She was just doing what she had to do to generate some positive energy amidst a group of silent, unresponsive, insecure high schoolers.
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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
Everyman: Resources for the Morality Play
A media mix brings Everyman to life My senior British literature classes ended the first semester with a study of Everyman, the 1510 morality play. Again, just as with The Canterbury Tales and Le Morte d’Arthur, I felt challenged to find a supplemental text and activities as a result of the minimal two-page treatment ourContinue reading “Everyman: Resources for the Morality Play”
Finally! One-pager success!
Plus: the idea that finally made one-pagers work for my class One more try. That’s right. In December, I decided to give one-pager graphic essays one more try. In case you’re unfamiliar with one-pagers… visit Spark Creativity for a complete explanation and also some awesome one-pager templates. One-pagers, in a nutshell, offer a way forContinue reading “Finally! One-pager success!”
Le Morte d’Arthur: Resources for High School
My quest with my high school seniors into British Lit continues with one of the last two texts in our Medieval Era unit: Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. This text, published in 1485, provides the tales of the legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. (A post on our last medievalContinue reading “Le Morte d’Arthur: Resources for High School”
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.
Poetry and high school students
Use poetry’s trendiness to encourage high school students to write poems.