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A Venmo Mystery: Honing teens’ inference skills
Can your students read between the lines? Inference skills, the ability to figure out something that isn’t directly stated by
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Can your students read between the lines? Inference skills, the ability to figure out something that isn’t directly stated by
I’m about 100 years late to the party, but I just discovered Katherine Mansfield’s “The Doll’s House” and need to
I’m a fan of teachers using games and healthy competition to build classroom community. To that end, I built Quarter
“Hey Ms. R., that was pretty good…for a school movie.”Yes, The Twilight Zone, that 60-year-old black-and-white TV show, earns what
State testing. Field trips. Weird last-minute assembly schedules that turn your day upside down. No matter how well a teacher
Shouldn’t we all aim to be a bit more like Dolly Parton? Talented, funny, smart, kind, and generous, Dolly Parton
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
This week, an Emily Dickinson scholar made a headline-grabbing proclamation: “I’ve written a book about Emily Dickinson, and I’m going
During last week’s video on class participation, I realized I needed to give more info about “Quarter Trios,” a routine
It’s the biggest night in American football and, if you’re like me, you’ll be watching to see which logical fallacies
I know it’s only July, and I also know you’re probably already thinking about the fall. Today, let’s talk about
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