Teaching Writing Fast and Effectively!

In the inner-city of Los Angeles there are many “year round schools.” On quite a few of my vacations I have taken over classrooms that were “without a teacher.” These are classrooms where others “did not” or “would not” stay. They are challenging. They contain many, many reluctant and remedial writers. I have experienced these [...]

Grammar, Vocabulary, Worksheets… NOT! Grammar, phonics… whatever my students need is what I want to teach. I can get as excited about the sound of a single letter as I can about an entire essay. Discovering the full beauty and interconnectedness of a particular subject is always fascinating to me. This beauty exists in even [...]