Here's a little video I made to show some of my MLA resources. If you have to teach MLA formatting and citations, either from scratch...

Teachers Pay Teachers has a great blog full of wonderful ideas for teachers. I'm flattered that they featured one of my blog posts fro...

These are my top three wish listed items from my Teachers Pay Teachers store. If you have one of these on your list, or any of my other ...

Teaching active and passive voice is a bit of a challenge. Most older students have heard of passive voice, and know they shouldn't u...

Whenever I substitute for a class, I come with a prepared bag of tricks, even if the teacher has left a detailed plan. You never know whe...

I substituted for a class last week, and the situation was the stuff of nightmares. The regular teacher had planned for them to watch a m...

My students generally write paragraphs that contain topic sentences and evidence to support their points. What they are missing sometime...