Fiction, Memoir, Poetry, Literacy
In working with prospective high school teachers, I find my concerns influenced by Michael Carter’s ideas of creative writing. In his provocative work on writing as beginnings and as creative, […]
The Toulmin model of argumentation has been around for a long time. When I taught my first class in argument in the ‘80s, the manual I was using gave it […]
I do hear this from time to time. “The five paragraph theme should be taught because it introduces structure to students.” Most recently, I heard it yesterday from a friend. […]
With this blog post, I am officially making the move I have needed to make for some time now. I am moving from my old domain at blogger.com and coming […]
Most people seem to think about language the way they think about teen pregnancy. They think of it only as a problem. At least, that is how they sound. English […]