A New Journey – Writing Workshop in the Digital Age
As the fourth quarter begins, the dawn of a new era of teaching for me rapidly approaches: the Digital Writing Workshop. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for quite a while, but...
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Writing
Great Neal Stephenson Anecdote for Writing Teachers
The Lifehacker site has a great story about how the writing process isn’t always as neat, orderly and sequential as we teachers sometimes portray it. The story would make a great anecdote for a...
Can You Write a Story Without Using the Letter E?
A lipogram is a type of word play whereby an author creates a piece of writing with a missing letter. One of the most famous lipograms is Ernest Vincent Wright’s 50,000 word story, Gadsby,...
How Learning Grammar Can Save You Money
Two issues that students care deeply about are freedom and money. They want to be independent and they want to buy more stuff. One issue that’s usually low on their priority list is proofreading. ...
