Values Influence Reading, Writing and Viewing
One way you can have your students step back a moment before they begin looking at articles, viewing video clips, and writing summaries and abstracts about controversial issues is to have…
Prepare in the Fall for Spring Assessments
Practice Debates ⇒Argumentative Essays Meeting Common Core State Standards is not the only reason to have students learn to think about claims, reasons, counter-aguments, and evidence. The four major assessments…
Pattern Writing
Commemorative Essay about Favorite Author A commemorative essay is a type of writing that celebrates or simply analyzes an important figure or event in the past. People often write commemorative…
On Leadership – April
Bad Doesn't Have to Be Permanent* No matter how experienced we are, there are times we blow it. But, that bad time doesn’t have to poison relationships with those with…