In Search of the Novel

This is a fun idea to use for the students reading George Orwell's Animal Farm . Using some sort of vests and bowties or hats, have the ...

Author Study -- Obviously, this is not a lesson for a specific novel, but it includes a final "project" which encourages students...

Night , by Elie Wiesel, is a required novel for sophomores at my school. However, they really get a lot of Holocaust material in middle sch...

A fellow-teacher shared this lesson with me. The writings the students produce are varied, wonderful and creative. Through the voice of the ...

As I have said before, I do not have the opportunity to do much more with novels besides read them. It does seem odd I know but the goal of...

Teaching a novel always has a bit of a gray area. That gray area is are the studetns reading it? I think if it is a class requirement, the...

Before I teach Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, I ask the students to think about our society today. I ask them to choose 30 people from all ...