The Life's Work of an English Teacher

Thirty years of essays, handouts, and lessons from Rick Reed's classroom, kept as plain, readable pages rather than files to download.

Writing

The Case for Close Reading in an Age of Summary

A summary can tell you what a book is about. It cannot tell you what a book is.

Handouts

Comma Splices: A Quick Reference

Four ways to fix a comma splice, plus the three mistakes everyone makes first.

September 2, 2019

Presentations

How to Read a Poem

A five-step method for the moment a poem stops making sense.

January 20, 2015