Always encouraging my students to write in more concise sentences, I find it helpful to show them various ways to combine sentences while maintaining clarity. One way to do this is by using particip...Read More
This is a ready-made handout of one of Emily Dickinson’s most commonly studied poems. The poem is lined, has some vocabulary break-down, comprehension questions, symbolism chart, and a short p...Read More
This is a very general graphic organizer that I use to encourage students to engage more deeply with a poem. Students tend to be more passive when they read poetry, for all kinds of reasons, and often...Read More
K-W-L’s are a great tool for students to access their prior knowledge on a particular topic, as well as an opportunity for the teacher to see what they may need to preteach or what extensions th...Read More
Metacognition simply means thinking about thinking. Without being explicitly asked to reflect on their own learning, many students can become passive or even discouraged by setbacks. Metacognition e...Read More