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Check out my new blog!

It's about my first exercise of the year - which combines colorful markers, mind maps, self-expression, public speaking ... and so much more!!

I redesigned the English Department's summer reading assignment based on come lessons I learned at the NCTE Conference in Las Vegas.

We stopped mandating and started listening .... The great experiment begins this summer!!

Click here to read my new blog all about it -- lots of pictures and mind maps!!…

I am so crazy about writing workshop and teaching creativity, that I build in a special prgoam into my AP Language classes. 

One of the key ingredients to teaching creativity is the year-end PORTFOLIO!



I just finished grading my AP students' portfolios, and it was wonderfully rewarding to see how much they had learned from class and how far they had come as writers and artists. I cherish this time of year because of these projects - so I wrote a new blog entry about…

Are you interested in teaching student to love writing, poetry, mind-mapping, and other creative pursuits?

My work is based on the Writing Workshop model espoused by Nancy Atwell, Donald Graves, Lucy Calkins, etc. Plus, I add layers and layers of new ideas!

Check out my website! You'll find a blog of new posts, a free book, and a gallery of student samples.…