So the big wigs came to my school last week and I didn’t want to embarrass the school, get my administrator in trouble, and end up teaching from a cart next year, so I went to one of my favorite lessons: Poetry Speed Analysis. It covers a slew of Common Core objectives. They’re listed at […]
Great Stories and Poems for Halloween
October 30, 2013 By
Looking for something good to teach this Halloween? “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. Nothing screams Halloween like black cats and the master of suspense. Check out these teaching ideas for teaching suspense in “The Black Cat.” I’m also nearly finished with a complete teaching guide to one of Poe’s most famous stories. […]