In teaching remedial composition to college students, one misconception that I am constantly correcting is that academic research pap...

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clip art by Image Boutique    I have been assigning this reflection activity for five years now, and have found it to be a productive...

I offer significant points for turning in rough drafts because revision is the most important part of the writing process. I have had mu...

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According to the common core standards, students learn idioms in second through fifth grade. I created these two products with those ...