Feeling compelled to write a rondeau? Let our fun Rentrement of Compulsion infographic help get you started and learn how to write a rondeau poem.
The Literary Epic: Poetry Prompt
Come along on an exploration of the literary epic and find out why Virgil made us readers. Remember to pack your prompt-writing pencil!
Epic Poetry: The Simile Prompt
Join us for this week’s prompt as we explore the nature of simile and its use in epic poetry.
The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104 (Annotated)
The Shakespeare Files is a collection of annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. Today, it’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 104.
Understanding Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s Shin Bone
Why Mark Twain (and countless high school students) wants to dig up Jane Austen and find her shin bone. Love it or hate it, Pride and Prejudice still tops the charts.
Common Core Picture Poems: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. Today we consider Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
Revamping The Raven—and Other Writing Mischief
What does it mean to have a well-rounded writing approach? It might require a dog, a cup of tea, and Poe’s “The Raven.”
How to Write a Poem: Jealous Poem Stacks
English Teaching Resources: Poem stacks are good for starting something. Good for jealous days.
Top Ten Reasons We Dare You to Give an English Teacher “How to Read a Poem”
We dare you to give “How to Read a Poem” to an English teacher. Here are our Top 10 reasons, plus a giveaway.
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, Yahtzee is an English Game
Yahtzee is not just a math game. No kidding. Consider using it in English class.
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, that Play-Doh Could Prevent a Homicide
Play-Doh prevents violence? Yes, if it’s part of play. Use it in your English Teaching and create a better world.
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, That Lego Could Earn You Six Figures
English teaching resources that include legos? Yes. That lego could earn you big money someday. Go ahead, play.
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, You Just Wrote for Three Hours
Our “Incidentally” column shares English Teaching Resources & opinions about the state of education, from a teacher who has worked the systems for almost 25 years. Today’s topic: teaching kids to write.
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, That’s a Chiasmus
Our “Incidentally” column shares English Teaching Resources from a teacher who has worked the systems for almost 25 years. Up today? Chiasmus.