Tell us a story

Having discussed the magic of concrete stories, I’d like you to tell your own.
There is, in a sense, a length requirement here. I’d like it to be at least 10 sentences, but I can be flexible if your story is well crafted.
If you want to excell particularly, consider giving your story a bit of perspective, [...]

Reading on Your Own: A Podcast

A note to my juniors as they begin reading a book of their choosing and writing about them on their blogs. Reading What You Want
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Reading on Your Own: A podcast note to my juniors

A note to my juniors as they begin reading a book of their choosing and writing about them on their blogs. Reading What You Want
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Original image: ‘untitled’ www.flickr.com/photos/69175158@N00/75346809 by: Iacopo Sassarini
Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Wondering What My Students Got for Christmas

I do wonder what my students got for Christmas, even if I wouldn’t know after they told me. But for their sakes, my hope for them is summarized by a quote I read this week on a Starbucks’ coffee cup:

For all those parents who wonder, How do I get my kids to read? – [...]