One of my favorite activities in class to practice a particular writing skill is to show a short video about a high-interest topic and...

My new book is finally available! After many years of teaching college students who are not quite ready for the demands of college-leve...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a favorite of my students, so I was excited about the movie that was released in August. I'm h...

The bane of my existence in teaching is plagiarism. I do everything I can to explain to students why they should not plagiarize, and I sp...

The most common mistake I see in commercial signage, besides apostrophes, is using "everyday" instead of "every day."...

I am a big proponent of learning students' names early on, and several studies bear out the importance of this. In a recent small st...

I had my first class with severe behavior issues this past semester. I've had individual behavior problems and small groups with atti...