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How can a teacher best approach the teaching of a novel? This lens will break it down step by step, from the abstract notion of "What's worth teaching in this novel?" to the concrete concerns of "How will students be held accountable for their understanding of this book? In what ways will I assess progress? How will students demonstrate their understandings of story theme, character development, plot, vocabulary, and other story elements?" This lens will provide sample materials, Internet resources, and ideas which have proven successful in many classrooms.

Discover creative strategies for bringing novels to life for middle and high school students with this workshop, featuring the words and works of 10 novelists, including Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, J. K. Rowling, and Toni Morrison. Within the framework of real classroom practice, the workshop offers interviews with contemporary authors, literary critics, teachers, and students, as well as film clips from adaptations of the novels featured. In Search of the Novel poses basic questions that can help you examine the genre from multiple perspectives and bring it to life for your students.

various webquest topics

good article for classroom work

Click on english and find resources and examples of how other teachers are using blogs in their classrooms.

lots of PD links for teaching film in the classroom

Short article highlighting main conerns about SSR in the classroom.

specifically for thos ideas we need when working with learning difficulties

great poster pack for english classrooms explaining the 6 traits of writing

general teaching resource - USA

Weekly World news takes off modern society, lifestyles, fears and the media - even a browse of the front pages is funny. In the classroom - we could use something of these to have students consider how tho tell if the media is presenting them the truth - and some of those headlines are fabulous for studying word play

about teaching satire