Writing
Google Docs and student blogs
T omorrow begins week two of the 2011-2012 school year. One of the tasks students will…
Vocabulary
The new year
T omorrow marks the start of the new school year, my seventh at my current school. My …
Writing
A delayed return
D ue to Tropical Storm Irene's touchdown in Massachusetts this morning, my distric…
Reading
A School [We'd] Love To See
C hris Lehmann from Practical Theory recently shared the following idea for a high sc…
Reading
Literatue and the Carter Effect
O n a recent trip to get a haircut in the city of Northampton , I ended up giving a ho…
Writing
A look back at what was
Now seems as good a time as any to look back over the highlights of 2010... January 20…
Writing
The plunge
W ell, I'm back at it. The first day with students is tomorrow. Today was spent in…
Writing
Making comments
Ah summer, thank you for this time to read. In the spirit being an active and contribu…
Reading
Another spin
L ast Sunday marked one more year that I've been around to partake in the earth…
Technology
Teaching the New Writing
Teaching the New Writing is a compendium of teacher anecdotes, lessons, and insight…
Treasure Island
Lit Circle Jobs 2.0
T oday my district had a three-hour professional development day. While many teachers …
Technology
Flying into spring
S ome observations and announcements as the ground begins to thaw... Third quarter gr…
Reviews
Envy the Night
I t's been a while since I tore through a book in less than 24 hours. Faced with t…
Technology
Is online reading "real" reading?
T he New York Times article " Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? "…
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea Research Project
I 've revised the Old Man and the Sea research project my 9th graders complete be…
Reading
Area eccentric reads entire book
T his article from today's Onion can be appreciated by all lovers of literature …
Writing
How readable am I?
I suppose this is a good thing. When I originally ran my site URL (and not the feed),…
Reading
Literature circles
I use literature circles with every novel I teach. They're a great way to get stu…
