Last week I began my latest teaching adventure–teaching college freshman English Composition. I’ve taught students necessary and even advanced writing skills over the years, and am so excited to begin this new endeavor! The end-goal of the class is for the students to write four expository essays that conform to college writing standards. Specifically, the […]
Setting Goals in the Classroom
One of the first things I like to do each new year is make a vision board to help me set personal and professional goals and post that visual reminder somewhere prominent so that I can be continually reminded of the things I hope to accomplish in my life short term. Throughout the year, I […]
Preparing Students for the SAT Writing and Language Test
When I was a middle school English language arts teacher, I always knew that my students would someday have to take the SAT Writing and Language Test (along with the SAT Reading test), but I never understood what I could be doing in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English classes that could begin to prepare […]
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