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
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Should We Use Movies to Teach Classic Literature?
Are you a movie-showing teacher? Relying on movies to teach classics isn’t new. Although, I feel like it’s becoming more and more accepted as the norm. I often wonder if it should be. When I first started pre-writing this blog post, I truly thought it would lean towards nixing movies. We teach literature, not cinema.Continue Reading
How Author Info Hooks Students and Reveals Relevance
By the time most of my students read The Scarlet Letter, they are salivating for it.
