The Joys of Teaching Literature

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  #172: Catch-up Days 09.02.2026 12นาที

  Catch-up days allow your students to conference with you about their writing, make sense of their notes, or make up missing work.
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  #171: 10 Creative Writing Projects 09.02.2026 23นาที

  A list of ten creative writing projects for the end of a unit.
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  #170: Setting Goals with a Writing Portfolio 31.10.2025 14นาที

  Put students in charge of their own learning by asking them to set goals when they receive feedback on an essay.
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  #169: How to Design a Unit Using Essential Questions 31.10.2025 15นาที

  It's easy to change a text-based question into an essential question and it will make learning about the topic much more meaningful and interesting for students.
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  #168: How to Assign One-Pagers and Sketchnotes 01.09.2025 14นาที

  Learn how to assign a visual one-pager and celebrate the creativity of your students.
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  #167: 5 Categories of Literary Techniques 01.09.2025 13นาที

  Learn how to categorize literary techniques to make them easier to learn.
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  #166: How to Use Music in an ELA Classroom 01.09.2025 16นาที

  Learn how to ask students to discuss music like you would a poem or story. Create a fun project or assignment related to music.
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  #165: The Creative Nonfiction Essay 06.04.2025 11นาที

  Students appreciate it when there's less academic rules and expectations for writing. Here's how to assign a creative nonfiction essay on a topic of choice.
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  #164: How Teachers Can Avoid Taking Work Home 06.04.2025 16นาที

  It's easy to get distracted at work so here are some tips to stay focused and not bring work home.
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  #163: How to Create a Positive Classroom Culture and Environment 06.04.2025 17นาที

  These five simple methods will help you create a positive and welcoming classroom environment where students feel comfortable sharing their ideas.
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  #162: Teaching Stories About Modern Media 24.02.2025 27นาที

  Instead of getting upset about kids and their phones, let's teach stories about how and why people consume media.
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  #161: How to Use Freud and Psychoanalysis to Teach Literature 01.02.2025 51นาที

  Let's talk about the moving parts of the psyche and how students can use Freud to make a better interpretation of a character's behavior.
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  #160: A Spatial Approach to Literary Analysis 14.12.2024 20นาที

  Give your students six options to create graphic organizers and track the patterns, topics, and motifs of a poem, short story, novel, or play. Posters are a great way to get students out of their seats by collaborating, presenting, organizing their ideas and quotes.
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  #159: How to Teach Shakespeare 25.11.2024 38นาที

  Learn five techniques that will help you teach The Bard.
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  #158: Reading Blocks in Secondary ELA 28.10.2024 33นาที

  Reading blocks held during class time may help students read challenging novels.
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  #157: Kids, Phones, and Class Participation 05.10.2024 25นาที

  Let's think about how to get kids off their phone and tuned into the conversation.
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  #156: The Best Contemporary Novels to Teach in High School 05.10.2024 14นาที

  Here is my list of 9 contemporary novels to teach in high school.
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  #155: 3 Types of Interviews and Conversations in ELA 30.07.2024 13นาที

  Students can present their thoughts in front of the entire class or they can record an interview by using their phone or computer. Here are three types of interviews and conversations that students can record.
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  #154: Meaning-Making in ELA: 3 Ways to Get Students Invested 30.07.2024 21นาที

  If we want students to read and do the work, they need to constantly be in the process of meaning-making. Here are three ways I try to make things meaningful for my students.
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  #153: Teaching the Podcast Serial, Season 1, Episode 1 13.06.2024 27นาที

  Your students will love studying Serial, Season 1 with Sarah Koenig because it's real and relevant.