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67Five Classic Revision Techniques
I used to work for a department head who said that revision is at the heart of good writing. Even though good writing is full of subtleties and nuances, and at every turn, seems to defy easy descriptions,...
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56Hard Evidence
I remember my childhood toy chest. Cylindrically shaped, painted a bright red, and resembling bass drum, it took up most of the space in my bedroom. When I was getting too old for old for toys and toy...
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64Reading Comprehension Strategies for Standardized Tests
The reading section is the hardest part of a standardized test for which to prepare. In many ways, it assesses, or pretends to assess, about twelve years of reading habits. It is the reading section that...
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64The Autodidact's Corner
I'm a Nashville based freelance writer / blogger and teacher with nearly twenty-five years of writing and teaching experience behind me. I love covering a diverse range of topics including education, SAT...
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54Climbing The Walls
Throughout my career as a student, I've done a lot of sleeping in classrooms, though not lately, and it's sometimes difficult for me to recall the waking moments. However, I do remember a class I had with...
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68The Inner Game of Writing
The Bread Loaf Tennis Tournament was created so that the students and the teachers could take a break from the serious work in the classroom and have a little fun. I had played college tennis and had...
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57Writing Tip: Write About What You Know
Ken Macrorie, my mentor at Bread Loaf, gave us this advice during the first day of class. He added that the problem with much of the writing in schools is that teachers ask students to write about subjects...
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61What is Nature Deficit Disorder?
This semester I finished teaching Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of Jerry Spinelli, and it truly was a homecoming. About fifteen years ago I taught his Newberry Award winning novel Maniac Magee,...
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56The Second Best Idea for SAT Preparation
Memory is an elusive, enigmatic tool. Why do you remember some things and don’t remember others? I personally think your memory is connected to your senses. I once went to a workshop on how you teach...
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52A Day In the Life
Dog doesn’t just say no and gets ‘stoned’ at parkFourteen year old boy hit in the head by a pea-sized meterorite.Ex-Miss California reacts. her replacement.Ochocinco dupes fans with his new face...
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