Homework: Putting Home and Work Together
We need to think about what we’re asking students when we ask them to do homework.
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Oct 2, 20203 min read
5 Goals for Remote or Hybrid Teaching
Right now, I’m keeping the focus on learning and not on assessment.
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Sep 5, 20202 min read
How to Introduce the Value of Literature: Symbolism Show and Tell
The good thing is, this year, our students will be thirsty to know more about the world they live in.
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Aug 7, 20203 min read
5 Rules of Thumb for Teaching During a Pandemic
But instead of thinking about how sad and unfortunate we all are to be in our positions, I’m trying the best I can to think about how much b
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Jun 11, 20202 min read
The Value of an End of Year Course Evaluation
I strongly believe that authentic narratives from my students are the most useful information to improve myself, more useful than profession
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Jun 2, 20204 min read
4 Easy Ways to End Injustice in Education Now
Children don’t compete on a level playing field in our country.
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May 12, 20204 min read
4 Ways to Simplify Teaching English Language Arts
This is the hardest thing for any teacher. Take a very difficult and complicated topic and make it easy to understand.
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May 4, 20205 min read
The 4 Essentials of Reading Checks and Note-taking
If we want students to be lifelong learners and readers, we need to make reading as fun and painless as possible.
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Apr 21, 20203 min read
3 Simple Classroom Management Tricks That Work
Any teacher knows the challenge of creating a healthy rhythm in class.
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Mar 26, 20202 min read
Grades Should Be Invisible
I became a teacher to talk about literature, not to talk about grades and due dates and rubrics and expectations.
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Mar 6, 20204 min read
Tradition and Technology: The Art of Teaching
If we let them go out into the world believing that there is a disconnect between literature and all of the language that surrounds them, th
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Jan 8, 20204 min read
The Sounds of Literature
Reading literature out loud to my students is one of my favorite things about teaching. It reminds me of when I was a child, and my mother w
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Dec 28, 20194 min read
A Novel Way to Teach the Novel
Every English teacher works tirelessly to instill a love of reading in their students. We convince them that literature matters.
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Nov 20, 20192 min read
Boundless Questions, Perpetual Questions
I often think about the importance of asking good, quality questions in class.
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Oct 21, 20193 min read
Symbolism in Life and Literature
On the first day of class this year, I placed a rock on a desk in the middle of my classroom.
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Oct 9, 20193 min read
Literature and Free Will
My students, like many people, take free will for granted.
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