Tag: ela

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 you could begin…

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 class binders–or…

‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry

Terrell HeickFeb 22, 2017

“I prayed what I saw was only fear & no foretelling, for I saw the last known landscape destroyed for the sake…

How I Use Data To Motivate Students To Become…

TeachThought StaffFeb 20, 2017

Equipping students with the right tools and providing them with the proper support can set struggling readers up for success.

14 Ways To Use Digital Text Annotation In The…

Skim for key vocabulary that seems important, is confusing, or otherwise ‘stands out’ and mark it in a separate color.

Kurt Vonnegut Describes The Shape Of A Story

Terrell HeickJun 10, 2016

Every story, Vonnegut playfully asserts, can be ‘shaped’ on a Y-axis of Good Fortune & Ill Fortune extended along the X-axis of…

What To Read Next: 100 Timeless Books, Poems, And…

Terrell HeickJul 26, 2015

What should you read next? Consider Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World,’ Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ or Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Player Piano.’

12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map

TeachThought StaffJul 24, 2015

12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map by TeachThought Staff Richard Kreitner and Steven Melendez over at atlasobscura recently shared a map you…