One-pagers and sketchnotes give students the opportunity to creatively express their interpretation of a novel. 

Students can get overwhelmed with the terminology of literary analysis.  There are a lot of techniques (free resource) and it can be hard to keep track of them all. 

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

Teachers already have a stressful job while in school.  They shouldn’t also bring that stress home and let it continue on their time off. 

If we are being honest, most students interact more with modern media than with literature. 

Freud had a lot of wild theories, but a simple understanding of the short essay “The Structure of the Unconscious” can help students easily

Graphic organizers help students that think logically like scientists and mathematicians.

I recently encountered an article in the Atlantic titled “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books.”  It scared me a little ...

I have a love for most the literature I read in high school and college.  I’m sure you’re familiar with the writers ...

One of the most rewarding things about being a teacher is watching my students continue the conversation as they leave the classroom. 

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

I’m always surprised when my students give their full attention to an hour-long podcast.  What keeps kids locked into Serial is not ...

Podcasts promote a very simple, yet important life skill:  listening.  They also help students understand tone, the emotion behind the ...

There’s nothing like close reading.  A bunch of colorful annotations on a poem is a beautiful thing.  Close reading is a valuable skill and

There will always be new tools to help teachers combat the use of AI.  A Chrome extension called Origin by GPTZero provides a writing ...

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

Sometimes I find myself trying to think of ways to create connections between literature and the real world. 

Teaching students the value of using quotes in an essay is more important now than ever ...