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Latest video: Analysis of the opening 18 lines of Chaucer's General Prologue! youtu.be/FGmlvvfPnHY?si=R9Pe…
Need help with Chicago Manual of Style citations? Check out our complete Youtube playlist. Every video follows the latest edition (18th). youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Check out our new course on diagramming sentences! natureofwriting.com/course/d…
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Working on a lesson on diagramming adverbial nouns. Almost done writing the text for our first course on diagramming! Recording video explanations soon.
Finally finished a series of videos on Roland Barthes. Here is part 4 of 5. Now to add the subtitles -- my least favourite part. youtube.com/watch?v=KLq9tmaK…
We added a new feature to the best independent writing guide: diagnostic tests! new.natureofwriting.com/blog…
My blog post on the pros and cons of sentence diagramming. Ultimately it boils down to the question "how much grammar should we teach?" new.natureofwriting.com/blog…
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Check out our other Twitter account, for a new set of courses on classic literature. #Englit #classicliterature #homeschool xitter.cf/Companion2Lit
This coming Saturday I'll be giving a free talk at an online creative writing conference. I'll be talking about minimalism, style, and children's literature! Tune in at 1 p.m. Eastern (ET). summit.styleandvoice.com/tal… #stylesummit
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George Herbert is one of the greatest devotional poets in the English language. Here is my video tutorial for his poem "The Pulley" (1633). youtu.be/48gnwoT0_p8 #engchat #Englishliterature #renaissance #Religious
I too have huge privacy concerns about Grammarly. And I'm also sick and tired of their constant Youtube ads. And I don't want to sell this product to my students. youtu.be/rgUGJDMSG1E
Curious what's new with the 7th edition of the APA guidelines? Here's how to format your student essay. youtu.be/Mrh5OC3T6dc #APA #writingtips
Working hard to update our APA style guide lessons with the 7th ed. out now. Here's how to format your paper using the new rules. natureofwriting.com/courses/… #APA #7thEdition #Writing
Created another English Lit video. This one explains Robert Herrick's poem "Delight in Disorder," from 1648. youtu.be/sDwgJjIAmGk #Poetry #Literature #Renaissance