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Strategies for Close Reading That Rock
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I love teaching strategies for close reading. I love teaching students the …
31 Engaging Poems for High School English Class
As an English teacher, I know the feeling of trying to find poems for high school English classes that engage students …
Secrets of Teaching the Literary Analysis Essay
I teach standard-level sophomores. They're eager-to-please, and when asked to write a literary analysis essay, they know …
How to Teach Close Reading Analysis in the High School Classroom
With the onset of the Common Core, close reading analysis became a buzz word quickly in our English world at my school. …
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