Logical Fallacies Lesson Plan with a Logical Fallacies Quiz (Kind of)

Here’s a logical fallacies quiz based on a real life experience. Below is a one-sided conversation I had with a student the other day. Identify the logical fallacy exemplified in each statement. “Hey Mr., You’re my favorite teacher. Will you change my grade?” (1) “Hey Mr., I’m about to cry. My poor puppy just died. […]

Characterization Lesson Plan and Creative Writing Assignment: Add a Character

The following post is a little confusing if you don’t download this first. It’s one thing to teach characterization in short stories and other literary pieces. In fact, I have a nice characterization chart (at the top of the aforelinked page), which will help you teach direct and indirect characterization in literature. Getting students to […]

Most Dangerous Game Short Story Lesson Plan: How to Introduce a Short Story

Every painstaking movement of the second hand on the round 1970s style clock in the front of the classroom deepened the soul-destroying angst in Mr. Nocontext’s being. Mr. Jobkiller, the school’s new principal, had come to observe. And the short story lesson plan for the “Most Dangerous Game” wasn’t going well. The lesson itself wasn’t […]