by Kristin | Feb 20, 2025 | Rhetorical Analysis, Writing
One of my absolute favorite types of essays to teach is the Rhetorical Analysis Essay. I know I may not have many kindred spirits with this mindset, and that’s understandable. It has taken me many years and hundreds of hours reading rhetorical analyses to think...
by Kristin | Jan 15, 2025 | End of Year, Reading Comprehension, Rhetorical Analysis
Let’s face it. Longform movies have become the new “books” that students are struggling to “read.” It used to be that a teacher would include a movie in a lesson or unit, and the students would break out the popcorn and settle in for a...
by Kristin | Aug 13, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Rhetorical Analysis, Writing
Like many lovers of British Literature, I fell in love with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in high school! Who doesn’t love the tangled conflict between Darcy and Elizabeth? Who doesn’t enjoy the descriptions of the manners, beauty, and simplicity...
by Kristin | May 21, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Rhetorical Analysis, Teaching the Standards
As English teachers, we try to breathe life into the texts we teach to increase engagement and understanding as well as encourage a deeper connection (and deeper consideration). We do this often with the literature we teach, but do we do the same with primary texts?...
by Kristin | Feb 14, 2024 | Rhetorical Analysis, Teaching the Standards, Writing
Rhetorical Analysis, on the surface, seems super complex and completely overwhelming, especially if you have never been exposed to it before. More often than not, when we ask students to write a rhetorical analysis of any text we are teaching, they might feel...
by Kristin | Jan 10, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Rhetorical Analysis, Writing
The Declaration of Independence was initially authored by Thomas Jefferson amid ever-increasing tensions between England and colonial America in the mid-1770s. No one could have foreseen the lasting effects of this momentous document over 250 years later. And this is...
