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Short Story Project
I decided this week to tackle a new and exciting project. Not only can the teaching of short stories be difficult and…
Read issue →How Would Bob Ross Grade A Stack Of Essays?
I have blown many an ELA teacher’s mind with what I am about to say … Here goes … YOU DON’T “NEED” TO TRADITONALLY GRADE…
Read issue →Getting Students To Ask Tier II Questions Of A Text
Early in my career, I grew increasingly frustrated with the only three discussion modalities available to us: the…
Read issue →Teaching Line of Reasoning with "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"
As ELA teachers, one of the things we are tasked to do is to get our students to create clear lines of reasoning in…
Read issue →An Alternative to Traditional Grading Practices
In no other words … the sheer volume of grading we are tasked to do as ELA teachers just plain old sucks. Not only do we…
Read issue →Shakespeare Meets Plato's Play-Doh Discussion
My mind is absolutely blown away that so many people expressed interest in my Plato’s Play-Doh Discussion format. I must…
Read issue →Gamifying Voice Instruction
Over the course of my twenty-year career in the classroom, I have had to disabuse many students of the following notion:…
Read issue →Teaching Argument With Bob Ross & Mister Rogers
Even though all of us are on break enjoying Christmas cheer and the merriment of the season, I’m assuming that some of…
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