How I Teach My End-of-the-Year Poetry Project

The last few days before summer vacation can be a slow painful countdown—or they can be an opportunity to try something new, get students working independently, and give teachers a break. It’s not that teachers are sick of their students (okay, maybe just a little bit) it’s that we’re all ready for something a little bit different. For me, that sometimes means finishing off the term with an engaging poetry unit. My End Of The Year Poetry Unit is

5 Ideas For Fun And Meaningful Creative Writing In The Secondary Classroom

At the beginning of the school year when I let students ask me anything they wanted, I invariably got the question “Will we be doing any creative writing in this class?” Usually, the kid who asked the question felt that they had not been given enough opportunities for creative writing in their other English classes. I think that many teachers have good intentions to give their students opportunities to be creative and experiment with different forms, but after all of

6 Tips for Teaching Fake News: Digital Literacy Do’s and Don’ts

If you have students over the age of 16, they’ll be eligible to vote in the next presidential election. Will they have the information to make the best decisions for themselves and their country? If they’re making their choices based on fake news—or misinformation and disinformation—the consequences of those choices could hurt us all. You know that you need to teach your students to be more savvy consumers of digital information who are equipped with the correct tools for evaluating

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