Wild Child Annotations

Literature and Education Resources for the Wild at Heart

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  • INCORPORATING LITERARY CRITICISM

    So you’ve mastered the five paragraph essay, and perhaps even longer, more fluid formats. It’s time to try your hand at incorporating other experts’ ideas about the text, and even place your ideas on equal footing with theirs. Hands and feet aside . . . enter THE LITERARY CRITICISM ESSAY! Read more

  • How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay

    By now you know how much I love the student essay. But how to go about teaching or writing one? I’m so glad you asked! Traditionally, the first essay a student learns how to write is the five paragraph essay. From there, he or she can learn to write a longer essay by… Read more