
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

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

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