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Dug around for something like the tool offered on this site after seeing the neat close reading videos of Gatsby. Now to create some lessons... grammar? my own close readings? (poetry, I think!) paper critiques? Hmmm...

Terry and I were recently talking about the benefits of having students create their own questions to help them think more deeply about a reading. This article suggests questioning as an entry to deeper thinking.

I just finished up another round of question-based research with my sophomores! I love, love, love this process...and they prefer it to traditional tests. :)

moment #6: Nick's first meeting with Gatsby

8 "lessons" in which an Irish professor examines the significance of particular techniques in poetry by examining examples. He talks through examinations of poetry titles, sound devices, figurative language, and cliches. Good models for teachers and students.