All About Advertising: A Lesson Plan on Identifying a Dandy Ad!
In this four-part series in art and advertising, students will learn what a Dandy Ad is, participate in discussions, create collages and brainstorm on …
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Of Mice and Men Lesson Plan on Teaching Imagery
Teaching Imagery while reading Of Mice and Men will help readers understand the novel better.
Continue ReadingTeaching How to Read a Textbook: Reading Strategies for Getting Students to Read Textbooks
Having trouble getting students to read a textbook? Not as interesting as your regular novel, reading a textbook requires some additional skills. …
Continue ReadingWhat is an Allegory?: Teaching Of Mice and Men, Allegory Lesson Plans
They know about George and Lennie. They know about Curley and his wife. Do they understand, however, the social significance of Steinbeck’s Of …
Continue ReadingHigh School Writing Lesson Plan: Using Inquiry, Intelligent Thought & Reasoning to Come up with Essay Topics
Teenagers love to ask questions. Use their love of questioning to guide them to choosing an appropriate essay topic.
Continue ReadingTeach Types of Reasoning, Faulty Reasoning and Logical Fallacies
Just because your friend Bob likes green doesn’t mean every person on the planet named Bob likes green. Just because everybody’s doing it …
Continue ReadingTeaching Cause and Effect Relationships and Plot
Judging by popular teen movies, intricate plots are not that necessary. Reading great literature, however, necessitates an understanding of plot, …
Continue ReadingA Writing and Literacy Lesson for a Substitute Teacher
Imagine standing in front of a classroom of eager and energetic students as a substitute, only to realize that the teacher either hasn’t left a …
Continue ReadingThe Outsiders Lesson Plan: Teaching a Novel's Background and Setting
Students should be introduced to background knowledge of a novel’s setting and author before reading the work. This article will explore …
Continue ReadingHow to Write a Career Research Paper: Tips for Students & Teachers
The whole point of going to school is to prepare for success. What better way to prepare than researching potential careers. Here is my take on how …
Continue ReadingDrama Teaching Ideas: Techniques in Teaching Drama
Teenagers love drama, but every time I read a play, they all fell asleep…until I used these techniques for teaching drama.
Continue ReadingHigh School Advertising Lesson Plan: Plan Your Dandy Ad
In this lesson, the students will apply what they know about the persuasive power of images and text in advertising by planning their own “Dandy …
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