Archive for September, 2008
9 Reasons the Hyphen Is Important
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What a writer wants to do is not what he does — Jorge Borges
Well, I stand corrected… After a comment on last week’s post on the dash from Mrs. S asking “So when do I use a hyphen? Is that just for joining words together?“, I did a little research and realized [...]
Tutor.com
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Recently I embarked on a new teaching journey and would love to share a great resource with my readers.
Tutor.com is a website designed to connect students with qualified tutors. Students can either access the site from a library and receive 20 minutes of free instruction at a time (the library pays for the [...]
TGIF: Links to Inspire…
photo credit: Hamed Saber
TGIF everyone! Here are a few links to start our weekend off right…
Helen Keller’s Guide to Courageous Living
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Guide to Productivity
Keys to Unbridled Childlike Enthusiasm
6 Ways to Motivate Yourself at Work
10 Definitions of Happiness
The Dash
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Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. — Thomas Berger
Two weeks ago, we happily found that the semicolon is a simple, yet powerful mark of punctuation. Well, the dash is even more powerful… Originally I was going to post on both the dash and the colon, but then quickly realized the [...]
Back in the (virtual) Classroom…
photo credit: Guillermo Esteves
Well, after a one week hiatus from LitGuides — dedicated to jumping back into the classroom — I’m excited to share a bunch of resources that I think might come in handy…
First, a little background on my week. After a much needed one year leave from teaching, I realized there were [...]
TGIF: Links to Inspire
photo credit: Per Ola Wiberg (former ponanwi and Powi)
The first full week… Whew… Enjoy a well-earned weekend!
6 Tools to Help You Enjoy Your Job Like a Zen Monk
10 Things to Change to Get What You Want
Tiger Woods’ Rulebook to Success
7 Things I Wish I Knew at my College Graduation
36 Tips to Improve Productivity
How Can I Help You?
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Now that the school year is back in full swing… and now that LitGuides has been up and running for two months…
How can I help you?
I have fifteen years experience teaching writing and literature to high schoolers and as I transition to teaching “from home” — online learning for students getting [...]
The Power of Semicolons!
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The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe. — David Hare
For many years, my favorite word has been “ambivalence” – experiencing simultaneous conflicting emotions. And this week’s mark of punctuation is the perfect complement to this word: the semicolon!
The semicolon is so simple, yet powerful. If you have [...]
Is the Web Rescuing Literacy…?
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As a follow-up to my recent post on whether Google is making us stupid, I found this article that discusses whether or not the Web actually increases the literacy of our youth — back to the ‘ol Reading at Any Cost idea…
From the Digital Journal:
The pro-Web faction in the debate about literacy [...]
TGIF: Links to Inspire
photo credit: Perla*
Back from our travels… Ready to be inspired?!
How to Take Personal Responsibility
5 Playground Rules to Live by
How to Simplify Your Life… Really…
How to Avoid Arguing with your Boss
10 Ways to Create Unshakeable Confidence
