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Much like a toddler’s incessant Why?, our students can ask some pretty mind-numbing questions. Some of those FAQ are universal, such as: “Will this be on the test?” and “Is this for a grade?” But educators in every discipline will tell you they have their own sets of forbidden inquiries. I polled a few of my[…]Continue Reading

Put away the boxing gloves. You won't need them.

During our literature units, I’m always ranting about “perspective.” When I do, students assume I am referring to the point of view from which a piece of literature is written. First person, third person, limited, omniscient. That’s all fairly simple, but I have come to learn that the higher-order thinking involved in analyzing how the point of[…]Continue Reading

Homer’s “The Odyssey” in a high school English classroom: epic poem or epic failure? Because of all the weird sexual allusions and because sophomores, “The Odyssey” always forces me to walk the fine line between appropriate yet engaging, and when standing before a room of 25 15-year-old students, it is a daunting task to say the least. However,[…]Continue Reading

A dystopian literature lesson plan.

My first student teaching assignment plopped me down in a class of seventh graders who, on a good day, would bark and moo because that’s funny! A bad day included a lot of tears and defiance, which made more sense to me because, hormones. When my teaching assignment was complete and I transferred to a high[…]Continue Reading

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