I've been trying all week to come up with something witty to say for banned books week, but it's all been said so much better by so many other people. However, it continues to fluster me that one or two people can manage to have a book removed from a school library and/or curriculum even if they haven't read it. And sometimes the complaints seem a ( Read more... )

Over the centuries, people have commented that I have a knack for explaining grammar. Now, I do not profess to be a grammar expert by any means, but I will begin a regular grammar feature on this blog. I will mostly be using explanations I used with my junior high students eons ago and the lessons I use to teach my two homeschooled sons ( Read more... )