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Individual Student Project For Lowry's The Giver
This story provides a wonderful opportunity for middle schoolers to explore the idea of utopia while creating an original response book of their own investigation.
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LEP and ESOL Strategies in the Mainstream Class
Mainstream teachers can help all students succeed by incorporating ESOL strategies into their daily lesson plans. Here are some suggestions to ensure all students learn.
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First Day of School Introduction Activities
Self-reflection is a wonderful way to help students dig deeper and reveal more about themselves to their classmates. These questions will stimulate class conversation.
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Classroom Management Tips for New School Year
What are some tips to help teachers develop strong classroom management strategies this fall? Here are some teacher suggestions to keep in mind this school year.
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Preparing Materials for the New School Year
Finding efficient ways to distribute and organize lesson materials, worksheets and handouts can be a challenge. Here's a simple solution for savvy teachers.
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Plan Group Discussion about a Novel
Group discussion often devolves into a teacher-led question and answer session with three students while the rest tune out. How can you encourage active participation?
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Character Analysis Topics for Things Fall Apart
High school teachers often struggle to motivate students to write analytical essays, but there is a simple way to combat their literary ennui: give them choices.
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Literary Elements in Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Teaching the application of literary elements is an effective way to help high school students learn how to analyze literature. Here are examples from Things Fall Apart.
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Introduction Activity to Teach Things Fall Apart
Here are some lesson initiating activities to help prepare your students to read this important contribution to world literature.
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Introduction Activities to Teach The Outsiders
This classic tale of teenage loneliness and isolation resonates with both middle and high school students. Here are some ideas to introduce its themes.
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How to Plan to Read a Shakespearean Play
When first reading Shakespeare, students often feel disoriented. Teachers can alleviate this by first introducing the language, culture and plot of Elizabethan England
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Teach Julius Caesar Character Analysis Essay
One way to enhance student understanding of Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is to assign a character analysis essay early in the play.
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Teach Characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
If you want your students to enjoy reading plays by Shakespeare, teach them to analyze his complex and intriguing characters. Here are some suggestions to guide students.
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Characterization in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
When teaching Julius Caesar, teachers often struggle with strategies to help students own the material. Here is a lesson to help immerse students in the 17th century.
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Improve Study Habits Student Questionnaire
Use this comprehensive questionnaire in your next study skills lesson to help high school students reflect on their current study methods. The results may surprise them.
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How to Write an Effective Conclusion Paragraph
Since the conclusion paragraph is the last part of the essay readers will digest, writers must make a strong summary statement to leave a memorable impression.
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How to Write a Strong Introduction Paragraph
Since the introductory paragraph is the first readers will digest, writers must make a strong statement to attract attention. Here are some tips to help you do just that.
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How to Improve Study Skills in High School
Teaching study skills to high school students can pose a significant challenge. High schoolers often feel that they have heard everything before, but here's a new twist.
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Teaching Tips to Help Reluctant Writers
Are you struggling to motivivate your high school students to write their next essay? Solving this problem may be easier than you think. Here are simple suggestions.
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Ground Rules for High School Academic Discussion
One of the pitfalls of student-led discussions is that without mediation they can quickly digress into personal scenarios or even disintegrate into personal attacks.
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Example Thesis Statement for a Persuasive Essay
Teaching your students to write a thesis statement is easier once you explain to them that they can use a similar approach regardless of the type of essay assigned.
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Writing Effective Thesis Statements for Essays
Here are several examples of thesis statements for expository, persuasive, and literary analysis essays. Weak and strong thesis statements are compared to help students.
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Example Model for Writing Thesis Statements
Since students often learn best by example, here is a sample thesis statement constructed using Kurt Vonnegut's short story, "Harrison Bergeron".
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How to Write Thesis Statements for Essays
Teachers who provide students with clear guidelines & specific checklists empower students to independently write solid thesis statements to their five paragraph essays.
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How To Teach Literary Elements in High School
Students often have difficulty making the leap from comprehending literature to analyzing it. These tips show the interrelationship at play between the two and examples.
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