: What Makes a Hero?
12. Rubric: Character Story
13. Lesson 6: Building a Setting
14. Short Story: A White Heron
15. Video: How to Build a Fictional World
16. Rubric: Setting Story
17. Lesson 7: Writing Dialogue
18. Short Story: The Necklace
19. Video: Three Anti-social Skills to Improve Your Writing
20. Rubric: Dialogue Story
21. Lesson 8: Exploring Points of View
22. Short Story: The Yellow Wallpaper
23. Video: The Danger of a Single Story
24. Rubric: Point of View Stories
25. Video: Poetry Makes People Nervous
26. Lesson 9: Understanding Levels in Poetry
27. Lesson 10: Voice in Poetry
28. Poem: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
29. Poem - I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
30. Video: Tell Me about Yourself – Stories Through Poetry
31. Rubric: Voice Poem
32. Video: Everyday Moments, Caught in Time
33. Lesson 11: Imagery in Poetry
34. Poem: A Bird Came Down the Walk
35. Poem: A Narrow Fellow in the Grass
36. Poem: The Great Figure
37. Rubric: Everyday Moment Poem
38. Video: Poetic Devices Rap by Testament
39. Lesson 12: Figures of Speech in Poetry
40. Poem: Fog
41. Poem: Prayers of Steel
42. Rubric: Figure of Speech Poem
43. Video: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
44. Lesson 13: Sound and Rhythm in Poetry
45. Poem: The Eagle
46. Poem: Out, Out–
47. Rubric: Sound Poem
48. Video: Hip-Hop & Shakespeare?
49. Lesson 14: Form in Poetry
50. Poem: When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be
51. Poem: The House on the Hill
52. Poem: In Just
53. Rubric: Form Poem
54. Lesson 15: Allusions, Direct Addresses, and Symbols in Poetry
55. Poem: To E. T.
56. Poem: Acquainted with the Night
57. Rubric: Allusion, Address, or Symbol Poem
58. Lesson 16: More about Poetry
59. Rubric: Last Poem
60. Sample Peer Review for Fiction
61. Sample Peer Review for Poetry
62. Revising with the Search/Find Tool
63. Comma Rules and the Search/Find Tool
64. Rubric: Fiction Portfolio
65. Rubric: Poetry Portfolio
Author: Jeff Bollow
Cure writer’s block in 3 minutes — no matter what you want to write.
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