Getting Started with Persuasive Pitches in ELA
Not all of our students will go on to be entrepreneurs. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t learn to think like them... *winks* We live in an entrepreneurially-minded world, where...
What it means to ‘make’ writing + 3 strategies for getting started
As a writing teacher, I'm sure your students write a lot, right? But how often do you give them time to 'make' their writing? How often do you let them...
6 Collaborative Brainstorming Strategies for High School Students
Coined in the 1950s and popularized by his 1960s publication, Applied Imagination, advertising executive + businessman Alex Osborn's brainstorming concept has since made its way through the boardroom and into...
Build Perspective, Deepen the Convo
How do we take our writers to the next level? Sure, we can teach them to generate and organize ideas, but how do we get them to engage with these ideas...
Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments
No matter what track they're on, all high school students are expected to master the art of argumentative writing before they get that coveted diploma. As English Language Arts teachers, well, teaching...
The All-Powerful Art of Summarizing
The art of summarizing is a lot harder than it sounds, but it's an essential part of the note taking process... Being able to effectively summarize information will help students expeditiously...
Understanding Perspectives
IMPORTANT NOTE: I originally wrote this post when I was pioneering several brand new,advanced-level curriculums being made available to high school students: AP Seminar, AS Level Global Perspectives & Research,...
Lending a ‘Hand’: Using Lenses to Narrow Essay Focus
Quarter 1 has a lot to do with getting your students acquainted with global issues, filling the "blank slate"--so to speak—with those basics that’ll lay the groundwork for deeper research later....
Growing & Razing an Argument
When they first arrive on our doorstep, our students are convinced that they're masters of argumentation: So confident they are (I say this in love), that when we tell them we're going to...
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