podcasts | Teacher's Workshop

7 Ways to Make Learning Personal

It’s difficult to find a book that every child will love. They like contemporary stories that seem similar to their own ...

Where to Find Real Stories on the Web

We’re finishing up a unit on Exit West by Mohsin Hamid this week so I’m asking my students to listen to a personal narrative of choice....

Real World Interviews and Conversations

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

One Year Later: Reflection

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...

Teaching Media Literacy

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...

10 Creative Projects for Remote Learning

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

Sometimes, Less is More

If there’s one thing virtual teaching has taught me, it’s that less is more.

Teaching Podcasts

The podcast takes us back to oral epic poetry – it demands the mind’s attention just like a lengthy novel.

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

Why is Hamlet Great?

We’re wrapping up Hamlet this week, and it never ceases to amaze me how it stays relevant year after year.

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