I must have convinced you of the need to build a classroom community from my first post because…you’re here. Or maybe you already know that you need to build a classroom community, so you clicked on my post. Thank you. You are what makes this blog...
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Over the course of my career as a middle school ELA teacher, I’ve graded more writing pieces than I can count. I’ve graded late into the night, on...
Many lessons ran through my mind while reading There There by Tommy Orange. We could talk about the parallel plot text structure; we could talk about...
You know the Style #4 Free Response Question on the College Board’s national Government exam can be a real challenge. I am talking about the argument...
AP® Psychology is just as much a class with an abundance of new vocabulary as it is an introduction into the field of psychology. Students often...
Not long ago, with work piling up, to-do things needing to be done, and the fate of the free world basically depending on what I did next, I chose...
The words are never right. The time is never perfect. And life keeps piling stress after stress onto the people we love. What do we say to someone...
Happy Halloween week! For those wanting to sprinkle a little Halloween spirit into the classroom this week, the attached lesson plan uses the novel...
The teaching of AP® World History can be a daunting task at times. Teachers are asked to teach over 800 years of historical content and then develop...
Being a teenager means a lot of things, but starting to date and get into romantic relationships or friendships sticks out as a huge milestone. The...
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