An old teacher with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the campus and students, administrators, and teachers, custodians and security guards were … [Read more...]
Analyzing Theme in Dead Man’s Path Lesson Plans
July 22, 2019 By
Mr Obi's hopes were fulfilled much earlier than he had expected. He was appointed principal of Pink Slip Central School last week. It had always been an unprogressive school, so the school board decided to send a critical and … [Read more...]
The Landlady Lesson Plans: Making Inferences
April 22, 2019 By
Mr. Weaver had traveled down from the lunch room on the slow afternoon cart, with a stop at the library on the way, and by the time he got to his classroom it was about one o’clock in the afternoon and the assistant principal … [Read more...]
32 National Poetry Month Lesson Plans
March 26, 2019 By
I'm not sure when National Poetry Month became a thing, but it is. And I'm glad. If you feel April is a great time for teaching poetry and you need some poetry lesson plans or poetry teaching ideas, you are in the right … [Read more...]
Lesson of the Day: March Madness Meets Common Core Writing and Reading for Information Standards
March 18, 2019 By
It was my second year teaching. It was the third Thursday in March. I was watching basketball. My administrator, Ms. Killjoy, thought that the third Thursday in March was a good day to observe my class. She pulled a pink slip … [Read more...]
9 High Interest Short Stories for High School Students
February 8, 2019 By
An Occurrence at Owl Creek High School A man stood upon a teacher desk in northern Alabama, looking down into the not so swift students twenty feet below. The teacher's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a … [Read more...]
Teaching Edgar Allan Poe Poems: A 4-Step Lesson Plan for Annabel Lee
February 1, 2019 By
For the most wild, yet most homely blog post which I am about to type, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not --and … [Read more...]
The Super Bowl of Hunting and “The Most Dangerous Game” Lesson Plan
January 24, 2019 By
I'm just going to give you the lesson plan before you start reading: "The Most Dangerous Game": The Super Bowl of HuntingThis doesn't have to be a "Most Dangerous Game" essay lesson plan. It can be "Most Dangerous Game" … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Love Poems and Lesson Plans
January 24, 2019 By
I will now list the three most annoying days of the school year:1. The first day 2. September 3. Valentine's DayUnfortunately, Valentine's day falls on a Thursday this year, which gives students 4 days to to send … [Read more...]
All Summer in a Day Lesson Plans: Setting and Sensory Details
August 8, 2018 By
It had been raining insults for seven years; thousand upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with insults, with the drum and gush of criticism, with the sweet crystal fall of back-handed … [Read more...]
