Encourage your students to improve their close reading skills by teaching them to annotate text with a simple sticky-note procedure.…
Help Everyone with the Press of a Button
A valuable but often overlooked tool in every classroom is the T.V. remote’s closed captioning button. When using a video…
The Beauty of a Properly Framed Quote
Okay, let’s start with a quiz: Which of the following lines from John Green’s Looking for Alaska has proper M.L.A.…
Everyone Loves Free Stuff, Right?
Whether you’re a brand-new teacher or a seasoned veteran, it’s always helpful to add a few fresh ideas to your…
Meme Me Up, Scotty
Inspired by the wide variety of teacher memes making their way around the interweb, I decided to add a little…
TED Gives ‘Em Something to Talk About
With the click of a mouse, you can bring a world of expert guest lecturers into your classroom. The fine…
Crimes Against Grammar
Weird Al Yankovich proves yet again that he is the Most Awesome Guy in the World. I dare you not…
Ready…Set…PLAY
It all started with bellydancing. Wanting to set the mood for my students’ mid-unit review activity for our study of…
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…
Brave New World?
As every English teacher knows, dystopian young adult literature is on fire. Hunger Games. The Maze Runner. Divergent. Matched. Uglies.…