The good and bad news of Grammar Week
Last week, instead of doing a new AP Practice Essay, my students and I focused on grammar and proofreading. Their assignment: Choose an essay they’ve wri...
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Teaching time management to students
For my library science class, I have a 15-page research paper due in a month. No, I haven’t started yet. But at least I know that I should be starting. M...
It takes time to build relationships
When I was in high school, there wasn’t the expectation that teachers and students would build relationships. As a student, I went to class, did my work,...
Why “Your homework is due tonight” is working
Teaching 101 says to check students’ homework during the first five minutes of class. I think this is wrong for a few reasons: It’s too late. Stude...
It’s Grammar Week in AP English
Sometimes I feel like AP English should be renamed AP Grammar. My students’ reading, writing, and thinking have grown over the past two months, but unfor...