Movie Lesson Plans That Actually Work (Without Extra Grading)
Everyone loves movie day. Students start asking about the movie the second we head to the library to check out…
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Writing the College Essay: The Unit Plan We Use in AP Lit
The Common Core lists about 42 content standards to cover for senior-year English. If you teach AP English Literature and…
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Short Stories for High School: Focus on Symbolism
Symbolism can be a real can of worms for any English teacher. On the one hand, symbols are often challenging for students to find, wrap their minds around, and explain meaningfully. On the other hand, budding literary scholars love to go “symbol hunting,” identifying anything and everything as a symbol, sometimes with wild results.
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Modern Books for AP Literature: 22 Fresh Ideas for Independent Reading
Finding the right books for AP Literature independent reading is tricky. You want students reading texts they can use for…
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Your New Go-To Novel Activity
Finding a good novel activity is a game-changer. Finding an activity you can use for any novel is a lifesaver….
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How to Create a Structured Reading Assignment: Guided Reading Questions
Initially, we created structured reading assignments to help our AP Literature students come to class better prepared for discussion (“Read the book and come prepared to discuss” was not our finest planning, but we were new to AP!). As we moved toward a flipped classroom model, we used guided reading questions to guide all our students (AP, PreAP/honors, and standard-level) through their texts.
