Woodcock’s Writing Tips – The Pronoun “I”
Woodcock’s Writing Tips are quick references for students and writers. This tip reviews the pronoun “I”.
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Woodcock’s Writing Tips – Formatting Titles
Woodcock’s Writing Tips are quick references for students and writers. This tip reviews how to format titles.
Texts on My Mind This Week – September 13, 2021
What White People Can Do Next, Seedfolks, A Raisin in the Sun, The Soloist, and Finding D.W. are the texts on my mind for the week of September 13, 2021.
Six-Word Stories: 51 Students Reflect on the 2020-2021 School Year
The 2020-2021 school year is in the books! On the final day of class, I introduced my students the concept of the six-word story (also known as a six-word memoir). We reviewed Masterclass’s brief overview blog post and I went over a few tips of my own, including how to use punctuation, hyphens, and abbreviations.…
2021 Reading Goal – Read More with Less Excuses
Happy New Year! In 2021, I would like to read more books and make less excuses.
Reading Roll Call – November 16, 2020 – The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle has been on my TBR list since high school. See why I’m finally picking it up in this week’s Reading Roll Call.
Woodcock’s Writing Tips – Proper Nouns
Woodcock’s Writing Tips are quick references for students and writers. This tip reviews proper nouns.
Reading Roll Call – November 9, 2020 – The Broken Girls
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James has been the book to get me out of my reading rut in 2020 with its mysterious thriller and historical fiction elements.
Article of the Week Suggestion Box
A student recently floated the idea of a “Suggestion Box” for potential Article of the Week assignments. Here’s how it works.
Reading Roll Call – October 5, 2020 – Letting Go of Literary Whiteness
My response to President Trump’s calls for removing anti-racist education from US schools is to read about and do the anti-racist work.