8 Essential Chapters in How to Read Literature Like a Professor
What do Sir Gawain, ET, Luke Skywalker, Beloved, Harry Potter, Hansel and Gretel, and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? Sadly,…
Teaching Literature
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Short Stories for High School: Focus on Characterization
Characterization is one of the most important literary devices you can focus on when you read short stories with your students. Really, at its heart, characterization is the point of literature. Whether we’re reading to escape, to learn, to feel, or to experience, well-developed characters are essential.
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What Is Dystopia? How to Introduce Students to the Genre
“Miss, what is dystopia?” Isn’t this how every unit goes? You introduce a term, use it frequently, and yet ….
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The Julius Caesar Unit Plan That Works for Reluctant Readers
When you think of engaging a room full of reluctant readers, Julius Caesar is probably not the first text that…
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6 AP Lit Books That Won’t Bore Your Students to Tears
Be careful what you wish for. If you’ve ever had to teach an AP Lit book you didn’t like (or…
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Teaching AP Literature Novels: Our Go-To Unit Plan
We recently took a look back at the AP English Literature and Composition Course and Exam Description (CED), a 178-page…
