I have been committed to studying writing instruction for the last eight years. During that time, I have identified the six primary components of it and . . .

As I was preparing to move into my office in July of last year, my dad shared an article with me, "Burbank and His Plant School," that his mother, Thelma . . .

Frequently, parents tell me that I have a different approach to teaching writing. I agree with them. Over the past decade, I have made countless . . .

Around this time last year, Akiro, a student whom I have been working with for six years this month, sent me a "Thanksgiving" email. Reading it, brought a . . .

When I saw "word choice" listed as one of the ten grading criteria on the evaluation form for my son's first graded high school MLA-formatted paper, it . . .

Never have I been so eager to wake up at 5:00 a.m. as I was this past Tuesday: my son's first day of a school year with full-time and regular instruction . . .

Writing involves a lot of thinking. Thus, I encourage my writing students to spend time thinking about what they want to write before they sit down to . . .

Although the past 14 months have challenged me in so many different ways, they have also been liberating in that they have given me back the balance that . . .

Writing requires a tremendous amount of organization. Through my years of teaching writing, I have made a regular observation: organized students are . . .

As my son, Jacob, gets ready to embark on his high school adventure, I have found myself reflecting on the time when he was in fifth grade and listened to . . .