Creative English Teacher — Teaching Ideas

Too Cool for School? Why Script-Stories Are Perfect for High-Schoolers

January 02, 2023 • Creativity • Readers Theater Script-Stories • Short Stories • Teaching Ideas

Reader’s theater script-stories have the unique ability to defeat disengagement with high-school students. Maybe you are high-school teacher looking for a new way to connect with your students. Maybe you are looking for a way to make your content fresh. I encourage you to give script-stories a try. You may find that students who seem “too cool for school” are anything but.

Animal Farm, Planet of the Apes, and 1984: A Totalitarian Timeline?

May 22, 2022 • British Literature • Teaching Ideas • World Literature

Are Animal Farm, Planet of the Apes, and 1984 three parts of a totalitarian timeline?

Creative Educator Interview: Nathalie Roy

October 11, 2021 • Creativity • Teaching Ideas

Have you ever wondered if Mythology could overlap with other subject areas—perhaps those that fall into the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) subjects? For Nathalie Roy, 2021 Louisiana State Techer of the Year, this isn’t mere musing; it’s a reality! In her course called Myth Makers, Nathalie takes a true hands-on approach to mythology! After reading the myth of Athena and Arachne, her students try their hand at weaving on cardboard looms. After reading “Jason and the Argonauts,” they complete a challenge to build a cardboard boat powered only by human breath! After reading about the Greek underworld,...

Creative Educator Interview: Thomas J. Bussey

June 21, 2021 • Creativity • Teaching Ideas

Nothing is more inspiring than a fellow teacher who goes above and beyond in the name of creativity, and Thomas J. Bussey, a 5^th grade teacher in Fulton County Schools near Atlanta, Georgia, is a prime example of this.

Five Ways to Spice Up American Literature

September 23, 2020 • American Literature • Teaching Ideas

I get it. Sometimes literature surveys can be boring, but they don’t have to be!