I add to my Julius Caesar lesson plans every semester! Why? I love teaching Julius Caesar, and creating Julius Caesar activities stretches me as an educator. Of all literature, Julius…
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6 Must-Teach Novels in Secondary ELA
Must-teach novels are here! March is National Reading Month, and today, my friend and I are covering ideas for ELA books. I’ve teamed up with Melissa from Reading and Writing…
Animal Farm Lesson Plan Ideas
Looking for an Animal Farm lesson plan? Use these activities and ideas to add engagement to Orwell’s novel. Animal Farm is a book that I could teach half asleep. (Not…
The Hunger Games Lesson Plan Ideas
Are you looking for The Hunger Games lesson plan ideas? I have taught the famous novel as well as Catching Fire and Mockingjay—all multiple times. Each chapter ends with a…
Pre-Reading Activities for Older Students
Pre-reading activities for older students? Yes. These activities for pre-reading can be used with any piece of literature and build terrific anticipatory sets. Getting students thinking about a reading assignment…
11 Novel Activities for Any Piece of Literature
Novel activities for student choice, helping comprehension, engagement. . . Sometimes a teacher needs a selection of quick, go-to novel activities. A lesson plan can be perfect, but students may…