Students often prefer creative writing over analytical writing. When students imagine a story, they still demonstrate their understanding of the characters and events. Instead of focusing on the events in a story, they can write freely about their own version of events.

Literary analysis can be a fun way students learn how to interpret quotes and identify patterns in writing. However, most students prefer

A classroom can be two places at the same time: a place to work hard and learn valuable skills and a place to have fun and make meaning from

Schools and teachers usually organize ELA curriculum by novel, theme, or genre, or some combination of those three.

Because I teach seniors, I start the year with a short unit on the personal narrative and college essay. It helps me get to know ...