Picture Books in High School? Try This Introductory Lesson Idea
Getting started might just be the hardest part of, well, pretty much anything. Sometimes we (or our students) need to…
In the Classroom
Tired of the Cell Phone in Class Battle? Try These Classroom-Tested Tips
One of our favorite colleagues once declared, “I DID NOT go to college to learn how to figure out if…
8 Evocative Poems with Imagery for AP Literature
If there’s one literary device that just screams poetry, it’s imagery. Sure, figurative language matters. Sound devices are unique to…
Writing the College Essay: The Unit Plan We Use in AP Lit
The Common Core lists about 42 content standards to cover for senior-year English. If you teach AP English Literature and…
Recommendations for Teaching Symbolism in Poetry or Short Stories
“Communism! The red means communism!” As we guided our AP Lit students through our Norman Rockwell interpretation activity one year,…
Are You Thinking About Leaving Teaching? Let’s Talk.
“I just can’t do it anymore.” “This year/course/group of students broke me.” We’ve seen and heard so many comments like…