A Classroom with a View

This presentation discusses the stages of critical reading and critical thinking that precedes critical analytical writing. It then introduces SQuEES, a writing model that helps develop critical thinking and compels students toward analytical depth and insight. The presentation utilizes a sample prompt, scoring guide, and student essays from Milton’s Paradise Lost. While the presentation focuses on poetry, the SQuEES method is directly and immediately applicable to other genres for analytical writing.

Presentation:

APAC 2016 Teaching Analytical Writing

Documents:

• Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, and SQuEES
• Paradise Lost Passage and Sample Essays
• Verbs and Thesis List
• Tone and Figurative Language Template Sheet
• Writing Analytically 101
• 2010 AP Lit Exile Annotated Scoring Pack
• 2013 AP Lit Brangwen Annotated Scoring Pack
• 2011 AP Lang Kelley Annotated Scoring Pack

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