About five years ago, I read an article by a high school student about the way to create a LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum...

I start the school year with a conversation about the value of literature, so I like to end by giving my students the opportunity to bring w

If you have been teaching remote or hybrid you know that students don’t turn in as much work as they usually do. You’re not alone ...

Sometimes I like to complete the essay that I assign my students. In this case, I assigned a reflection on the last year. I also wanted...

I recently listened to the podcast “The Story of Your Life” on Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam. I felt like I was listening to ...

The end of the year will be here soon and like any teacher right now, especially senior teachers, I’m worried about ...

It’s easy to say to our students that literature should be meaningful. It’s easy to ask students … what does that line mean?

After some years teaching, I realized that my love of learning about literature turned into a love of learning about how to teach literature

Magical realism goes beyond the place that a metaphor takes us. It goes beyond the realm of comparison.

Introduction to Teaching the Magic of Literature: Using Imagination to Shape the Future It was one of the simplest, yet most complicated...

If your students struggle to finish a novel, this unit is perfect for you. The stories are from Short: An International Anthology of...

It’s pretty typical for a teacher, or anyone for that matter, to feel like they are swimming in new tech tools. But this year, it’s...

A lot of what we deal with in English language arts relates to strangers, people we don’t know. We read novels and non-fiction to immerse...

This has been a challenging year for any teacher. Even during a regular year, teachers work hard to meet the many demands and...

I’m trying to get as creative as possible when it comes to being flexible with students. After finishing a few units ...

My colleagues and I recently had a conversation about the rest of the year and what we could do to keep our students engaged....

Even now, an open and honest conversation about politics can quickly turn ugly. Sometimes the conversation doesn’t happen at all because ...

This year, the start of class is that awkward time when we’re saying hello and waiting for everyone to virtually trickle in. When...

Tomorrow I’ll give virtual feedback on an essay my students wrote on a poem. I usually provide feedback right before I assign the next...

I attended the virtual NCTE conference this past Friday and it got me thinking about the research paper, or really, rethinking it. Part...

At the end of each quarter, I like to give my students the opportunity to reflect on what they’ve done and what they will do next.

I recently came across Several short sentences about writing, a book by Verlyn Klinkenborg that I read a few years ago. It’s a must read...

Last week, I told my students to create sketchnotes on the poems we studied in class. I didn't really specify what I was looking for, I...