Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Secret to Teaching Great Writing: Use the News!

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 Some great ideas I can't wait to try next semester. 


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The Secret to Teaching Great Writing: Use the News!

edudemic.com - As a professional writer and a writing specialist, I know that not everyone is as hepped up about words as I am. (What, you mean you don't want to spend the next five hours chatting about the relationship between a character's syntax and their familial history? Say it ain't so!). I know that if I have any hope of maintaining student (and teacher) attention spans, I have to keep it relevant to the here and now.

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