Determinations for the New Year
January 3, 2022
Do you find resolutions to be ineffective to start a new year and so you just skip that process altogether? If so, hello friend! Me too! But I know how
Do you find resolutions to be ineffective to start a new year and so you just skip that process altogether? If so, hello friend! Me too! But I know how
There is nothing I love more than a board game. What with the combination of competition, fun, and bonding, there is so much to love! I didn’t grow up in
The old adage is true – time flies! As the year continues, you might be like me in that you want to take some time to reflect, particularly for classroom
If you, like me, love to use short stories in ELA then here’s an added option for you – short, short films for ELA! Here are twelve short films for
From when I was in high school until a few years ago as a teacher I helped to organize school Remembrance Day ceremonies. I’ve since stepped back from the whole-school
I just finished reading Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller, an offshoot of an Instagram account he started in 2020. On the heels of that I listened to Virginia Hanlon Grohl’s (Dave’s
A confession: I don’t like Halloween! *gasp* THE HORROR!!! BUT I know that my students LOVE it! So to infuse a bit of the spooky season in high school English
In “Introduction to Poetry” Billy Collins writes about students studying poetry: “But all they want to do / is tie the poem to a chair with rope / and torture
There is always discussion about the need for students to demonstrate their skills and their development of these skills when it comes to school work and life, generally. But how
Early in the school year with senior students we complete a personal writing unit where students explore essays and chapters of memoirs. Here are two suggested memoirs for secondary ELA