First Chapter Friday Recommendations About Online Life for YA Readers
We all love classroom materials that we can reuse over and over again. Make it once, revise it until it’s…
In the Classroom
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Are You Teaching Theme Effectively?
“The theme of Disney Pixar’s Up is that adventure is out there. For example, Russell says, ‘Adventure is out there.’…
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6 YA Fantasy Books You Need to Recommend on First Chapter Fridays
After years of requiring our AP Lit students to select books of “literary merit” for their independent reading novels, we…
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What Does “Literary Merit” Even Mean?
Educational jargon can feel like its own language: engagement, differentiation, text-dependent questions, academic conversation, high-stakes assessment. And don’t forget the…
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8 Relatable YA Books About Family
In one of the most famous opening lines in literature, Leo Tolstoy taught us, “All happy families are alike; each…
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7 Titles That Belong on Your Introduction to AP Lit Reading List
But, where do I start??? We’ve all asked ourselves this question at some point, and it’s a question we hear…
