Reviving The Essay: How To Teach Structure Without Formula
Inspired by the definitive thoughts and teachings of Thomas Newkirk, professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, and his seminal monograph, Critical Thinking and Writing: Reclaiming the Essay, Gretchen Bernabei has authored the perfect successor.  Reviving the Essay: How to Teach Structure Without Formula offers hungry students and teachers alike a compendium of ideas, prompts, and approaches to engage students in the process of uncovering deeper meaning and serving their own personal voices as writers. Discover Writing Press welcomes this invaluable book to its roster. Reviving the Essay is a writing teacher's treasure trove of 30 lessons and is designed to assist and encourage teachers 4-12 to help students dig beneath bland, superficial responses and find that spark and uniqueness that will emerge in their writing. Here's a book long over-due.