
Short Attention Span Grammar
Long ago, I dropped traditional grammar instruction for my high school classes in favor of quick hits and individualized feedback.

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

Of course we should fold in some extra poetry lessons in April, but who has the time? With state testing

I was inspired this week by my teacher-friend Amber to build a worksheet that could be used with any podcast

It’s the biggest night in American football and, if you’re like me, you’ll be watching to see which logical fallacies

Taylor Swift announced this week her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, will be released on April 19 – smack-dab

Need a fresh bulletin board or hallway display that’ll take you from February through March? I’ve got you covered with