Winter Break

This is the day before our winter break. I am curious to know what you are looking forward to doing, seeing, participating in this upcoming break. We just read the short story The Gift of the Magi – so in the spirit of giving,  please share a story from a holiday when you were a child [...]

Books We Love

Driving in the car yesterday I saw a forest and it reminded me of a book I had read, a favorite book, that had an elaborate plot that led the two main characters into a forest. This was a survival novel that dealt with making it through life using knowledge and savvy. Some knowledge turned [...]

Blogging and Thinking

Blogging is just another form of writing, only public! As we begin to blog and grow with it, we can see just how powerful writing can become when it is shared. Your work here really does matter. Allow me to explain.
The writing and reading that you do in class is sometimes shared in a limited [...]