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The genre of research articles: Methods sections
Photo Credit: rayni_pembl822 via Compfight cc After something of a hiatus from Pros Write, I’m (finally) continuing the series on writing the different sections that make up a research article (… more →
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Low comedy makes me laugh.
wrote 19 hours ago: One of my favorite things about my daughter Ella, who is now three, is her laugh. It is guttural, a … more →
A Framework for Writing in 3 Minutes
wrote 3 days ago: Writing fiction is difficult. There are so few rules, and even the rules that do exist can and shou … more →
Week One #1: Some Very Smart People
wrote 4 days ago: Computers and Composition 20/20: A Conversation Piece, or What Some Very Smart People Have to Say ab … more →
Mapping Writing Units of Study…GPS Style
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wrote 1 week ago: by Jessica Sherman, Primary Literacy Collaborative Trainer At our Early Literacy Institute this summ … more →
The Four Types of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Worlds in under 300 words
wrote 1 week ago: It all depends on how immersed your world is in the elements of that genre. Minimal Immersion The … more →
Good advice for creating a thesis statement.
wrote 1 week ago: Good advice for creating a thesis statement. I came upon this via Twitter from a friend @gotanda to … more →
The genre of research articles: Methods sections
wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo Credit: rayni_pembl822 via Compfight cc After something of a hiatus from Pros Write, I’m … more →
Seeds, taking root
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wrote 2 weeks ago: It is that time of year. We smell the sweet scent of freshly mowed grass, the sun shines on a more r … more →
Immersing story in genre.
wrote 2 weeks ago: Stories should be shaped by the elements of the genre. SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY When you tell a … more →
Writing a Friendly Letter #2
wrote 2 weeks ago: After my students finished their first project (wrote a friendly letter about a home), they continue … more →
It's that time again, folks.
wrote 2 weeks ago: Needless to say, I haven’t been blogging. I haven’t been blogging because EverythingIsHa … more →
Writing a Friendly Letter #1
wrote 2 weeks ago: Writing, a very common thing, hard to do, sometimes bored. I also had that experience when I was in … more →
Two Great Poetry Lessons from Janet S. Wong
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wrote 2 weeks ago: For Younger Students Great poetry lesson from Janet S. Wong. Combine with grammar by requiring a cer … more →
First Lines (again)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Last week I started my long-term artist residency at Roosevelt High school, and it has been awesome. … more →
Standardized Testing
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wrote 3 weeks ago: All year I strive to teach my students to enjoy thinking. In Reading Workshop, they read books of th … more →
An open marketplace of ideas
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wrote 3 weeks ago: My seventh graders are nearing the end of a unit on persuasive writing. Their big assignment, which … more →
Ben Jonson in the Composition Classroom
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wrote 3 weeks ago: As a PhD student of Renaissance literature and rhetoric and a first-year composition teacher, I ofte … more →
But the Sentence is Grammatically Correct . . .
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wrote 3 weeks ago: © 2013 Jupiterimages By Carrie Hannigan, M.S. Having taught composition and technical writing course … more →
