Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

1.12.23

Analysis: Freud, Derrida and the Magic Slate

Do you remember playing with a magic slate as a child? Learn how Sigmund Freud uses this device to talk about the unconscious mind. A Finn...

27.2.12

On Realism and Strunk and White: Rule 16 On Writing

I write about, in this post, the famous book the Elements of Style - one of the few editorial style books to make it to the bestseller list...

26.12.10

Derrida's Definition of Western Philosophy

Derrida writes in "La Différance," in Ma rgins of Philosophy, "For the middle voice, a certain nontransitivity, may be...

19.6.10

Why Clichés Are So Horrifying (with apologies to Paul Coker, Jr.)

In this post, I write about the use of clichés and how Mad Magazine illustrator Paul Poker pokes fun at them in back issues of the magazine...

30.5.10

Repost: Why We're All Glad English Carries Gender Type Information

Photo by JW on Unsplash A repost from NPR by Jessica Love of a story about grammar - when gender sometimes matters in language. ...

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