5 Yogi Berra Quotes for the ELA Classroom

May 13, 2015 By

Yogi Berra turned 90 yesterday. For those of you who don’t know who Yogi Berra is, I don’t have time to explain. What I do have time to explain is related lesson plans. Making decisions. I like to bust out a decision making graphic organizer when reading Romeo and Juliet at the end of Act […]

Filed Under: Writing

Characterization Lesson Plan Chart

May 11, 2015 By

So I was looking for a lesson on characterization on my own site the other day. I found some good ones, but nothing that I could just print out and use. I couldn’t help feel that I had totally let down my colleagues from around the world. I sought the advice of Friar Lawrence as […]

Filed Under: Lesson of the Day, Lessons, Literary Analysis

A Handy Chart for Teaching Conflict in Literature

May 6, 2015 By

I like to experience ElaCommonCoreLessonPlans.com from the view of an outsider. In fact, I often use the site’s search function to remind me of great lesson ideas I’ve done in the past. So just the other day, I typed in “Teaching Conflict in Literature,” and I found great ideas, but nothing that would strike me […]

Filed Under: Literary Analysis, Short Stories