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Hold Their Feet to the Fire

You know the drill. You give your class a chapter for a novel to read for homework, or maybe you…

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Brave New World?

As every English teacher knows, dystopian young adult literature is on fire. Hunger Games. The Maze Runner. Divergent. Matched. Uglies.…

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Put the “Creative” Back in Students’ Writing

We need our students to write regularly for a variety of purposes on different topics, but don’t want to hear…

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Word Play

Way back in elementary school, we all made acrostic poems. These were the go-to move for teachers who needed us…

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Add to Your Bag of Tricks

Avoid the mental slog that sometimes arrives in the middle of a novel unit with unexpected and, dare I say,…

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Just Say “No!” to Boring Book Reports

Try a fresh spin on the tired book report assignment and use “book talks” instead. A book talk is just…

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What do Harry Potter, Frodo, and Katniss Have in Common?

All of their stories (and so many others) fit the classic storytelling pattern of a heroic journey, as established by…

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Can Robots Do It Better?

Maybe you’ve seen the new generation of automated essay grading software, as discussed in The New York Times. These computerized…

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Ripped From the Headlines

I’m always on the prowl for engaging news stories that will give my high school English students access to high-quality…

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Every Second Counts

This seems like such a small thing, but I’ve been surprised at how many of my colleagues don’t know about/don’t…

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