The problem of missing assignments
I think I’ve figured out the starkest difference between my students and those who perform better academically. My students don’t always turn in th...
Category: teaching
Teaching prior knowledge = Teaching reading
An article today in The New York Times, “A Field Trip to a Strange New Place: Second Grade Visits the Parking Garage,” emphasizes the importance of...
Saturday sessions to prepare for AP test
My latest effort to support my students to pass the AP English test is what I call “AP Saturdays.” Every other Saturday morning, we meet for a coup...
A simple tech activity that went awry
Today, I decided I would try to use technology to facilitate a close reading of Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy. My idea was to use ...
Late-night online grammar breakthroughs
This year, I’m trying to teach my students the importance of having zero grammar errors in their final essays. For the most part, I haven’t been su...