Welcome to your final year of free public education. Let’s stop and think about that statement, actually. Free public education. … More
Author: Jennifer
High School English Teacher, Teacher Consultant with Northstar of Texas Writing Project, 2010 TCTELA High School Teacher of the Year, 2011 NCTE High School Teacher of Excellence
Summer Reading 2014: Books for Well-Being
Over the past months, as part of my mid-career self-reflection and as part of my refusal to fall prey to the … More
Summer Reading 2014: Young Adult
This summer has been filled with meeting lots of great writing teachers, home projects, visiting with family, and many, many … More
Observation of Texts: the Missing Skill
My students like to complain that literature is full of hidden meanings that they just can’t seem to get. Many … More
Tuesday Tips: Why Discussion > Reading Quizzes
Perhaps there is a literature teacher out there who has only students who read all the assigned material prior to … More
Teach It Slant 