Graffiti appeals to youth culture, making a unit on graffiti an easy sell to students. Such a unit could be appropriate for a middle school or high school art class. A briefer version—or aspects of it—could fit in a social …
A perennial struggle for English teachers is helping students connect with literature. This can be most challenging with some of the archaic works of the traditional canon. The themes might be universal, but the dated language and sheer density of …
“I hope they’re hiring at the English factory.” It’s an old joke, and not a particularly good one, but it encapsulates what some people think when they hear a young person say that he is planning to major in English …
A few years ago, I created a demonstration lesson to use during interviews for teaching positions. Although I had intended it only as a demonstration lesson, I ended up liking it enough to try it with students. After getting some …