The vast majority of English teachers in middle and high school teach MLA formatting for essays with good reason, as it is what student...

There are a lot of good writing prompts out there that ask for an opinion, but there are few that ask for rhetorical strategies beyond th...

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."...