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Tired of being let down by lame endings? So am I. Instead of complaining, I wrote this lesson plan to stamp out lame endings forever.
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If the reader is confused, it’s the writers fault. Clear up the confusion with clear transitions.
Continue ReadingHelp students build writing and team work skills by presenting a lesson about writing a comedic skit. Even students who don’t normally like to write …
Continue ReadingWhen you tell students to look words up in a dictionary, they never do. They think bad words about you. I prefer teaching them how to analyze word …
Continue ReadingSeeing the unfocused writing of my students, I knew I had work to do. Teaching revision in the writing process isn’t easy. I had to devise a …
Continue ReadingThere are no other two words in the English language that high school students like to misuse: using who when they mean whom and whom when they mean …
Continue ReadingThis is the fourth part of a six part series on fairytales. Students, in groups, will create their own version of a fairytale.
Continue ReadingMy legions of fans (my three year old son, my dog, and my goldfish) have been asking for a follow up article on using context clues to determine word …
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Students will work in cooperative groups to create a scrapbook that focuses on their understanding of Shakespearean sonnets. In addition, each …
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In this lesson students will learn all about Renaissance Poetry by Ben Johnson, Andrew Marvell, Richard Lovelace, John Milton, Robert Herrick and …
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