Simply Novel Blog - Teaching Tips and Ideas for Teachers

According to the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, irony is a literary device that should be taught in both 8th and 11th grades. To ...

Several years ago, I read an interesting article from the New York Times about helping boys to become “readers” (Boys and Reading: Is there any Hop...

Have you used Literature Circles in your classroom? What technique has been the most successful for you? Here are 5 Steps for Using Literature Circles in your middle or high school classroom.

Here are 5 of my favorite books for the high school classroom so that next time you are approached about changing the book list, you have some place to start.