The Joys of Teaching Literature

Let's think about how to get kids off their phone and tuned into the conversation.

Here is my list of 9 contemporary novels to teach in high school.

Students can present their thoughts in front of the entire class or they can record an interview by using their phone or computer. Here are three types of interviews and conversations that students can record.

If we want students to read and do the work, they need to constantly be in the process of meaning-making. Here are three ways I try to make things meaningful for my students.

Your students will love studying Serial, Season 1 with Sarah Koenig because it's real and relevant.

Give your students options when assigning a podcast. I'll review some techniques that will make creating a podcast easy.

There are a lot of things to consider when asking students to close read a passage in a novel. Learn some fun activities I do to make it manageable.

Here are six activities to keep on your desk to mix things up when interpreting a novel with your students.

There are all kinds of things English teachers can do to prevent the use of AI, but the most important is to provide verbal feedback while they write.

Instead of unit and thematic-based units with essential questions, you could try media and genre-based units where students study and then create podcasts, poetry, video essays, short fiction, and personal essays.