Modern Poetry Strategies: Teaching Poetry Comprehension
Teaching poetry comprehension can be difficult, especially when you don’t even understand it. Welcome to modern poetry! These modern poetry …
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Teaching Julius Caesar: Analyzing Speeches & Characters
When studying or teaching Julius Caesar, don’t tackle too much at once. Breaking down speeches will enhance understanding and improve critical …
Continue ReadingQuick Tips on Teaching Existential Literature with a Research Project
Due to the demands of the curriculum, teachers often have to teach texts from a variety of genres. Two popular yet also challenging texts in the …
Continue ReadingShakespeare Language Lesson Plan: Teaching Strategies for High School Students
Ho! Ladies and lords. Come hither and delight thy bosoms with Shakespearean language. Art thou ready for understanding Shakespeare? Or would thou run …
Continue ReadingTeaching Symbolism: How to Get More out of Literature
Moby Dick is about a whale hunt gone bad. The Old Man and the Sea is about a fishing trip gone bad. The Great Gatsby is about a weekend party gone …
Continue ReadingTips for Writing a Cause and Effect Essay: The Basics from Start to Finish
Why am I failing? Why do I have to go to the Dean’s office? How come I got suspended? How can I avoid getting slapped by the brunette in the …
Continue ReadingTeaching the Use of Soliloquies, Asides, Monologues, Rhetorical Devices and Irony in Shakespeare
Remember when you first started teaching and dreamed of admiring students gobbling your cornucopia of literary knowledge? It took about …
Continue ReadingMaking Judgments Mini Lesson Plan
It’s OK to judge literary works. Here are some activities and mini lessons to teach about making judgments with your high school students.
Continue ReadingTeaching the Writing Process: How to Use Classroom Management Ideas when Getting Started in Writers' Workshop
Managing the five pieces of writers’ workshop can be a real nightmare, even for the most organized teacher and students. When I was a writing …
Continue ReadingUsing Words in Context: A Vocabulary Game for High School English
For this vocabulary game students work in groups to form sentences using target words. Each student will come to the front of the room to help his …
Continue ReadingMaking Inferences & Predictions in a Story: High School Lesson Plan
I’m good at making predictions. I predict you’re absolutely going to love this lesson plan! Teach your students about inferences in …
Continue ReadingPeer-Editing and Revising Etiquette For High School Students
Peer editing and revising can be a difficult task for high school students because they often do not want to offend the other student. There are …
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