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At my last writing workshop for adults, I began by sharing four issues students (grades 6-12) have when writing academic papers and a few things I do to address those concerns. Perhaps some of these ideas will help with your…

I will pace the floor at home in an effort to find appropriate ways to work with students. Some teachers feel I overdo this, spending way too much time fussing. Either a student is going to follow directions, they say,…

INTRODUCTION Recently, a blog reader from Oregon asked about getting below-level, upper elementary readers up to grade level. That’s a broad topic, but I will share ideas from working with  5th grade classes. NOTE 1: First, know that in the…

Recently, a homeschool mom asked if her children should learn Latin or Latin and Greek roots. Two dear friends of mine are Latin teachers but I have written a book on root words called Word Archeology,  so ah…there’s my bias.…

Question: How can I share my high school students’ research papers? After ten weeks of working with 10th grade students on their extended essay research papers, my co-teachers and I presented an Essay Expo.    In a nutshell, we taught…