Last week, a shortened version of Langston Hughes’ beautiful poem was featured in an ad to promote Bel Air, a…
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Sci Fi To Make Us Better People
Please allow me introduce you to Andy Weir’s tasty morsel of a short story called, “The Egg.” The story, part…
Women’s History Month? Eh… No Thanks
A while back, I wrote the following post for the TeachersPayTeachers blog. I’m sharing it here, too, as a repost…
Brainstorming Solutions (Free Handouts)
New(ish) teacher Kelli was wondering this week how to help her middle schoolers slow down and gather their thoughts before…
Are Your Kids Ready for the New SAT Essay?
You gotta pity the Class of 2017. This spring, juniors will be hit with a triple-whammy – the timed essay…
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…
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,…