Handouts

These handouts were developed to help students provide productive and specific feedback during peer review. They support students in giving constructive criticism based on specific generic expectations, such as the strength of thesis statements, organization, and use of sources. 

Writing about place is more than writing about a vacation or a childhood home. There are certain tensions evident in all spaces when we...

A handout distributed in class that asks students to reflect on their actions as a developing professional and their participation in class. Participation is...

A useful handout that explains how to outline an essay. It draws on similar examples from my handout on Common Thesis Complaints.         Feature image by Andrew...

This handout is a counterargument explanation sheet using the example of trying to persuade your loved ones that your bad boyfriend is not so bad....

A diagram that helps students and teachers be on the same page when it comes to understanding expectations for and evaluations of class participation.

If you're looking for a way to encourage your creative writing students to be more concise, try this simple concision handout.       Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash    

Discussing ethics in Creative Nonfiction can feel like a static list of do's and don'ts but I start my unit by giving them this Ethics Self-Quiz

I'll admit right off the bat that my major pet peeve is 'thing' words. Something. Nothing. Anything. Everything. And just plain old thing. In...

This handout I made in sheer frustration after hearing the same complaints about thesis formulation over and over again from my students. I've learned in my...

A simple handout that illustrates key concepts of time in narratives by comparing them to the basic controls we use when watching videos. Feature image...

A Message from the Editor: For those of you that know me, and no doubt today, at the start of this project, many of you...

A simple handout that provides step-by-step details on how to add first line and hanging indents as well as inserting page numbers in the...

Incorporating research into creative nonfiction essays helps bring the narrative to life but can be difficult to do. Below you'll find a collection of...

This handout is a creative writing exercise I use in my Speculative Literature class when we do a unit on fairy tales,...

Submitted by John Casey. This document contains prompts for two take home quizzes given to students as extra credit options in a 200-level Survey of American Literature course.

A handout covering the basics of submitting to literary magazines: where to submit, cover letters, terminology, and mistakes to avoid.