The 19th Century Twitter

The Fox sisters had a clever little hoax, but it certainly would never have become a nationwide movement and a religion without the endorsem...

Dianne Gets Social

Okay, the photo to the right is a picture of my ARCs of We Hear the Dead . Aren’t they pretty? They don’t have a whole lot to do with this ...

Process Writing Mirrors Publication

Anyone who is a teacher will be familiar with Process Writing as taught in the classroom. It consists of steps labeled Pre-Writing, Drafting...

Dr. Kane's Volcano

It’s probably time I explain the volcano picture at the top of this blog site. People who are familiar with the historical characters in We ...

Define Reading ... Part 2

Reading in today’s society tends to be a social activity. People share books, recommend them, discuss them, blog about them, and list them ...

The Little Ice Age

No, I’m not talking about the Blizzards of 2010! I realize that I was supposed to post the second half of my reading/testing essay today, bu...

Define Reading (and Support Your Answer with 3 Examples from the Text)

I asked my students: “What did Natasha say about men walking on the moon?” Chad had an answer. “She said it never happened. She told Tough...