Essential Literary Elements for Better Storytelling: Character
There are 350+ literary elements, depending on how you define it. When telling a good story, you only need to focus on conflict, context, and character.
How to Student 359: What Class Grades Actually Mean
This post includes affiliate links that will lead you to other websites that I do not own. Read the full disclosure here. What started as a way to measure student mastery became a way to compete and beat ourselves up. But, why is that? Why do grades have to represent our failures rather than our chances […]
How to Student 223: How to Do Better in Class
This post includes affiliate links that will lead you to other websites that I do not own. Read the full disclosure here. I was an honors kid growing up. Not gifted, but honors. I found there was a difference between the two, though many schools put them together. Gifted kids are born with the smarts; […]
5 Cheap Classroom Investments for Learning and Lovable spaces
Okay, there are 5 things that stood out to anyone who came into my classroom. I will address these below: Accent Wall Home staples Alternative Seating Lighting and Aromatics Something Living This post includes affiliate links that will lead you to other websites that I do not own. Read the full disclosure here. A lot […]
Essential Literary Elements for Better Storytelling: Setting Context
These are key setting context details that affect our writing and how the readers will then picture the setting (because imagery is essential), make sense of the conflict (because obstacles to one person may not be the same for another), and empathize with the characters (because we want the characters to be relatable). This post […]