Teaching Tips – Page 2

On reading one of those strange and beautiful ee cummings poems

One does not simply read aloud an ee cummings poem…. but here’s a video that will help you read his most famous one.

The Poem That Every Angsty Kid (And Future Parent) Needs to Read

This poem by Philip Larkin helped me deal with my teenage angst, and it still helps me understand my parents a little better.

Lesson Plan: Encouraging Reflection at the Start of the New Year

I put my unit plans aside on the first day back from break, and started 2019 with poetry, personal writing, and time to talk with friends. Even if you’re not a teacher, you might like to participate in this mini English lesson as a way to ground yourself for 2019!

A Pep Talk from Kurt Vonnegut

For this week’s creative pep talk, I’m going to let the master of creative pep talks take over:

The Only Three Forms of Hemingway I Can Tolerate.

Bradley Cooper and I have one thing in common: we both threw A Farewell to Arms across the room when we finished it. OK, it was Cooper’s character from Silver Linings Playbook, but still. I’ve tried to like Hemingway. I tried hard enough to finish A Farewell to Arms, even though with every turn of theContinue reading “The Only Three Forms of Hemingway I Can Tolerate.”