I have been thinking for the last few days (sad, I know, during vacation time) about how I want to conclude the first semester with my Sophomores. We will be reading The Princess Bride during the final two weeks of the semester before finals begin, so I wanted one more writing assignment to finish off the first half of the class. Now, I have ...

Every year my department revamps the curriculum to teach the material more effectively and to improve student achievement. This year we’re taking a particularly close look at the vocabulary words we use in the honors courses. A few different means of choosing words, all backed by research, are available to us. 1. We could simply pluck ...

I had a great start to my week! I absolutely enjoy my classes, and my new collegaues seem to be adjusting and fitting in well. Here’s how my week went with some key lessons. College in the H.S. (American Lit.) I started the kids with a dozen literary terms. I created a chart with the following columns: literary term, definition, example ...