Writing in English & Languages
Writing about literature
How to write a literary analysis
For quite awhile, I've been struggling to find "authentic" text for the lit analysis. Then I read this blog and thought maybe it's not lit analysis that's the mentor, but text that analyzes.
Writing Argument
Memoir
Need mentor text? Check out New York Times Lives
If you dig through Personal Lives from The New Yorker, you might find the mentor text you need. Remember that the most effective mentor text is short so that it can be read and reread.
Check out The Electric Typewriter for 30 Great Sites for Short Memoir Essays.
Essay
Discussions about what makes an essay an essay: Open Learn and University of Canberra.
Links to mentor text for essays, including literary reviews.
Essay from a high school senior who got into an Ivy League university
Tips for writing
Tips from writers about writing
A fascinating interview with David Wallace Foster
Writing tips for writers and teachers
Teaching students to write
The National Writing Project lists 30 ideas for teaching writing
DL_English_JAAL2015.pdfPeter Smagorinksy takes on disciplinary literacy in English
Make sure you read the first paragraph in the second column on page 143. English geeks will get a kick out of it.