Simple, Effective Essay Rubric
A few weeks ago I wrote about the 10 struggles that surprised me in the classroom and one of those was the crazy number of hours I spend outside of the classroom grading papers! Then, I wrote a post...
View ArticleGrammarly Review and Video Tutorial
The kind folks over at Grammarly recently let me try out their service with my high school English classes. The service offers to help students continue to develop writing skills through automated...
View ArticleTips for Getting the Work You Want From Students
Have you checked out Secondary Solutions reading guides recently? They offer some amazing, insightful, standards based, questions and you can check them out here. These resources can save teachers a...
View ArticleQuizlet Tutorial for Teachers!
Remember when I told you about a few apps that my students taught me to love? Well I just jumped on the bandwagon and realized that one of them is going to change the way I assign vocabulary study....
View ArticleAnchor Papers: A Journey Toward Better Student Papers
I’ve recently had an ah-ha moment about teaching writing at all levels using anchor papers. Anchor papers are basically a set of papers that each represent the characteristics of a particular grade...
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