Last week’s launch of the NFL season provides a timely and compelling way to excite your students about the tools…
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TED Gives ‘Em Something to Talk About
With the click of a mouse, you can bring a world of expert guest lecturers into your classroom. The fine…
Brave New World?
As every English teacher knows, dystopian young adult literature is on fire. Hunger Games. The Maze Runner. Divergent. Matched. Uglies.…
Visually Dynamic Overviews Pique Students’ Interest
Before teaching the five major movements of American literature, it’s important to hook students’ attention with a visual summary of…
Death By Thesaurus
I often have students who rely too heavily on the thesaurus as they craft their essays, resulting in overwrought sentences…