Bobbi Gibb wanted to run the Boston Marathon. The problem? Women weren’t allowed to compete in any race longer than…
Filling Lesson Plan Gaps
State testing. Field trips. Weird last-minute assembly schedules that turn your day upside down. No matter how well a teacher…
19 Works of Art to Help Teens Think
Fine art can help students develop analysis skills in quick, small doses. Ideally, those skills will transfer to literary analysis…
ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
I met with a group of teachers on Thursday (shout out to Carterville!) to talk about A.I. text generators and…
Let me plan your lessons this week
An exhausted teacher messaged me on IG yesterday, asking for help with lesson planning. My response? You go take a…
Very Necessary Brain Break
So my daughter bought an axolotl. Her name is Elvira – the amphibian, not the kid. She’s jet-black and looks…
Cell Phone Characterization Refresh
This week’s focus was on moving my “Whose phone is this?” worksheet into 2023. Thousands of teachers have used this…
Using AI to Scrub for AI
Worried about students’ misuse of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence text-generator that OpenAI.com launched two months ago? We all are.
A Must-Read: “Sticks” by George Saunders
Looking for a one-page short story from a modern writer that’ll hook your students? Sticks, a flash fiction short story…
Oops! I did it again… (free choice board download)
Last week, a TikToker asked if I had a non-fiction version of my literature activity choice board freebie. I don’t…