Fake News: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction
People often want to avoid the news because, sometimes, reality hurts. Recently, some want to tune out for other reasons: they doubt the headlines are about real events or ...
Reading, Writing, Literacy
Students as Teachers
I love to read. I consume as many books as my schedule allows and often find the time even when there isn’t any. However, that quantity combined with my overloaded memory ...
How to Teach Like a Fool
One of my most influential teaching mentors is a secondary character from a sixteenth century Shakespearean play. I was introduced to the “wise fool” from King Lear in my last ...
Practical Tips to Prevent Plagiarism
Students plagiarize. But they don’t create the problem. Often, teachers do. Some assignments are easy to plagiarize. Teachers need to create assignments that require more than ...
Bringing Pictures to Life – Teaching with Graphic Novels
Beverley Brenna knows what children like to read. She has written award-winning children’s books. She teaches prospective English teachers in the University of Saskatchewan’s ...
Murder and Mayhem: Shakespeare in the Classroom
Does the thought of teaching A Midsummer’s Night Dream give you nightmares? This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, renewing attention on a man whom ...
Cursive Writing: Beneficial or Lost Art?
Want to build your students’ minds or bodies, or just need something new to add to your art lessons? You might want to consider re-introducing handwriting.
Teaching With Google Drive
In today’s world we experience so much technology that it has become a mainstay in our lives. Often our students know more about the digital age than we do, and are eager to ...
Let’s Do Haiku!
Through careful observation and crisp language, haiku draw attention to phenomena that might otherwise go unnoticed. For the writer and the reader, haiku presents things in a ...
The Search for the Right Picture Book
I avidly recall a second grade class that would excitedly huddle around my rocking chair for story time. Students scrambled around sliding chairs to the carpet where I read ...