Inside an Essayist's Mind: Part 3: Concluding the Timed Essay

Title: Inside an Essayist's Mind: Part 3: Concluding the Timed Essay

Description: (Part 3 of 3. Part 1 here; Part 2 here.) This is a powerful way to model adult writing for students: screencasting my own "mock exam" reading of a poem - while talking through my thoughts as I read it - and then composing my own essay about that poem, talking through my writer's choices as I write the essay - all of which the students can watch and hear as it happens. It's as close to being inside the mind and eyes of a reading and writing adult as a student will ever get. In three parts, I read, plan, and write the essay from start to finish, under the same timed conditions as students in AP Literature timed exams.

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