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13 Engaging Creative Writing Activities High School Students Will Love

At first, the idea of Creative Writing activities suitable for high school might cause your brain to crash. I think we’re used to thinking of Creative Writing as more of an elementary school unit when in reality,...

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13 Engaging Creative Writing Activities High School Students Will Love
5 Maus Activities for Your World Literature Class
Literature ► June 9, 2024

5 Maus Activities for Your World Literature Class

So you’ve decided to teach Maus by Art Spiegelman. Now what? In this post, I’ll share five Maus activities perfect for your high school unit! Not sure yet if you want to teach Maus? Check...

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Why You Need to Teach Maus
Literature ► May 26, 2024

Why You Need to Teach Maus

If you’re looking for a compelling text to add to your curriculum, then you’re looking for Maus! In this post, I’ll share why you NEED to teach Maus if you haven’t already added it to...

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How to Teach Allegory: A Guide for High School English Teachers
Literature ► May 12, 2024

How to Teach Allegory: A Guide for High School English Teachers

Allegories can be fun to work through with your students. After all, understanding them can feel like unlocking a mystery or puzzling through a complex brain teaser. But getting students to the point that they...

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How to Introduce a Holocaust Novel Study
Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies ► April 28, 2024

How to Introduce a Holocaust Novel Study

If you’re an English teacher in America, at some point, you’ll be teaching a Holocaust novel study. It might be a required part of a World Literature class. Or maybe you just chose one to...

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5 Ways Selling on Teachers Pay Teachers Has Changed
Teachers Pay Teachers Tips ► April 14, 2024

5 Ways Selling on Teachers Pay Teachers Has Changed

April marks the anniversary of my Teachers Pay Teachers store, so every April I like to write a blog post reflecting on my experience. When I think about my past year selling, what stands out...

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The Best End-of-the-Year Units for High School English
Seasonal Teaching Ideas ► March 31, 2024

The Best End-of-the-Year Units for High School English

As the school year reaches its conclusion, high school English teachers are on the lookout for captivating and enriching units to engage their students during the final stretch. Let’s face it. You and your students...

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Skill-Based Learning: The New Way to Plan Your Units
Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies ► March 17, 2024

Skill-Based Learning: The New Way to Plan Your Units

As a student myself, through college, and even into the first few years of my teaching career, I always thought of units in terms of the text they used. I thought about my unit on...

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How to Implement a World Genocide Research Project in Your Class
Writing ► March 3, 2024

How to Implement a World Genocide Research Project in Your Class

In high school English, some topics carry a ton of weight and need to be handled with care. Genocide definitely falls into that heavy category. As teachers, our job is about way more than just...

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Here Are 5 Essential Teaching Tips for “A Modest Proposal”
Literature ► February 18, 2024

Here Are 5 Essential Teaching Tips for “A Modest Proposal”

“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift is a frequent flyer on classroom curriculums around the country. And for good reason! It’s funny, rigorous, and checks the box for World Literature courses. Its complexity, however, can...

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How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class
Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies ► February 4, 2024

How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class

You’ve seen it before. You’re reading or letting an audiobook play and instead of paying rapt attention, your students are nodding off. Or worse, they’re pulling out their cell phones. In this post, I’m going...

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