Secondary English Language Arts Resources
The first annual Wayne High School literary anthology is now available online! I encouraged all my students to write every day this year, and often "battled" students who don't see the point, and …
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"Weird Al" Yankovic aims his biting satire against "word crimes" in his latest parody extolling the virtues of correct grammar and punctuation. This video is perfect for a middle or high school …
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I had the opportunity to meet with Josh Flores, the Director of Language Arts at the Oklahoma State Department of Education, a few weeks ago. When he found out I have a background in journalism, he …
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A post on Facebook recently reminded me of this video of David Coleman, in which he states that the problem with narrative writing taught in schools is that when kids grow up, they realize nobody... …
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Most of my students would vehemently disagree with the statement that writing shorter is harder than writing longer. Most of them struggle with getting ideas, organizing them and then putting them …
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