11 Greek Mythology Novels Your Students Will Love
Wild stories full of interpersonal drama seem like a modern phenomenon, the stuff of soap operas and reality TV. But…
In the Classroom
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Using Images as Narrative Writing Prompts Leads to Inventive Stories
Confession time. We have very mixed feelings about teaching narrative writing, and when cuts needed to be made because we…
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Teaching Shakespeare to Struggling Readers
We followed a social media conversation the other day started by a teacher whose students flat out refused to participate…
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6 College Novels for Teenagers
Steph recently spent a week on a college campus in Massachusetts, and it brought back a lot of fond memories:…
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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,…
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9 Powerful YA Books about Grief
We don’t often talk about grief, yet it’s an emotion we must all wrestle with at some point. And much…
