Our Macbeth Unit Plan: Two Approaches That Actually Worked
“Double, double toil and trouble” may be the most famous line from Macbeth, but it’s far from our favorite. Is…
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During Reading Strategies: Helping Students Track Key Details Without Boring Worksheets
Hats off to any teachers out there who tackle the Russian authors with high school students. Steph read War and…
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Irony in Literature Made Easy: 8 Strategies + 5 Texts for ELA Teachers
Rain on your wedding day is a lot of things, but without context, it’s not ironic. Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” describes…
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How to Write a Reading Quiz That Actually Works: Lessons from Years of Mistakes
“Uggghhh . . . rivets.” Steph still remembers hearing about the notorious AP Lit reading quiz for Heart of Darkness—two…
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Reading in Class: How to Teach Elie Wiesel’s Night When Students Won’t Read at Home
Reading in class used to be an occasional treat—something English teachers did to introduce a new novel or to fill…
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How to Scaffold Writing Instruction: 3 Pathways for Three Different Classrooms
Scaffolding is a complicated term in high school education. On the one hand, we’re told to scaffold: Vygotsky’s zone of…
