The Joys of Teaching Literature
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Students appreciate it when there's less academic rules and expectations for writing. Here's how to assign a creative nonfiction essay on a topic of choice.
It's easy to get distracted at work so here are some tips to stay focused and not bring work home.
These five simple methods will help you create a positive and welcoming classroom environment where students feel comfortable sharing their ideas.
Instead of getting upset about kids and their phones, let's teach stories about how and why people consume media.
Let's talk about the moving parts of the psyche and how students can use Freud to make a better interpretation of a character's behavior.
Give your students six options to create graphic organizers and track the patterns, topics, and motifs of a poem, short story, novel, or play. Posters are a great way to get students out of their seats by collaborating, presenting, organizing their ideas and quotes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Learn five techniques that will help you teach The Bard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Reading blocks held during class time may help students read challenging novels. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Let's think about how to get kids off their phone and tuned into the conversation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Here is my list of 9 contemporary novels to teach in high school. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Students can present their thoughts in front of the entire class or they can record an interview by using their phone or computer. Here are three types of interviews and conversations that students can record. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
If we want students to read and do the work, they need to constantly be in the process of meaning-making. Here are three ways I try to make things meaningful for my students. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Your students will love studying Serial, Season 1 with Sarah Koenig because it's real and relevant. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Give your students options when assigning a podcast. I'll review some techniques that will make creating a podcast easy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
There are a lot of things to consider when asking students to close read a passage in a novel. Learn some fun activities I do to make it manageable. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Here are six activities to keep on your desk to mix things up when interpreting a novel with your students. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
There are all kinds of things English teachers can do to prevent the use of AI, but the most important is to provide verbal feedback while they write. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Instead of unit and thematic-based units with essential questions, you could try media and genre-based units where students study and then create podcasts, poetry, video essays, short fiction, and personal essays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
I used two modern short stories to open up conversations about violence, technology, gossip, and surveillance. Students posted links to make connections to two different short stories. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Preparing to write an essay means finding as many quotes as possible to help answer a question, but it can be a fun activity with these five activities. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Bring a new energy to your class with a year-long project that will inspire all of your students and get every hand up in the air. Students deserve a chance to express their thoughts about the world without the pressure of academic analysis. My new online course just opened and you can find it at Teacher's Workshop https://www.theteachersworkshop.com/. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
ELA teachers have a ton of work including grading essays, class notes, reading notes, and quizzes, not to mention lesson planning, emails, and meetings. Let's think about how to handle it all. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Students love to talk about how a character grows and changes because they also experience a lot of change in high school. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
It seems like it's getting harder and harder to get students to speak in front of the entire class. Learn some strategies to make it easier for kids to share their thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Instead of listing literary techniques, students should focus on determining their purpose and function. I reduce it to three main purposes to make it easy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Start the year with a personal narrative and your students will understand what makes a great story. Or maybe it will help them get into college. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Start this school year by having more fun and experiencing less stress. I have three main techniques to get you on your way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
All of your students may not be as obsessed with novels as you are. Free Literacy Blocks will rope in the kids who want to talk about modern topics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
End the year with a creative podcast project instead of a traditional essay. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
Students want to find meaning in literature, and they can do it with the three P's of relevance: the personal, the political, and the philosophical. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-cameron6/support
