There are many things I struggle with as a teacher, but one thing that always seems to come naturally is thinking of different ways to approach a text. I get bored easily, so I try not to do the same method or activity too often. You might think this adds up to a lot of planning work for me, but ...
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How Chris Hemsworth Can Help You Teach Growth Mindset
Recently, my family and I were watching the new Disney + show Limitless. The miniseries features Chris Hemsworth and a variety of experts as they discuss elements to living a long life, including fasting, strength-training, and battling stress. The first episode discusses stress, and so far I’ve ...
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Rehashing: How to Use it in the AP Lit Classroom
When I was a new AP Lit teacher I attended a one-day AP training, as many teachers do. During one of my trainings a brilliant veteran AP teacher was going over a writing skill, then mentioned offhand that she had recently spent a whole writing rehash working on that skill.After seeing our puzzled ...
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7 Titles Ideal for Use in World Literature
Last year, I was given the opportunity to teach World Literature for the first time in four years. In returning to the course, I decided to reorganize my course approach, moving it from a chronological approach to a thematic approach. I also spent my summer reading new titles and selecting new works ...
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8 Tips for Facilitating Ethical Research Practices in the ELA Classroom
I've been teaching research for my entire career. It began horribly, and honestly, it was because I was downright lazy. I demanded citations for everything but did little to teach my students how to make them. More importantly, I never instructed them why ethical research was important.After a few ...
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How to Integrate Creative Writing in AP Lit
Creative writing and AP® Lit don’t usually connect. In fact, if you were to examine the AP® Lit CED, the course document which explains the enduring understandings of the course, you likely wouldn’t see it mentioned at all. And because the course is usually used to prepare students for the year-end ...
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