Going Beyond “Identify a Story’s Problem” My students were stuck telling me a story's problem and solution. Let's get thinking!
Poe’s The Raven The Raven is a great starting point for students' to learn about Poe. Not only does the poem clearly demonstrate "tone," but it is a figurative language tour de force. Plus, there are some amazing readings available online!
Studying Ambiguous Sentences This type of sentence has great possibilities for classroom application because of its two different interpretations. It's a perfect tool to: demonstrate careful reading, showcase the need for editing while writing, and encourage creativity and divergent thinking.
How *Not* To Ask Questions About A Novel These "discussion questions" highlight so many of the problems we've been looking at.
Analyzing Prefixes and Suffixes Instead of just memorizing what a bunch of morphemes mean, we're looking broadly, exploring patterns, finding unexpected similarities and weird differences.
What could we do with this Wax Museum event? How one might revamp a "Wax Museum" project into something that focuses more on thinking than product.
Universal Themes and… Punctuation!? Here's how can we move a punctuation lesson beyond mere memorization and towards actually interesting thinking.
Remix the Song “Help!” Students took the classic song, Help!, and rewrote it to be about their collective summers.
Getting Ridiculous with Parts of Speech Here's how you can add some spice to an otherwise dull study of parts of speech.
