Teaching the Anti-Essay: 18 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prompts for the English Classroom [Paperback]

This book?helps secondary school ELA teachers introduce literary nonfiction and creative nonfiction essay writing to their students, demonstrating how writing is a fun and engaging activity where students can see tremendous value in thinking on paper.?

This book is fuel for igniting curiosity and creativity. Wesley Phillipson has a knack for encouraging original thinking and writing, and his essay prompts are a gift to teachers, students, and everyone who believes in the power of the pen. - Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and HIDDEN POTENTIAL, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

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Ive taught writing on the college and high school level for 30 years and this is the book I needed. Grab it. Your students' lives and, dare I say, yours will be changed. - Victoria Redel, Guggenheim Fellow and Sarah Lawrence College Writing Professor

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In Teaching the Anti Essay, Wesley Phillipson authoritatively deconstructs the standard format essay (5 paragraphs, anyone?) of the past and paves a delightfully liberating path to teach the essay of the future. - Avis Cardella, author of Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict, published by Little, Brown and Company

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As a high school student, Wes Phillipson was the first teacher who inspired in me a love of writing and helped me understand that I had a voice which could be expressed in print. - Jimmy Vielkind, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal and WNYC Radio

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