Dynamic and flat characterization has been in language arts and English curricula forever, it seems. How do we up the rigor as students advance in secondary classrooms? I find a helpful graphic organizer gives students a perspective on which...
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Analyzing complex characters in a novel or a short story requires students to look at many things such as how they’re described physically, but also...
This lesson aims to show teachers and students how to develop a historical argument using Document-Based AP History (DBQ) documents. We will use...
In this lesson, students will choose pages from a scene from an assigned novel (this can be done with a shorter text, too). Students will start by...
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and partners in AP Lang Timm Freitas (Garden Of English) and Beth Hall (Coach Hall Writes) to discuss their top tips for...
Do you ever have one of those days where you ponder, “What on Earth am I doing, and am I doing it right???” I did. Often. And they were often...
The start of a new year always a wonderful opportunity to introduce students to effective, research-backed methods for studying more effectively....
With 45 questions in an hour, four answer choices per question, it’s understandable why the multiple-choice section can be intimidating.
Teaching vocabulary—integrated into a text or isolation can be tricky when it comes to thinking of engaging ways to create meaning. We fall back on...
Many young adult books embrace the idea of a fresh start and characters who also have to rise up, advocate, reassess, and sometimes just get over it....
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