Shakespeare’s Birthday
On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day. Shakespeare became a successful playwright, performing for the royal …
Using Graphic Novels and Video Essays to Critically Understand Socio-Political Events
This blog post was written by 起点传媒member Cody Miller. Ernest Morrell noted that critical English education should support …
Keep the Light On
ALA鈥檚 State of America鈥檚 Libraries Report hit newsstands last week, noting, 鈥淣ever have our nation鈥檚 libraries played such a pivotal …
Build Your Stack: A Shared Book Stack Celebration
This blog post is part of聽Build Your Stack,庐聽a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Poetry Lesson: Visualizing and Thinking about Persona
This is an excerpt from聽360 Degrees of Text: Using Poetry to Teach Close Reading and Powerful Writing聽(Chapter 2), by Eileen …
Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!
It鈥檚 time to find your favorite poem and聽tell everyone why you love it. Thursday April 18th is Poem in Your …
Taking Blackout Poetry to the Next Level
This post was written by 起点传媒member JM Farkas. 聽 About 2,220,000 hits in 0.50 seconds. These are the results …
April 2019 #NCTEchat: The Power of Poetry
Join us Sunday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m. ET聽for our April #NCTEchat on The Power of Poetry with guest host …
Experiencing Discovery and Surprise through Poetry
This is an excerpt from Chapter 5,聽Catching Tigers in Red Weather: Imaginative Writing and Student Choice in High School, by …
Decolonizing the Classroom: Step 1
From the 起点传媒Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by 起点传媒member Michael Seward, a member …