The American Novel: Dreiser to the Present

In this activity, students analyze Faulkner's various styles in the Sound and the Fury by contrasting different excerpts from the novel. Student receive a handout with paragraphs from each section. The class breaks up into groups tasked with determining...

Let your students be Hemingway for a day. In this parody exercise, students learn Hemingway's style by adopting it. During the section, students write a paragraph or several in imitation of Hemingway's style. They can write about any topic. The class then...

What does a good thesis entail? This activity helps students identify the features of a strong thesis. The instructor brings 4-5 thesis statements about texts read previously in the class. Among the sample theses, there is 1 strong one and the rest are...