Inviting Writers
What’s New? This semester I have been updating the list of poems I use to inspire and invite my first-year…
Passion Matters
What’s New? This week my first year students started work on our rhetorical analysis unit. On Tuesday when I introduced…
Teaching Humans
What’s Really New: Last academic year, by remembering that I was teaching humans I was able to engineer a soft…
Why I Care About Authentic Writing
Inauthentic disposable writing assignments do not make writers and do not help students learn how to write. Authentic writing breaks that shameful cycle and shows students that writing matters and that writers wield power.
Triangle Power
The triangle is the strongest shape, capable of holding its shape, having a strongbase, and providing immense support. Some of the…
This I Believe: Using games to teach writing rocks
What’s New? This week I will kick off my fifth iteration of using games to teach writing and I continue…
