Lit Lang Lady

Literature, language and reflections on the language arts life!

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About Me

Courtney: English teacher - Cleveland - happily married - runner - world traveler - grammar maven - constant learner

Lit Lang Lady - because I love Alliteration

Allow me to introduce myself to the blogosphere - I'm Courtney, and I teach English at a high school right outside of Cleveland. For the...
Teaching Half the Sky

About four years ago, I read a book that changed my life: Half the Sky. It came to me on a whim - I was trying to join a book club my fri...
Back to school and Blog!

Goal: Get back to blogging this school year! I started this, then of course, life got in the way. Last school year, I had 2 brand new classe...
Six Word Memoirs

The legend goes that Ernest Hemingway was sitting at lunch with some friends, agonizing over the long-winded writers of their day. Hemin...
Key Moment Writing

Lately, I've been into Kelly Gallagher's books, and right now, I'm on Write Like This . He gives great ideas and examples fo...
Writing for Real Life

I just finished reading Write Like This , by Kelly Gallagher. I cannot recommend it enough to language arts teachers! It was full of practic...

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