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Blog posts pertaining to literature in the high school English classroom.

7 Spooky YA Novels Your High School Students Will Love
Literature ► October 16, 2022

7 Spooky YA Novels Your High School Students Will Love

Horror novels that are classroom appropriate can be tricky to find. Finding recommendations for horror-loving students that wouldn’t get me fired used to be difficult. After lots of reading, I have found seven spooky YA novels your high school students will love. 

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How to Start Your Independent Reading Program in 6 Steps
Literature ► August 7, 2022

How to Start Your Independent Reading Program in 6 Steps

One of my greatest accomplishments in the classroom was my independent reading program. For thirty minutes every week, you could hear a pin drop in my room as students read. Sure, not every kid turned into a voracious reader, but they all at least pretended to look like they were reading. In this post, I will walk you through the steps of creating your own independent reading program.

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5 Helpful Tips for Teaching With Graphic Novels
Literature ► July 24, 2022

5 Helpful Tips for Teaching With Graphic Novels

When you think of rigorous teaching, you might not think of graphic novels right away. They seem too easy and too simplistic for any meaningful novel study, right? Well, actually, graphic novels have a lot to offer young students. In this post, I hope to share a few quick tips for teaching with graphic novels. 

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5 The Hate U Give Essential Questions for Your Unit
Literature ► April 3, 2022

5 The Hate U Give Essential Questions for Your Unit

I love designing units around essential questions, so when I began planning my The Hate U Give unit plan, that’s where I started. I’ve talked before about why I love teaching The Hate U Give, but in this post, I want to share exactly how I use essential questions to connect the novel with real life. 

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Your Social Justice Unit Needs These 3 Activities
Literature ► February 20, 2022

Your Social Justice Unit Needs These 3 Activities

Thinking about teaching a social justice unit in your class? Whether you’re reading a social justice novel or just examining a societal injustice, these three activities will engage your students with the material. 

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4 Independent Reading Activities to Challenge Students
Literature ► September 19, 2021

4 Independent Reading Activities to Challenge Students

You’ve established independent reading in your classroom. Congratulations! But now what? How do you make independent reading meaningful for students? Once students are actually reading, there are many independent reading activities you can do to...

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Why You Need to Add Some MOXIE to Your Classroom Library
Lit Literature Reviews ► July 25, 2021

Why You Need to Add Some MOXIE to Your Classroom Library

Let’s talk about the “F-word.” Feminism, that is! Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu is a fantastic YA novel about girl power and women’s rights. In this post, I hope to help you determine if Moxie deserves...

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This Is The Story about Immigration You Need In Your Classroom!
Lit Literature Reviews ► February 21, 2021

This Is The Story about Immigration You Need In Your Classroom!

I could not put We Are Not From Here down while reading it. This story about immigration, family, sacrifice, and the American Dream is full of adventure, hope, and heartbreak. If you’re looking for a young adult novel to add to your English class curriculum or classroom library, this is one you won’t want to miss.

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Literature Circles: What You Need to Know
Literature ► January 10, 2021

Literature Circles: What You Need to Know

Lately, everywhere I turn teachers are talking about literature circles--and for good reason! If you’re looking for a way to create rigor in your classroom and to cultivate authentic, real-life skills in your students, then literature circles may just be the activity your curriculum needs!

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Teach All American Boys
Lit Literature Reviews ► December 13, 2020

3 Reasons Why You Need to Teach All American Boys

Are you ready to teach a novel that students will love? Want to discuss complex ideas with the teenagers in your classroom? All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brenden Kiely is a novel that will allow you to do all that and more! While there is a multitude of reasons to incorporate it into your curriculum, this blog post will cover 3 reasons why you need to teach All American Boys.

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