If you haven’t noticed already, many teachers are embracing students’ enthusiasm for the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament and bringing tournament-style activities into their classroom. Since the tournament runs from March to April, and since April is National Poetry Month, many of us have ...
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Tips for Creating a Strong Thematic Unit
There are uncountable ways to create and design a unit for literature. Lately, I’ve been incorporating more thematic units in my courses, such as my Honors/Pre-AP course and my World Literature class. This blog post walks you through some tips to create your own thematic unit or enrich one you ...
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda Can Enhance Your Teaching
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for 10+ years, you’ve heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda. Mr. Miranda is a god of composition, bringing us some of the best of Broadway and music we’ve ever known.
But did you know that while Lin-Manuel worked on bringing his first musical, In the Heights, to the ...
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Multiple Choice Tips & Strategies for AP English Literature
Multiple choice strategies for the AP® Lit and Lang exam have been hard-earned for me. I took the Lit exam when I was senior with little to no preparation in testing strategies, particular for multiple choice. I relied heavily on my writing abilities to get me a pass (which they did), but that ...
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AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Personification in Prose
It seems like personification is easier to analyze in poetry form than in prose. However, analyzing personification in both prose and poetry illuminates themes, complexity, and figurative meanings. Here is a free lesson to help you analyze personification in prose and how it enhances a text's ...
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AP Lit Skill Spotlight: Character Change
The AP® English Lit CED has five skills focusing on characterization. The second one, CHR 1.B, discusses the effect of character change. It’s important to remember that this skill asks students to analyze the effect of a character remaining unchanged as well as changing. Sometimes, especially in ...
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