Teaching Creative Writing was dangled in front of me once before: 8 years ago, in fact. I immediately started formulating a vision, setting goals, developing plans …that I never got to use. This year, a spring Creative Writing class was proffered once more, though I dared not get my hopes up Read more…
Blogging in the L2 is something that I’ve researched a good bit. Vygotsky would say it’s awesome for capitalizing on the social nature of learning, and if I may speak for Sr. Krashen, it’s also pretty nifty in how it helps lower ye olde affective filter. And everyone seems to Read more…
My COMPASS Lab usually gets to choose what to blog about day to day, but today is not just any day. Up until now, we have primarily focused on getting used to reading challenging texts of the prose fiction, natural sciences, social sciences, and practical reading varieties.Today’s article would probably Read more…
Forty-five minutes a day, four days a week, I get to teach a class that is not a class! I will be preparing students to pass the reading and writing portions of the COMPASS test for entry and success in college courses.It is how my new school is dealing with Read more…