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Eric Church's "Six Strings" Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Plan & Writing Workshop
Holy guacamole ... in the words of our beloved students ... Eric Church's "Six Strings" commencement address is straight…
Read issue →The Great Pen Debate
This middle-age ELA teacher has no more gray hair to pull out (thanks ChatGpT), so to combat all of the cheating,…
Read issue →Whack-A-Mole "To Be" Verb Exercise
Time to put the kibosh on pesky “to be” verbs. You know the crew: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being. They sneak…
Read issue →5 Approaches to Teach Complexity
ELA teachers, ever feel like “complexity” is the slipperiest term on your rubric? One day it means paradox, another…
Read issue →The Enigma of "6-7": Argument-Based Synthesis Paper
🚨 Teachers everywhere are confuddled … no, downright flabbergasted … by this mysterious “6-7” slang their students…
Read issue →Break Up Letter: Tone Swap
Are your students missing the mark on tone in their analysis and subsequent writing assignments? My latest YouTube video…
Read issue →Annotation Exercise: Amazon Shopping Cart Character Sketch
Ever tried to explain how to annotate without watching students’ eyes glaze over? 👀 This activity makes annotation…
Read issue →Using Children's Stories to Teach Line of Reasoning
Good writing = good thinking. 💡 And when students learn to sustain a cogent line of reasoning, they’re not just…
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