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Grammar & Mechanics
Grammar Checkers for Teachers
It’s exhausting and time-consuming. So, naturally, teachers look for short-cuts that will save energy and time, but ones which will still give students what they need…
Computer-Graded Essays
Computer-gradingof student writing is being actively marketed to K-12 schools and universities. The NCTE and CCCC are adamantly against this trend. But, is there a middle…
California Common Core Language Standards
Teachers in California and Massachusetts are asking plenty of questions. For example, how do the Common Core State Standards differ from those of their states. How…
Common Core Language Standards
Here are the questions teachers are asking about the language strand of the Common Core State Standards. Teachers are naturally concerned with such a monumental change…
Writer’s Workshop Mini-Conferences
With Writer’s Workshop, teachers typically organize a one-hour workshop so that at least half of the time is devoted to writing, peer conferences, and writer-teacher mini-conferences.…
Differentiating Instruction in Writer’s Workshop
Critics of Writer’s Workshop often complain that Writer’s Workshop can be inefficient and/or a class management nightmare. Neither of those criticisms concerns me greatly. However, I…
Essay e-Grading
Good teachers know that students need detailed, prescriptive, and personal comments on their essays throughout the writing process to make significant improvement. However, the process can…
How to Teach Sentence Diagramming
Sentence diagramming can be a useful visual tool to teach students how to identify the different parts of sentences, understand how these parts function, and see…