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Interesting and Fun Ways of Teaching Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Teaching Romeo and Juliet can be frustrating. These tips should help to engage your students and reveal the reasons why Romeo and Juliet is worthy of …

Should You Study Abroad or in an Immersion Program?

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

Do successful foreign-language programs put too much faith in geographical displacement and not enough in the need to instill a psychological …

Teaching Antigone: Ideas for Discussion & Activities in the High School Curriculum

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Sophocles dramatizes the woeful tragedy of Oedipus’ daughters and the fall of Thebes. This can be a great piece of literature to teach in the …

The Forms of Latin's Fifth Declension

John Garger
Categories : Tips for learning & translating latin

The fifth declension contains some irregular forms that are confusing to beginning Latin students. As always, memorization is key.

Great Kindergarten 100th Day of School Lesson Plan

Linda M. Rhinehart Neas
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

The 100th day of school is a great time to teach children counting and other number concepts. Basing each activity on the number one hundred, students …

Holiday Tips for Special Education Students with Physical Disabilities: Sandy's Story

Barbara
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

The weather outside is snowy and windy, with gusts circling the school playground at 40mph. School has been closed for the past two days. For Sandy, …

How to Decline Feminine Nouns of Latin's First Declension

John Garger
Categories : Tips for learning & translating latin

The first declension in Latin is also one of the easiest for students to learn. But as with most aspects of Latin, there are exceptions that …

How to Practice Pronouncing Spanish Vowels

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

It may seem odd, but English speakers who learn Spanish need to learn to use fewer vowel sounds. No new ones! So here you’ll find some handy …

Learn to Speak Argentine Spanish

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

The Southern Cone is the name of the geographical region comprised of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay and southern Chile – called “Cono …

Lesson Plan on How to Use Parentheses Correctly (Your Students will Thank You)

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Parentheses are one of those punctuation marks that you think your students know how to use as they are pretty straightforward to you and I, however …