March 2024

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A Step-by-Step Guide for How to Conduct Reader’s Theater with 12 Angry Men

Reader’s theater is an engaging read-aloud strategy that can engage every member of the classroom! Use this step-by-step guide to use 12 Angry Men as an anchor text with your high school students. Each activity will draw your students into the critical conversations this engaging script. What is Reader’s Theater? Reader’s theater is a literacy …

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3 Powerful Ways to Hook Your Students at the Beginning of a Play or Novel Unit

Novel units are the bread and butter of the high school English experience, but introducing a new novel or play can be met with trepidation or groans from students who carry the baggage of struggling with reading. That’s why using a powerful pre-reading activity to hook your students can actually get them excited about the …

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