Tag: ela

Actor’s Theatre Streaming Performances During COVID-19 Closure

TeachThought StaffMar 30, 2020

Actors Theatre of Louisville announces Actors Theatre Direct: on-demand content to ensure that theatre continues to thrive during COVID-19.

How Twitter Can Help Students Write Better Thesis Statements

TeachThought StaffMay 18, 2019

Tweets are limited to 280 characters–plenty for a well-written sentence. Ask students to tweet their thesis statements in one sentence.

How David Foster Wallace Taught Students To Respond To…

Terrell HeickApr 11, 2019

The reader, in fact, will feel about you, your subject, and your essay only what your written words themselves induce her to feel.

21st Century Literacy: A Framework For Merging Classic Literature…

Terrell HeickFeb 28, 2018

Literacy instruction has done a relatively poor job of keeping up with the urgent pace of change in the ways people read…

Teaching Digital Students Non-Digital Things

Terrell HeickJan 25, 2018

How can you teach digital students non-digital things? 21st century reading & thinking is linked in a web of physical & digital…

12 Strategies For Teaching Literature In The 21st-Century

Terrell HeickJun 30, 2017

From affording choice to anchoring year-long discussion of certain themes, here are strategies for teaching literature in the 21st century.

Nas Breaks Down Hip-Hop Classic ‘It Ain’t Hard To…

Terrell HeickJun 14, 2017

Nas explores ‘It Ain’t Hard To Tell,’ a track of ranging similes and metaphors with a pace that required 50+ plays before…

How My Students Organize Their Language Arts Binder

Terrell HeickMay 25, 2017

How Students Organize Their Language Arts Binders by Terry Heick For many humanities teachers, how you have students organize their […]