Teaching Allusions in Poetry: Why, How, When, and 11 Recommendations
Teaching high school English can be a strange job. This is true for many reasons. But a big one is…
AP Literature
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Short Stories for Students: 14 Classroom-Tested Picks You Haven’t Tried Yet
Short stories are an English class staple, and most of us have a list of go-to short stories for students…
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Modern Books for AP Literature: 22 Fresh Ideas for Independent Reading
Finding the right books for AP Literature independent reading is tricky. You want students reading texts they can use for…
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Figurative Language in Poetry: Moving Students from Identification to Analysis
There’s no shortage of similes and metaphors used to describe or convey love in English literature. Yet the most romantic…
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Our Macbeth Unit Plan: Two Approaches That Actually Worked
“Double, double toil and trouble” may be the most famous line from Macbeth, but it’s far from our favorite. Is…
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Irony in Literature Made Easy: 8 Strategies + 5 Texts for ELA Teachers
Rain on your wedding day is a lot of things, but without context, it’s not ironic. Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” describes…
