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Tone Tunes: Using Music to Teach Tone in Poetry
Tone Tunes: Using Music to Teach Tone in Poetry

Being able to decipher the tone of a piece of writing is crucial to being able to decipher the thematic message of a text.  This is absolutely true for analyzing poetry. 

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Best Practices, FREEBIES, Modes of Writing, Poetry, Writing Assignments, Writing Mini-lessons, Writing WorkshopMeredith Dobbspoetry, poetry activities, April Poetry Month, writing poetry, High School Poetry, national poetry month, Poetry, Middle School Poetry, explication, poetic devices, tone, explication essay, poetry explication, musicComment
Three High-Interest Writing Assignments to Motivate Struggling Writers
Three High-Interest Writing Assignments to Motivate Struggling Writers

Motivating struggling writers can be quite a challenge.  With struggling writers, it is important to create high-interest assignments that students will want to work on, assignments that they will want to put forth the effort on in order to succeed.  If struggling students are bored with a writing topic, they won’t be as invested in it and won’t want to put the time and effort in to make it the best it can be.

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