6 Activities About Goal Setting for A Memorable Back to School Time
Do you know this saying: “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step?” Well, the first days back to school are that first single step, and a thousand miles... the rest of the year! So why not get started on the right foot with activities about goal...
7 Smart Steps To Teaching with High School Satire Examples
Satire can be a challenge for students and teachers, but it’s a worthy challenge! I love seeing the lightbulb go on when students "get" satire. It might be as they analyze political cartoons, read an article from The Babylon Bee, or study Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest...
7 The Lottery Questions For Discussion That Engage!
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is by far one of my favorite short stories to teach in high school! The irony of the title, the mysterious setting, and the subtle characterization of the unassuming town always seem to shock students by the end of the story. No matter...
7 Fun Activities for the Last Days of School
7 Fun Activities for the Last Days of School- I think most of us by the end of the school year are just done....simply done. Students are "theoretically" finished with testing, so they are itching to leave for summer break. Teachers look exhausted and are scrambling...
Aint I a Woman 5 Easy To Teach Activities
Sojourner Truth's speech "Aint I a Woman" epitomizes the fight for equal rights for all, no matter the race or gender of a person! Isabella Baumfree, the original name of Sojourner Truth, was born into slavery but escaped in 1827. She became a voice for the oppressed...
13 Thank You Ma’am Questions For Students
Langston Hughes' "Thank You M'am," also known as "Thank You Ma'am," should be on your list of MUST-TEACH short stories! It has so much to offer not only to teachers who love literature but also to middle AND high school students who want to read something fun and...
Three Rhetorical Appeals and How to Effectively Teach ALL 3!
We hear the words "three rhetorical appeals" pretty regularly, especially if you are an English teacher. BUT how do we begin to teach them? So often, we get thrown into the deep end of high school English without the life preserver of HOW to teach something. I was...
3 Ways to Make Teaching Rhetorical Analysis EASY!
Teaching Rhetorical Analysis is not always easy! In fact, I think it is one of the toughest types of writing for high school English teachers to teach! There seem to be a ton of rubrics out there for students to use, but rubrics are so difficult to break down. They...
10 Critical Thinking Questions for The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry's classic short story "The Gift of the Magi" should be on your list of MUST-TEACH literature! And including Questions for The Gift of the Magi is VITAL! It has so much to offer not only to teachers but also to middle AND high school students! If you have...
How to Do Rhetorical Analysis in 5 Simple Steps
No one EVER said teaching how to do rhetorical analysis was easy. In fact, it can be quite difficult! We know we need to teach our students how to analyze texts and critically think about how an author gets his/her views across, but making it straightforward for...
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