Rewrite It, But Don’t Use “E” Here's an interesting way to move students past mundane patterns in their writing. Ask for a rewrite, but without a letter (or two).
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.
Universal Themes and… Punctuation!? Here's how can we move a punctuation lesson beyond mere memorization and towards actually interesting thinking.
Academic Love Letters We're going to take the Academic Valentine idea from earlier, and extend it into a full blown love letter – just in time for Valentine's Day!
Don’t Just List ⚖️ Ethical Issues Let's improve this "make a list" question to incorporate high level thinking.
How *Not* To Ask Questions About A Novel These "discussion questions" highlight so many of the problems we've been looking at.
Books with 700, 800, 900, & 1000 Lexile, Recommended By Teachers A reader was looking for examples of high-quality books for gifted/talented 4th and 5th graders, but she was constrained to a lexile range of 900-1000. Here are the recs I received...
Improving Identify the Figurative Language What do we do after a student can identify the type of figurative language?
