Of course we should fold in some extra poetry lessons in April, but who has the time? With state testing…
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A Painless Way to Add More Informational Text
Teenagers are self-absorbed. I get that. (Heck, most adults we know are also pretty focused on themselves, no?) Nevertheless, I’ve…
Learning from Famous Failures
Now that I’m on the other side of 40, the value of failure is obvious. Although painful at the time,…
Randazzo’s Rules of Order #1
I’m out of town on this three-day weekend, but still thinking about you and making my spring semester 20Time plans.…
Work Hard, Play Hard
Increase the fun factor in your classroom with these ideas that’ll help create a memorable year for your students and…
A Slick Idea
Usually when I find a chunk of text to use for a close reading, I’ll typeset the passage on a…
No More Essay Fatigue! Time to Reclaim Your Weekends
It’s Saturday morning. I’ve been up since before the sun, working my way through three sections of essays on “The…