It’s the middle of July. If you’re like me—and you probably are since you’re searching for ways to improve your teaching—you’re dying for a Claymation “Leiningen vs the Ants” video. This 3-minute video is so bad that it’s good. Although it’s horrible, your students will think you’re pretty cool for showing it. It serves as […]
The Odyssey Lesson Plans: Trump Calls Cruz a Trojan Horse
April 6, 2016 By
According to Fox News Donald Trump called Ted Cruz “worse than a puppet— he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump.” Why do I bring this up? Because today in my very class we read, discussed, listened to, and watched different versions of The […]
Captain Literal to the Rescue
January 20, 2016 By
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 […]