A Perfect Match: Teaching Close Reading with Shakespeare
“My students hate reading. Please help.” We see this message, or some variation of it, at least once a day…
Unit Planning
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The 10 Best Shakespeare Plays to Teach in High School
Which Shakespeare play should I teach this year? It’s a question that pops up frequently in teacher communities, and it’s…
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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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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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Teaching with Short Stories: Your Helpful All-in-One Guide
Updated: September 05, 2026 Hunting men for sport. Kissing (steamily) a handsome pilot who doesn’t write when he says he…
