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Timm Freitas & I Are Writing A Textbook!! (Part II)
I was overjoyed yesterday to see that so many teachers want to participate in the textbook that Timm Freitas and I are…
Read issue →Timm Freitas & I Are Writing A Textbook Together!!
Yesterday I announced the exciting news that Timm Freitas and I are collaborating to write a textbook. I’m beyond stoked…
Read issue →Tackle Each FRQ With 3 Simple Templates
Back on May 29th 2002, I finally graduated from Brown University with two graduate degrees in English and education.…
Read issue →My Student Nicknamed "The Little Engine That Can"
My fiancé feels like she hooked up with a rockstar, especially when we spend any amount of time in the town where I…
Read issue →3 Tricks Guaranteed To Raise Your Student's AP Scores
I’ve been teaching teachers how to teach writing for years. Probably the most common thing I say to the teachers I…
Read issue →Let's Start With A Few Little Trees
On the first day of school, I equip each of my AP students with a box of crayons. In my twenty years at Sperry High…
Read issue →Crush Each FRQ With 3 Simple Templates
Yesterday I mentioned a recent article that was published in the JAAL. Secondary ELA teachers were asked to rate…
Read issue →English Teachers Are Entrusted With A Deathless Power
English teachers are entrusted with a deathless power to breathe curiosity into their students, to elicit new truths,…
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