Ray Bradbury is my favorite author. You should like him too. This lesson plan on teaching setting allows me to enjoy my favorite author while teaching …
Continue ReadingA folk ballad is a story told or sung in verse, as the word “ballad” literally means dance songs. Most of the ballads that exist today were composed …
Continue ReadingReciting songs, tales, and riddles was one of the major functions of the Anglo-Saxon poets. Riddles were involved all aspects of Anglo-Saxon life. …
Continue ReadingThere’s one in every class. That kid who argues every chance he gets for that extra point. It’s time to give everyone a reason to argue …
Continue ReadingIf you have students take notes on setting, theme, and characterization, they won’t remember any of it. If you have them write a poem, …
Continue ReadingI like poetry, but teaching it to teenagers is akin to drinking hamster urine…until now. Introduce your poetry unit with a poetry awareness …
Continue ReadingA Romeo and Juliet character analysis shows that many Romeo and Juliet characters had a role to play in the young lovers’ death, but who is most …
Continue ReadingI love irony. I once stayed awake all night thinking about how ironic things were. I finally concluded that everything was ironic, which in itself …
Continue ReadingStudents think the monster’s name is Frankenstein. They think that an “allusion” is the same as an “illusion.” As you …
Continue ReadingThe quality of your answers depends on the quality of your questions.
Continue ReadingEvaluating writing is the first step in the revision process, so why don’t students do it? They don’t know how…until now.
Continue ReadingHaving a lot of information is nice, but if you can’t find it, it doesn’t matter. Remember that when writing, evaluating, teaching, or …
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