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What Is A Metaphor? Definition, Examples, And Types

Literacy / September 5, 2022 / Definitions, ela

A metaphor is a literary device (or figure of speech) that makes a comparison between two ‘things’ without the comparison being literal.

Literacy / May 23, 2022 / Books

While the content can be dramatic, dystopian novels for young adults can offer a kind of practice for navigating an uncertain world.

Literacy / April 18, 2022 / Resources

Quality sources of free reading passages are useful for any teacher regardless of grade level or content area.

Hermeneutics is a branch of knowledge concerned with the theory, practice, and methodology of interpretation of text.

Literacy / March 7, 2022 / Definitions

Critical reading is reading with the purpose of critical examination of the text and its implicit and explicit themes and ideas.

Novels written in verse typically rely heavily on dialogue, emotion, and themes of identity–the latter of which are relevant to YA readers.

Literacy / January 10, 2022 / How-To, Terry Heick

What’s one crazy, moonshot idea that may never work in this plan–but if it did, it could change everything?

Let’s stop the endless worksheets and cooperative groups that skim through text merely to find answers and grow a culture of reading.

Many educators find graphic novels beneficial for struggling readers or students who profess that they do not enjoy reading.

Here are 50 of the best historical fiction books, divided by grade level, that promise to engage the most reluctant of readers.

Literacy / September 20, 2021 / Random

Strategies for using context clues in reading including word parts, definition–> explanation, examples, antonyms, and analogies.

Literacy / September 1, 2021 / ela, Terry Heick

To create authentic writing assignments, you should have a clear purpose & resistant audience in mind — one students must work to engage.