Game On: A Hunger Games Novel Unit Designed for Student Engagement
What if your next novel unit didn’t just keep students reading, but had them thinking, strategizing, and, best of all,…
In the Classroom
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Why the Hero’s Journey Still Works—and How to Teach It Effectively in ELA
Is there anything that better unites the ancient world of mythical monsters and the modern world of independent women, superheroes,…
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Starting Fresh: New Semester Tips for Tired (But Committed) English Teachers
January (or [shudder] February for those of you unlucky enough to have finals after Christmas break) is a strange time…
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Making Parent and Teacher Communication Easier in the High School Classroom
When we reflected on our first year after leaving the classroom, Kate shared that she wished she’d treated parent and…
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Picture Books in High School? Try This Introductory Lesson Idea
Getting started might just be the hardest part of, well, pretty much anything. Sometimes we (or our students) need to…
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Tired of the Cell Phone in Class Battle? Try These Classroom-Tested Tips
One of our favorite colleagues once declared, “I DID NOT go to college to learn how to figure out if…
