Teaching the Anti-Essay - 18 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prompts for the Secondary English Classroom

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."

List of contents

Mee the Author
Author's Note
Preface: Toby Rosewater, Managing Sports Editor, The Amherst Student
Acknowledgements
Introduction: James Treadway, CEO of GrowthWise Tutoring
Chapter One: The Wax Pack: Using Trading Cards to Spark Nostalgia
Chapter Two: The Philosophy of You: Your Students Are Deeper Than You Think
Chapter Three: Consider the Lobster: An Exercise in Postmodern Contemplation
Chapter Four: When the Hitmakers Knock, You Answer: Songwriting Bootcamp
Chapter Five: The Unicorn College Essay: A Bold Approach to the Personal Statement
Chapter Six: Emily's Way: The TV Essay & How to Wrangle Your Next Guest Speaker
Chapter Seven: My Lipogram - The No E Paper (Constrain Yourself) - Gatsby VS Gadsby
Chapter Eight: The Usual Suspects - A Dialogue Essay From England With Love
Chapter Nine: The "Living Artists" Literary Research Paper
Chapter Ten: Nice to Meet You & Goodbye: 7 Intros & 7 Outros
Chapter Eleven: Ranting and Raving: Why Complaining Is Good for Your Students
Chapter Twelve: Dave's Way: The Humor Essay a la Dave Barry
Chapter Thirteen: The Poetry Forgery Unit: How Imitation Breeds Greatness
Chapter Fourteen: The Feature Article - The Journalism Your Classroom Needs
Chapter Fifteen: The Autopsy of You - When Students Metacognate
Chapter Sixteen: Ebert's Way - Lessons From a Late, Great Film Critic
Chapter Seventeen: The Video Essay is Not Just For YouTubers
Chapter Eighteen: The Interrogative Mood - Questions Only, No Answers
Chapter Nineteen: Grading Essays Means Never Having to be Alone Again

About the author

Wesley Phillipson has taught writing for 30 years - most of that time at Scarsdale High School, on the same campus where Kohlberg conducted much of his field research on community based education.

Product details

• Authors: Wesley Phillipson
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032987842
• ISBN: 978-1-032-98784-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; EDUCATION / Essays, Literature & literary studies, Secondary Schools, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Educational strategies and policy, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts