It’s Monday & Syllabus has eaten my brain
I've finished a couple of books these past two weeks (more on that below), but the one that's had the most impact so far is Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by...
Jul 16, 2018 1 5 min read
Lesson Plans
Deal with it #SOL18
Two updates to yesterday's post: 1. I got to page 176 of Station Eleven, so didn't make it to the 200s. Oh well. I probably won't finish it until this weekend. 2. I forgot to...
Group Contracts #SOL18
Yesterday, I put my students into groups and had them work up their group contracts, which is what I want to talk about in my post. But before I get into that, I just want to...
Behind on Everything! #SOL18
Especially posting. I have a lot to say today since I introduced my students to the group contracts mentioned before and actually, finally wrote up the assignment sheet for...
Dear English/Lit teachers of the world, just stop
I recently finished J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & the Cursed Child and then went online and read some reviews (as one does). And I saw an alarming pattern in quite a few...
M is for Mulan
How do academics show how much they love stuff? They either write papers/articles about the things they love or create assignments about the things they love. One of my best...
The Artist’s Way & the Artist Date
This fall, I'm teaching a fiction writing class for the first time, and I'm super excited. Because I've never taught the class before, I'm using a co-worker's syllabus....
Lesson Plan Friday: The Power of Poetry
I have a confession. I was terrified to teach poetry. As part of the Writing about Literature course at my school, there are three units: fiction, drama, and poetry. I have a...
Lesson Plan Friday: Identifying Character Traits
I actually got the idea for this activity from The Bedford Introduction to Literature (10th edition) edited by Michael Meyer. One of the creative response assignment...