Raise your virtual hand
if you have ever had a student over the age of eight years old who still
doesn't put capital letters at the beginning of his or her sentences. Every
year, I receive countless of these students, along with the students who don't
write in complete sentences and the students who don't bother putting any punctuation
whatsoever in a paper.

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The reading program that changed my view of reading programs
I have never been a fan of reading programs. Lacking in rigor, authenticity, and originality, the vast majority that I have seen turn teachi...

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In a previous post , I discussed having students master theme by writing their own stories designed around a self-chosen theme. But why sto...
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I am one of those teachers who loves teaching grammar, though not for the reason that most teachers love it. The reason I love teaching...
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No one wants to feel like their time is being wasted. As someone who has sat through 18 years of schooling and five more of professio...