Lesson Planning Archives

Steal My Born a Crime Teaching Ideas

January 2, 2025 // by Lindsay Ann

Deciding to teach Trevor Noah's Born a Crime to sophomore students several years ago was one of the BEST shifts for …

November 19, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It’s no secret that creating lesson plans and engaging activities for students is a time consuming and occasionally …

September 30, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When students pick up their phones, they aren’t reading eBooks. They are checking Insta, scrolling Tik Toks, …

August 13, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Visit veteran teachers at your school and ask to see their binders. We all have them: cabinet-filling, …

May 30, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Ah, novel units and book projects are the bread and butter of English teacher life and planning. We want students to …

May 28, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

I don’t know about you–though I suspect you’re like me since you are reading a blog right now–but I like reading to …

May 21, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

There are always things we, as educators, look forward to every year: the first day of school, the last day of school, …

May 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Student learning, for better or worse, stems from teaching strategies we use in the classroom. That’s a …

May 7, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

As if there wasn’t enough for students to deal with their junior and senior year – college or career planning, …

April 9, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Why do we read informational texts and nonfiction? Why do we write informational texts? These questions are …

November 14, 2023 // by Lindsay Ann

Indeed, the days-of-old are earmarked in my memory by sitting-and-getting, by memorizing-and-regurgitating. That was …

November 7, 2023 // by Lindsay Ann

Being white, growing up in America, having money for food, laughing with friends and family without the fear of …