This Poetry and Literature textbook course will offer the student the opportunity to learn and practice several different... More > poetry styles, such as haiku, shape, and free verse. The student will also learn several poetic conventions to help develop his/her poetic writing style. < Less

This Creative Writing text will offer the student the opportunity to learn several poetic and prose writing techniques,... More > language and vocabulary development, and practice word choice and writing styles. We will study poems and short narrative excerpts from poems and stories that serve as examples for our writing. Students will write each week, starting with basic language and sentence development, then practicing poetic forms, narrative vignettes, and finally the short story. < Less

The story I would like to submit to you is a story of deceit, betrayal, and redemption. It takes place in the Scottish... More > Highlands just after Robert the Bruce ran the English out of Scotland (a favorite historical period of mine), in the imaginary village of Lochnora. Here we meet the dainty, beautiful Meg, known as Meggie to those who love here. She is set upon while enjoying a private moment in a secluded glen, and who should come to her rescue? The oldest son of the sick and ailing Laird MacLeod. Once he becomes Laird of the clan, he weds Meg, but there are other forces at hand, trying to keep them apart. Only their love for each other can keep them together through the deceit. < Less

This Poetry and Literature textbook course will offer the student the opportunity to learn and practice several different... More > poetry styles, such as haiku, shape, and free verse. The student will also learn several poetic conventions to help develop his/her poetic writing style. < Less

This Creative Writing text will offer the student the opportunity to learn several poetic and prose writing techniques,... More > language and vocabulary development, and practice word choice and writing styles. We will study poems and short narrative excerpts from poems and stories that serve as examples for our writing. Students will write each week, starting with basic language and sentence development, then practicing poetic forms, narrative vignettes, and finally the short story. < Less

Book of stories written by children

The story I would like to submit to you is a story of deceit, betrayal, and redemption. It takes place in the Scottish... More > Highlands just after Robert the Bruce ran the English out of Scotland (a favorite historical period of mine), in the imaginary village of Lochnora. Here we meet the dainty, beautiful Meg, known as Meggie to those who love here. She is set upon while enjoying a private moment in a secluded glen, and who should come to her rescue? The oldest son of the sick and ailing Laird MacLeod. Once he becomes Laird of the clan, he weds Meg, but there are other forces at hand, trying to keep them apart. Only their love for each other can keep them together through the deceit. < Less