It’s Saturday morning. I’ve been up since before the sun, working my way through three sections of essays on “The…
Poetry for Teens Who Think They Don’t Like Poetry
Even the most reluctant students love creating “found” poems, also known as blackout poetry. All you’ll need to fill an…
Mimic the Masters
J.K. Rowling. Suzanne Collins. John Green. Use the heavy-hitters of YA literature to inspire your students to polish their own…
Mr. Keating Is My Co-Pilot
Is there an English teacher out there who doesn’t love the 1989 Oscar-winning film Dead Poets Society? Doubtful. I first…
Buried Under Essays?
In a perfect world, class sizes would be capped at 12 kids. Teachers would lead two or three classes a…
Make the Tools of Rhetoric (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) Meaningful for Teens
Good ol’ Aristotle was right. If students use all three of the tools of rhetoric he identified – ethos, pathos,…
Bad Poetry? Oh, Noetry!
Often, teens (and even some teachers I know) dread the study of poetry, complaining that it’s too stuffy, sappy, or…
This is Personal
Need to teach a subject that is, let’s be honest, a bit dry? Personalize your handouts or lecture slides with…