Sometimes I find myself trying to think of ways to create connections between literature and the real world. 

Students love to think about how a character develops because they too, because they’re teenagers, experience a lot of change. 

With every passing year, it seems harder and harder to get students interested in whole class discussions. But there are creative ways ...

July has come to an end and it’s that time when the thought of school starts to plan its seed in every teacher’s mind. What will this year

Some books, maybe most, don’t require much introduction. Novels, to some extent, exist in their own world.

It feels like it’s getting harder and harder to keep the attention of our students. Every teacher knows that if a student doesn’t use ...

Every teacher is familiar with the kind of student who struggles to pay attention for a long period of time...

Early in my career, I remember rolling through a novel chapter by chapter with PowerPoint slides and handouts. It always drove me crazy ...

It’s a new year and this will be my 100th blog and podcast, so I’ve been thinking about reflection, the mental process of looking back and t

Every time I sit down to plan a unit, I think about how I can move inward, into the mind of the protagonist. I want to go from the external