Using Textual Evidence Correctly: The Hill We Chose to Die On
One of Steph’s tutoring students was writing a paper on Macbeth this week, which means Steph had to say, “No…
In the Classroom
How to Teach Character Analysis: 8 Strategies & 10 Short Stories
Harry Potter. Elizabeth Bennet. Janie Starks. Jay Gatsby. Scout Finch. Arnold Spirit, Jr. It’s impossible to teach English without discussing…
How to Write Effective Guided Reading Comprehension Questions
We make a lot of confessions here at Three Heads, and we’ve got another one for you today. For years,…
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 ….
How to Teach the Five Sentence Paragraph in Middle & High School
We’ve written frequently about our 5C structure for a five sentence paragraph here at Three Heads. It was, after all,…
Teachers, Don’t Let an AP Exam Score Define You
There are many things we’re passionate about here at Three Heads: coffee, the superiority of dark chocolate to milk chocolate,…