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Making Your Socratic Seminars Smaller

Socratic seminars are great learning tools because they allow students to voice their own questions and opinions about the subject being discussed. But with the

4 Reasons Students Should Read in the Classroom

School is relatively short when you think about the way we slice the day into different periods. Kids get maybe an hour with you a

Teaching Your Students to Edit Their Work

Oftentimes, students will not edit their own work, as it does not seem necessary to them. What they may not realize is the importance of

Secondary ELA Pacing Guide and Curriculum Map

One of the most challenging things for a (new) teacher is planning and pacing the curriculum. After all, there are so many different standards to

Bad Movie Adaptations: What’s so Good About Them?

A simple Google search will show you some of the best book-to-movie adaptations in history. But what can really be gained in the classroom by,

How to Teach Tone: 3 Ways to Analyze Tone

Tone might be one of the hardest concepts to explain to students. Some understand tone immediately. These are not the students to worry about. Our job as teachers is to help those who do not innately understand how to analyze literature. Working out how to understand tone in the classroom can help students understand it better when reading at home.

Working it out at school can allow them to feel more confident while reading and analyzing on their own. Here are three ways to work on analyzing tone in the classroom that will help you with how to teach tone.