Our ELA Facebook friend Heather Nicole Teraila just posted the results of a super-cute characterization activity her students completed on…
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At Maturity, a Pun is Fully Groan
Each morning, I post a fresh sheet of “tearable puns” on the bulletin board outside my classroom door, and as…
Listen & Learn
One thing that surprised me during last spring’s testing season was the heavy use of computer-voice instructions and listening passages…
When Your Entire Class Conspires Against You
I’m not even a minute into my right-after-lunch sophomore class when it starts – the quiet tee-hee of laughter among…
Scary Stuff
My school’s hallways are abuzz this week with the creepy clown ridiculousness that’s sweeping America and now, it seems, the…
Death By Thesaurus
I often have students who rely too heavily on the thesaurus as they craft their essays, resulting in overwrought sentences…