The despairing teacher in this Vernon Scannell poems needs to focus on his students, not on himself.
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Thoughts on Teaching as School Begins
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To Teach Empathy, Turn to Lit
Literature is a powerful way to teach empathy–but do so, literature must be taught in different ways than many teachers do.
Mission Possible: A Love of Reading
To teach kids to love reading, start with actual books, not special reading activities. And let them choose their books and let them read in class.
Beware Teachers That Satirize Students
Tom Layman’s “The Students” is a humorous poem but, in the end, mean-spirited. It also lets the teacher off the hook.
Teaching Lit Crit as Autobiography
Literary criticism can be a form of autobiography. Knowing that can improve our teaching.
How Teachers Can Make Lit Real
The “so what” question is vital if students are to make their responses to literature real.
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