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Favorite Halloween Week Lessons

Note: This is an updated repost featuring some of my favorite end-of-October lesson ideas. In 7th grade, my friend Sarah

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American literture

Let Jason Reynolds Teach Your Class

I’ve started reading again. After a moment of unpleasant reflection when I publicly admitted I’m an English teacher who doesn’t

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high school English

How I Teach Theme (Free Slides)

As part of my occasional series on how I teach writing, today I’m presenting a mini-lecture that can be used

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American literture

A Ray (Bradbury) of Hope

If you teach Fahrenheit 451, you might be interested to know that I just posted three great tools that’ll make

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high school English

An Experiment in Human Cloning

Okay, so I had a crazy idea. I was set this week to introduce my freshmen to the Hero’s Journey,

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Interactive Whiteboard Fix

It’s official: My SmartBoard is dead. After eight years of faithful service, the board recently gave up the ghost after

Understanding Irony

Irony can be tricky (just ask Alanis Morissette), and we might need a little help breaking down what is –