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Short Attention Span Grammar
Long ago, I dropped traditional grammar instruction for my high school classes in favor of quick hits and individualized feedback.
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Long ago, I dropped traditional grammar instruction for my high school classes in favor of quick hits and individualized feedback.
Need a quick way to help students build analysis skills? Use short works. In the past, I’ve talked about using
Fine art can help students develop analysis skills in quick, small doses. Ideally, those skills will transfer to literary analysis
State testing. Field trips. Weird last-minute assembly schedules that turn your day upside down. No matter how well a teacher
Definitely not. But her famous poem, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?,” is a useful tool to help students consider their
Today’s post is a question I received via email. This teacher gave me permission to share our exchange here; I
Can your students read between the lines? Inference skills, the ability to figure out something that isn’t directly stated by
Received on Instagram this week: Whether you call it Masterpiece Monday, Tuesday Muse Day, Works of Wonder Wednesday, Thinker Thursday,
This week, the Met Gala took an unexpected turn toward literary analysis. The celebrity-studded event’s dress code, “The Garden of
This week, an Emily Dickinson scholar made a headline-grabbing proclamation: “I’ve written a book about Emily Dickinson, and I’m going