Using the New York Times Anatomy of a Scene collection as inspiration, high school students provide director’s commentary for a movie clip and thereby showing their understanding of satire.
Category Archives: Writing Instruction
The Slice of Life Poem
Recently, it occurred to me that slice of life writing would work equally well in poetic form.
How to Make Student Writing More Specific
Being specific in writing means naming things
Ekphrastic Poetry Video Resources for Students
Experiment with ekphrastic poetry and infuse your English class with beautiful art. These videos will help.
Holy on-time homework, Batman!
How I got my students to turn in their assignments on time
My Top 12 Posts of 2020
I packed this post with links to the 12 most-read articles of 2020 from my blog. Click away!
An idea’s best friend: “In other words,”
These three little words — In other words, — help students develop their ideas
Ekphrastic poem mentor texts by high school students
Use these six student-written poems as mentor texts for teaching ekphrastic poetry
Writer’s Workshop for high school
Get to know students with creative projects in a writer’s workshop for high school
Eight poem ideas for high school students
Poetry: It’s what the world needs now. Choose from these 8 poem ideas for high school students.
