The Genres of My Life

I might be the Hercule Poirot of language: I've solved they mystery of why students don't capitalize the personal pronoun I. At ...

The great question used to be "To be or not to be." Now, it's "To blog or not to blog." What is that saying: Al...

Good thing I'm pretty, because I'm not too bright. Almost jacked-up the blogfest.  But, I've regrouped and am ready to OWN I...

To all the men out there: I need your minds. Yes, gentlemen, your minds (I'll be asking for your bodies in the next post). To be mor...

After teaching my jaycee class this evening, I'm thinking of changing my blog series from "To Quote My Grandmother: 'Why are te...

I love vampires (hence, the email address). I teach my students how they represent their contemporary culture. Movie posters of Nosferatu a...

I am one-third of a writer's group. During the years I have spent work-shopping my pieces with these wonderful ladies, my writing has bl...

I am having my students write a caricature sketch of themselves in third person as part of our social commentary unit. Of course, I am going...