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5 Ways to Teach Characterization and Character Analysis

One of my favourite activities to do during a short story or novel unit is to dig deep into the characters. Who are they? What are their ...
10 Creative Short Story Activities for the Secondary ELA Classroom

By The Daring English Teacher I love to try out and include as many fun and engaging activities as possible when teaching short stories ...
Teaching Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Lessons and Resources

Teaching Shakespeare can be a snooze fest OR it can be the best unit of your year. Of course, we all aim to be innovative and engaging, but ...
10 Ways To Use Quotes in the English Classroom

By Presto Plans Log onto your favorite social media platform, and you are bound to be met with at least one inspirational quote. Why ...
6 Creative Ideas for Teaching Romeo and Juliet

One of my favorite units to teach is Romeo & Juliet - it's an easy introduction to Shakespeare for my 10th graders and it's so ...
Adding a Global Perspective: Diverse Short Stories to Teach

I truly believe in the transformative power of narratives. I believe that through stories we challenge assumptions, expand our ...
Teaching Visual Literacy

The 3 R's - reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic - have long been considered the pillars of education; however, we now know that ...
Dialectical Journals in the ELA Classroom

By The Daring English Teacher Assigning dialectical journals to your students is a sure-fire way to get them to interact with the ...
Collaborative Writing Activities

By Presto Plans A few years ago I became a part-time student and enrolled in a master's course called Writing Instruction ...
Bell-Ringers in Middle and High English

By Presto Plans I first realized the power of bell ringers years ago, thanks to a particularly unruly class that would ...

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