Rubrics are a lifesaver when it comes to managing the grading load. Most English teachers are no stranger to rubrics—it’s how most of us grade essays—but in order to cut grading time and try to promote consistency within our PLC, we started using them for just about everything.
Steph is a Planner with a capital-P. Wandering the teacher planner aisle at Target looking for just the right one…
After a few bad experiences with Internet tests, we have largely written our own, and through years of trial and error, we’ve developed a set of guidelines that help us create fair tests that measure student understanding.
Don’t you love New York in the fall? . . . It makes me want to buy school supplies. I…
We may be biased, but we’re pretty sure teaching high school English is one of the toughest jobs out there….
We, like many English teachers, started our careers believing we had to cover everything there was to say about a text and include every fun idea we could think of to engage students. This approach quickly becomes overwhelming, both for us and for our students.