Category: American literture

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What the Cool Kids are Reading

Looking for your next summer read? The awesome folks at YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, have pulled together

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Poe or Emo?

Friend of the blog (and real-life homie) Annette just shared a link to this surprisingly challenging quiz from the folks

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Let Jason Reynolds Teach Your Class

I’ve started reading again. After a moment of unpleasant reflection when I publicly admitted I’m an English teacher who doesn’t

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Best Book Ever?

What is America’s favorite book? This summer, the good folks at PBS have decided to take on this question and

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Book Search Like a Boss

Warning: This post includes explicit language. If you’re not comfortable discussing curse words that appear in the texts our students

Words of Wisdom

Did anyone else in our English teacher tribe get goosebumps last night when President Obama evoked our favorite Maycomb attorney

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A Ray (Bradbury) of Hope

If you teach Fahrenheit 451, you might be interested to know that I just posted three great tools that’ll make

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Goodbye, Harper Lee

In honor of author Harper Lee’s contribution to literature and our classrooms, I’d love it if we shared our favorite