Writing about literature

Colorado State University's Writing Center offers tips for writing about literature

Purdue's tips on 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

Padlet on 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 

Blog: Teaching authors

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