November is a great time to explore gratitude. With Remembrance Day in Canada and Thanksgiving in the US, it’s the perfect occasion to give thanks for what you have as
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!
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
“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
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
I love teaching poetry in all of my high school English classes. But I also know that poetry can be intimidating for teachers and students alike. Not just in picking
If you don’t or can’t do a dedicated poetry unit can/should you still do poetry? The answer is YES! A loud, resounding yes! You can include poetry in your next novel
I love spending time on my balcony with a great book! In nice weather, I hang out there reading a fair bit of non-fiction and fiction for pleasure and to
