Skip the Essay: 7 Book Project Ideas That Make Assessment More Fun (and Just as Rigorous)
Tired of reading the same five-paragraph essays over and over? You know the ones—60 students have selected the same three…
Unit Planning
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Teaching the Literary Analysis Essay: A Step by Step Guide
Teaching writing is hard. Teaching literary analysis is hard. Teaching our students how to write a literary analysis essay? Do…
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Everything You Need to Know to Teach Expository Writing
Confession: for most of our careers, we didn’t really know what “expository writing” meant, why it mattered as much as…
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13 Effective Review Games & Activities for High School ELA: Prep That Works
“But, like, how do we study?” Steph was stumped. School came easily to her—studying usually looked like re-reading the chapter…
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The AP Literature Essay Starts Here: 3 Foundational Writing Skills to Teach First
It’s tempting, when teaching AP Literature and Composition, to jump straight into literary analysis. After all, most of us are…
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A Full Year Plan for Teaching AP Literature
It’s no secret that we love all things planning. And a full year plan for teachers is the dream: no…
