Scaffolded High School English Resources
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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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...
Read MoreIf 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...
Read MoreAllegories 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...
Read MoreIf 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...
Read MoreApril 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...
Read MoreAs 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...
Read MoreAs 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...
Read MoreIn 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...
Read More“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...
Read MoreYou’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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