It’s October, which means tons of high school and middle school students will read stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Of course, you can teach these stories any time of year. I always reserved February for Poe, with a little “Anabel Lee” around Valentine’s Day. So in honor of the month of Halloween, I present Edgar […]
Alternative 2016 Presidential Candidates from Literature
September 28, 2016 By
I’m not going to tell you who to vote for. That’s not what I do here at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com. Nor will I tell you who I’m voting for—you don’t care. I do know this. We could do worse. Alternative 2016 Presidential Candidates from Literature Candidate: Diana Moon Glampers from “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Qualifications: Served […]
American Literature: Colonial Period, 1607-1783
August 31, 2016 By
If you’re like me, you spend hours contemplating the colonial period in American History from an historical perspective. But there’s a literary perspective as well. In fact, if you’re a teacher of American Literature, you’ve probably incited your class to rebel by cramming colonial prose into the curriculum. That’s what I did when I taught […]