Here is a presentation I made to help me introduce the concept of Magic Realism at Young Writers Camp.  Feel free to use it, and all images ...

I won a contest that I didn't even know I signed up for!!!  What did I win?  That's the best part! Guess... Nope, not ...

I'm puttering around this post trying to figure out how to describe what became, this Spring, a phenomenon in my classroom. It's...

I am not telling untruths here--I received an email from a local public radio station that started like this:

I'm trying out some layout changes.  Feel free to critique.

Pardon the day-late-ness of this post.  Here is what I managed to write in flu-ridden state yesterday: "In my searc for adequate de...

Briefly, I define mentor texts as a piece of a writing used as a model.  There is more to it, but let's start there.  Eventually, I'...

Well my caped friends, the results are in.  Here is the short version: Survey Topic: Weekly Blog segments Survey Duration: 5 days Survey...