“Participant Handouts,” a companion packet of the Analytical Response to Literature guide is where you’ll find the prompt for “To Sleep Under the Stars” by Carol Shaw Graham; set of pens. Follow along as Dr. Louis guides you through the first step in the student writing process.

Learning how to “decode” a prompt is the FIRST STEP for any writing student. Without understanding what a prompt is asking, the student cannot be successful. So often, teachers forget this step and wonder why students go astray with their task.