Nine Yardsticks for Deeper Reading
Readings: Responding Deeply While the Nine Yardsticks of Value originally were written for use in evaluating fictional works, they can be adapted for deeper reading of more kinds of writing. …
Pattern Poetry
Pantoums and A Farewell to Manzanar Pantoums One pattern that yields successful poems in middle school is a version of the less-familiar pantoum, a poem consisting of eight non-rhyming lines…
Shakespeare – Choral Reading and Mask Making
Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color! Looking for ideas to enhance your teaching Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet in ways that appeal to the multiple intelligences? Looking for ideas that…