↑
  • Home
  • About Keeping Classics
  • Literary Links
  • Books by Deborah Linn
    • Resources for Teachers and Book Clubs
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Keeping Classics

Keeping Classics Relevant. Keeping Kids Reading.

  • Home
  • About Keeping Classics
  • Literary Links
  • Books by Deborah Linn
    • Resources for Teachers and Book Clubs

Hawthorne

How Do We Make Hawthorne Accessible to Teen Readers?

October 29, 2020 by KeepingClassics Leave a Comment

Using Innovation on Demand to Assess Understanding of Texts When trying to create connections for students to classic literature, we must consider their reasons for pushback. What are the reasons students dislike the classics or at least aren’t too terribly excited about studying them? I’ve heard many. Classics are boring or they’re too hard. StudentsContinue Reading

How Author Info Hooks Students and Reveals Relevance

June 25, 2020 by KeepingClassics Leave a Comment

By the time most of my students read The Scarlet Letter, they are salivating for it.

Thank you for subscribing!

Footer

Behind The Writing

I’m a writer, a reader, and a teacher on a mission to save the classics.

With over a decade of experience teaching American Literature to teenagers, I no longer buy into the myth that the classics are dead because teens find them boring and won’t read them. I help students and teachers access the relevance of American classics. I love networking with authors and educators to reignite the love of classic literature for a new generation. Mostly, though, I love helping students find the stories of themselves in the very stories that help shape our nation. Read More

Copyright ©2025, Keeping Classics. All Rights Reserved.
Design by Pixel Me Designs