The Joys of Teaching Literature

Let's talk about the moving parts of the psyche and how students can use Freud to make a better interpretation of a character's behavior.

ELA teachers have a ton of work including grading essays, class notes, reading notes, and quizzes, not to mention lesson planning, emails, and meetings. Let's think about how to handle it all.

Give your students six options to create graphic organizers and track the patterns, topics, and motifs of a poem, short story, novel, or play. Posters are a great way to get students out of their seats by collaborating, presenting, organizing their ideas and quotes.

This year, I'll do something I call "The Hope Project". It gives my students the opportunity to make sense of the year and look forward.

In this episode, I'll explore how the psyche is a part of every work of fiction, and how I talk about it in class.