Reviving Vocabulary: Genuine and Generative Vocabulary Instruction
The Common Core states, “It is widely accepted among researchers that the difference in students’ vocabulary levels is a key factor in...
Student Writing & NaNoWriMo: A Socially-Networked Composition Community
“After realizing that I hated my novel and it was the worst thing I'd ever read in my life. I took it outside, grabbed some kerosene, and...
Using Literary Theory
Using Literary Theory Literary criticism should be utilized “in order to make what is implicit in a book finely explicit” (Bloom, 2000,...
Assessments
Assessing our students requires us to be coaches rather than referees making a final call. However, evaluation often fosters the concept...