8 Teen Fiction Books with Strong Female Protagonists
Thankfully, in our post-Katniss Everdeen world, teen fiction books are full of strong female protagonists. Adventures and world-saving are not…
In the Classroom
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Teaching the Odyssey to Modern Teenagers
“I need a hero. . . . He’s gotta be strong, and he’s gotta be fast / And he’s gotta…
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8 Books for High Schoolers with a Strong Sense of Justice
On the most basic level, our students are allll about justice: “not fair” has been part of their vocabulary since…
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Introducing Shakespeare Doesn’t Have to Be Boring
We’ve never been big on author biographies. Sure, there are some helpful details to know here and there, but when…
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Love Is in the Air: 13 Young Adult Romance Novels
Steph regularly tutors three teenage sisters, and they have a family tradition of going to Barnes and Noble with their…
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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…
