Captain Irony to the Rescue: Teaching Irony with a Short Video

You’re probably thinking I write about irony a lot. You’re probably referring to my list of short stories for teaching irony or my “Five additional Stories for Teaching Irony” blog post or “7 Short Stories with a Twist” blog post.. This blog post about irony is different. It’s a short video about irony. It’s a […]

Captain Literal to the Rescue

Look, I’m not one of those Grammar Nazis, but as an English teacher I need to draw the line somewhere, figuratively. So I am literally writing this blog post to help you figuratively save the world from the figurative onslaught of poor word choice, which is figuratively making my brain’s circumference smaller. And the main […]

Short Story Lesson Plans: 5 More Short Stories for Teaching Irony

Regular readers of this blog are aware of my fascination with Ender Wiggin, Lennie Smalls, and sports teams from the state of Ohio. What they may not be aware of is my fascination with irony. In fact, I once stayed up late into the night figuring out how everything in life is ironic, which is […]