As promised – here are a couple vocabulary word infomercials written today by 8th graders in Eastlake Ohio.

Just back from attending the Keystone State Reading Association conference in Hershey, PA. Where one actually can smell chocolate in the air...

  One of the the thank you notes from St. Gabes. Kids have a way of keeping you humble.

The English Companion Ning is a really cool online community dedicated to English teachers.  Well, later this month their book club will be...

    So I returned to the grade school I graduated from almost 35 years ago for a visit and to talk with the kids about and work on p...

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This Summer had been a crazy busy one – New Zealand and Australia took up almost the whole month of July. Then as soon as we got back I had...

In Australia a college is not somewhere students go after high school as it is in the United States – the term refers to any school. Thus, ...

What the Aussies lack in pronouncing of syllables in their words – they make up with over the top down under hospitality. After our charmed...