Contact Mr. Martin
You can reach me at [email protected] or 309-747-2156, and I'll reply
within 1-2 business days. Thanks!
within 1-2 business days. Thanks!
About Mr. Martin
Mr. Richard Martin (AKA The Grammar Hammer)
Years Teaching: 15 years
High School: Gridley High School
College: University of Illinois (degree in English/Secondary Ed) / Illinois State University
(Master's in Teaching of Writing)
Activities: Writin' Titan Program Coordinator, JH Scholastic Bowl Coach, JH EPG Education Association Rep, Save the Semicolon Taskforce--founder and president
Favorite Authors: God, Melville, Shakespeare, Hemingway, Cather, Billy Collins, Dostoevsky, Mike Royko
Favorite Books: The Holy Bible, Moby Dick, O Pioneers!, Notes from the Underground, McCullough's Truman, Sandberg's biography of Lincoln, Our Town, 1984, A Confederacy of Dunces.
Favorite Short Story: "The Reach" Stephen King
Favority Poets: St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Frost, Dickinson, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, William Matthews, Anne Bradstreet
Favorite Poem: "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
How I spend my time outside of work: I like to spend time with beautiful wife and daughter, study the Bible, sing, play drums, listen to music, watch old movies, yell at the Cubs, write, read, look at maps, sit alone in the dark to let my mind wander, make up ridiculous songs, and go out to breakfast.
Personal Life: I'm married to Jackie Martin--kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Park. I have a 5 year old daughter, Brynn "Bebop-a-doodles" Martin. I'm a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. where I teach Sunday school. I have two sisters, both married with kids. My mom is a retired nurse, and my dad was Township Road Commissioner for Gridley Township. He passed away 3 years ago. Oddly, he couldn't write a lick, but he read all the time.
Favorite Bible Verses: Job 28:28, Eccl. 12:1, Phil 1:6
Years Teaching: 15 years
High School: Gridley High School
College: University of Illinois (degree in English/Secondary Ed) / Illinois State University
(Master's in Teaching of Writing)
Activities: Writin' Titan Program Coordinator, JH Scholastic Bowl Coach, JH EPG Education Association Rep, Save the Semicolon Taskforce--founder and president
Favorite Authors: God, Melville, Shakespeare, Hemingway, Cather, Billy Collins, Dostoevsky, Mike Royko
Favorite Books: The Holy Bible, Moby Dick, O Pioneers!, Notes from the Underground, McCullough's Truman, Sandberg's biography of Lincoln, Our Town, 1984, A Confederacy of Dunces.
Favorite Short Story: "The Reach" Stephen King
Favority Poets: St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Frost, Dickinson, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, William Matthews, Anne Bradstreet
Favorite Poem: "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
How I spend my time outside of work: I like to spend time with beautiful wife and daughter, study the Bible, sing, play drums, listen to music, watch old movies, yell at the Cubs, write, read, look at maps, sit alone in the dark to let my mind wander, make up ridiculous songs, and go out to breakfast.
Personal Life: I'm married to Jackie Martin--kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Park. I have a 5 year old daughter, Brynn "Bebop-a-doodles" Martin. I'm a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. where I teach Sunday school. I have two sisters, both married with kids. My mom is a retired nurse, and my dad was Township Road Commissioner for Gridley Township. He passed away 3 years ago. Oddly, he couldn't write a lick, but he read all the time.
Favorite Bible Verses: Job 28:28, Eccl. 12:1, Phil 1:6