10 Activities for Teaching The Odyssey
Taking on the task of teaching The Odyssey is a massive undertaking. One might even say it’s an epic undertaking. Although a popular Greek
Teaching Journalism: 10 Tips for New Journalism Advisers
Welcome to the amazing world of teaching journalism and advising the school newspaper! Whether you’ve signed up to teach journalism or were assigned the class, teaching students journalism and advising the school newspaper can be a gratifying aspect of your career. In this post, I will share my top tips for new journalism advisers.
Helping Students Prepare for Career, College, and Beyond
As teachers, it is our job to help students prepare for career, college, or whatever goals they have beyond our doors. Many times it seems
Simple Ways to Teach Text Annotation in Secondary ELA
If I could choose one skill that every one of my students achieves by the time they leave my classroom, it would be how to
How to Teach Close Reading in Secondary ELA
It’s not the most popular activity in my classroom, but I believe teaching close reading is a vital skill for my students to feel
Best Practices for Using Sticky Notes in Secondary ELA
You probably won’t get very far in teaching without hearing about a plethora of sticky note activities. It might even seem overwhelming because you
5 End of the Year ELA lessons to Teach
With the end of the school year quickly approaching, it’s time to begin planning that last unit or final activity. Here is a list of five different high school English and middle school end of the year English lessons to get you though those last weeks!
Is Teaching Shakespeare Still Relevant?
Shakespeare has been gone for 400 years and yet we still insist on keeping him in our classroom. Mention Shakespeare, and I can guarantee teens
Teaching Long Way Down: 25 Engaging Ideas for Teaching the Verse Novel
So, you want to teach Long Way Down? Long Way Down is a verse novel about a fifteen-year-old boy named Will Holloman. It is a
