Podcasts are such a great addition to class as both fiction and non-fiction options. Many have used Serial or Lore in their high school classrooms, but have you considered using
In all of my English classes, I’m on a mission to include poetry beyond National Poetry Month in April, both in terms of reading it, analyzing it, and writing it!
You know that line about putting the Pro in procrastination? I love it! Not just because I’m an English teacher and word nerd but because it is so true. So
It has been a while since I’ve taught John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men but in an instant I can be taken back to reading to my classes and trying
One day in early October a group of 11th grade students entered their high school English classroom and their teacher (me!) bellowed “Let’s get ready to rumble!!!” You can imagine
Inferencing is a skill that only develops with practice so the more tools in a teacher’s toolbox the better! In a previous post I spoke about an image reveal activity
“Poetry! All. The. Time!” is what I say! With that in mind along with my ongoing goal to include poetry in every month of the year, I wanted to share
Personal narrative writing has been a success for me and my senior students in English. It works because students gain comfort with “I” as a starting voice, sharing an experience
Year after year I have used George Ella Lyon’s Where I’m From Poem in my classroom but in the last couple of years I’ve also added an alternative Where I
Flashback Mid-1990s. My grade 10 English teacher – Mr. K. – declares “these are writing journals for students of English” and distributes random notebooks, asks the class a question, and
