The Scarlet Letter is better suited for college reading. That didn’t stop my 10th grade teacher from teaching it to me; nor did it stop her from affixing a giant scarlet ‘F’ on my paper. I foolishly tried teaching it one year without proper preparation. It was a miserable experience. Scarlet Letter Lesson Plans Sure […]
A Book Report Lesson Plan for Poetry
August 18, 2016 By
Remember the last time you assigned a book report and you got 273 book reports with the exact words: “I read ________. I liked some parts. I didn’t like some parts. Here is my book report” in the introduction followed by a paragraph of generalities copied and pasted from the Internet? Or how about the […]
Collaborative Learning Activity for Busy Teachers
March 14, 2016 By
I had the day planned out. Give my write a multiple choice quiz test review assignment and sit in the front of the room and grade papers. Then I heard the new administrator was prowling the halls looking for teachers to scare. I also heard he was a big fan of collaborative learning. This is […]