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I am currently teaching 9th grade English at a new high school in Sarasota, Suncoast Polytechnical High School. SPHS is dedicated to providing a high tech, rigorous and meaningful, career oriented education to students who have elected to attend the school. I am also an occasional contributor to Visual Thesaurus.
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Favorite Topics:
Business writing:
A Nasty Bit of Corporate Speak
August 6, 2009
August 6, 2009
Business Buzzwords to Avoid
July 30, 2009
Copywriting:
Red Pen Diaries: The Solutions Problem
December 3, 2009
December 3, 2009
Five Simple Rules of Design Every Writer Should Know
October 5, 2009
October 5, 2009
Fiction writing:
Rules for Writing Fiction
February 23, 2010
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
October 28, 2009
How to write:
The Power of Short Words
March 11, 2010
March 11, 2010
Tick-Tock: Productive Writing, Pomodoro Style
March 8, 2010
March 8, 2010
Language:
Invented Languages Q&A
March 16, 2010
Ben Zimmer Named New York Times Language Columnist
March 12, 2010
Language arts:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Let Freedom Ring!
February 18, 2010
Media:
Ben Zimmer Named New York Times Language Columnist
March 12, 2010
A Daily Vocabulary Bonanza for Teachers
February 23, 2010
Reading:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Reading What You Want
March 9, 2010
Students:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Teachers:
Choosing Literature in an Age of Distraction
February 15, 2010
Knowing Write from Wrong: How I Get My Classes to Write
January 11, 2010
Teaching:
Short But Rarely Sweet: Short Stories in the Classroom
March 15, 2010
Grammar Rules!
March 11, 2010
Word Origins:
"Sleeping Beauties" in English and Dutch
January 20, 2010
The Origins of "Eggnog," Holiday Grog
December 24, 2009
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
June 4, 2008
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