By: Liz Keiper Need suggestions for a holiday break read? Or still looking for gift ideas for your second cousin’s kids? Maybe you just want to freshen up your classroom library with some new titles. (I know that’s ALWAYS a yes for me.) This semester, I’ve happened upon some amazing Read more…
By: Liz Keiper There’s something entrancing about dystopian stories… I mean, who isn’t drawn in by a story about a futuristic society in crisis, a hero taking on the system, or the threat of either nuclear apocalypse, deadly disease, alien invasion, or AI omnipotence? And our students are no exception. Read more…
BY: LIZ KEIPER The American Dream. It’s one of those slippery concepts that is hard to define or pin down. We have a sense of what it is, but helping 14-year-olds to a nuanced understanding of the term can be difficult because often people mean many different concepts when they Read more…
BY: LIZ KEIPER Here’s a list of three (of the many) things I struggled with as an English teacher during my first few years of teaching: How to teach vocabulary in a meaningful context in a way so that students would actually learn the words and incorporate them into their Read more…
BY: LIZ KEIPER Welcome back, all! I hope that you have been having a rejuvenating summer break. This summer, I had the privilege to spend two weeks in Asheville, NC through a program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Quick plug for NEH: They fund programs for teachers Read more…