5 Reasons to Add The Grace Year to Your Library
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett is a hauntingly beautiful dystopian story about female relationships, societal expectations, and rebellion that needs to be added to your classroom library.
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Blog posts pertaining to literature in the high school English classroom.
Here Are the Best Fiction Books for Teaching about Black Lives Matter
More and more educators are realizing that the time to have difficult conversations in our classrooms is now. In case you're just starting to Black Lives Matter unit, here are some of the best fiction books for teaching about #BlackLivesMatter.
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SLAY: How to Start Courageous Conversations in your Classroom
Slay by Brittney Morris is a groundbreaking novel in many ways. Morris has found a way to merge difficult racial conversations with the world of online video games. These two topics are always ones that immediately engage my high school students. In this blog post, I’ll explain why Slay by Brittney Morris should be the newest YA novel in your classroom library.
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Profit First: The Must-Read Business Book For Teacherpreneurs
So, if you need a business book that doesn’t read like a business book, if you have no idea how you should manage your business’s finances, or you just want to make sure you continue to grow your side hustle, then I can’t recommend Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First enough.
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With the Fire On High: How to Spice Up Your Library
Elizabeth Acevedo’s newest novel With the Fire On High won’t stay on your classroom library shelves for long. Acevedo turns up the heat with her young protagonist Emoni--a high school senior, a talented chef, and a young mother.
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How to Use Poetry Analysis as a Daily Warm-up
How do you teach poetry analysis without overwhelming or boring students to death? After years of puzzling through this, I have an answer: use poetry analysis as a daily warm-up!
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree: Connect Students to the World
How do you get American students to even begin to grasp life in a third world country? With Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and Viviana Mazza, students will be able to engage and connect to the world beyond their own lives.
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The Night Circus: Magic for Your Classroom Bookshelves
Not only does the book contain dueling, Victorian magicians, but Morgenstern’s details and descriptions make it feel like you are right there with them. This novel is not just a passive reading experience--The Night Circus is truly a magical experience to add to your classroom bookshelves.
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Is Revenge Worth it?: Long Way Down Review
Jason Reynolds is the king of engaging young adult literature. We all know that. But Long Way Down, in my opinion, really kicks it up a notch. In this Long Way Down Lit Literature review, I’ll show you just how powerful, and accessible, this novel in verse is.
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How to Create the Classroom Library of Your Dreams
Everyone should have a classroom library, whether you teach English or another content area. Classroom libraries offer all kinds of benefits: increased student reading achievement, greater access to print material, greater levels of volume of student reading, and more. But starting a classroom library is a daunting task. How do you afford it? Organize it? Maintain it?
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