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Teaching Night: 2 Ways to Incorporate Facing History and Ourselves with your Night Unit

Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night is a powerful and harrowing account of his experiences during the Holocaust. As a high school English teacher, I teach this book at the sophomore level, so my students are roughly the same age as Elie in his memoir. If you are teaching Night this year, keep reading to learn about two powerful activities to incorporate into your unit!

Teaching Night in a high school English classroom provides an opportunity to explore themes of identity, dehumanization, morality, and the consequences of hatred. However, it is also crucial to provide students with historical context to help students can understand not only the longstanding antisemitism in Europe, but also the breakdown of Germany’s government, and its rise to fascism.

Teaching Literary Analysis: 4 Ways to Improve Your Student's Literary Analysis with the OPTIC Strategy and Art

Teaching Literary Analysis: Improve Your Student’s Literary Analysis with the OPTIC Strategy and Art

Teaching literary analysis can be challenging, especially when students struggle to interpret themes, symbols, and deeper meanings in texts. One of the most challenging aspects

“Building Strong Writers: Strategies and Scaffolds for Teaching Writing in Secondary ELA” – Your New Number 1 Favorite ELA PD Book

If you are a middle school ELA or high school English teacher looking to improve your writing instruction and provide meaningful and effective instructional strategies

What is Theme?: 5 Tips for Teaching Theme

Exploring the world of literature is like to setting off on a daring journey (hence my name, The Daring English Teacher) through diverse human experiences, and at the heart of every compelling story lies a theme—a beacon illuminating the profound truths and timeless lessons woven into the fabric of storytelling. And even more elusive than determining a story’s theme is teaching theme in the secondary ELA classroom.

The Literary Analysis Creative Square Project: A Fun and Creative Literary Analysis Project for any Novel

At the end of each novel I teach, I like to have my students participate in some sort of culminating literary analysis project that allows

AI & Academic Integrity 5 Ways to Combat and Embrace student AI use

AI and Academic Integrity: 5 Ways to Combat and Embrace Student AI Use

How to Teach Essay Writing in Secondary ELA

Teaching students how to write a multi-paragraph essay is a process, and it isn’t something that can be taught in one class period, nor is

Teaching Short Stories at the Start of the School Year: 4 Reasons to Begin the Year with Short Stories

Starting off the school year with teaching short stories is a great way to engage the learners in your classroom as soon as you are

Back-to-School Stations for Secondary ELA: How I Use These 4 Stations in My High School English Classroom

Of of the most engaging and interactive ways to start the new school year is by facilitating a back-to-school station activity in your classroom. Using back-to-school stations as a classroom activity during the first week of school a great way to get your students up and interacting with each other. Furthermore, back-to-school stations are also great for getting to know your students and handing out important class information.

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