
Ways to Fight Student Apathy
Do you have an imaginary teacher persona, an avatar of sorts programmed into your brain?
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Do you have an imaginary teacher persona, an avatar of sorts programmed into your brain?

When it’s time for a brand new school year, you know what that means: starting fresh and learning about a whole different set of students.

You know the feeling: it’s family vacation time and you’ve packed busy bags for the kids, have enough Goldfish crackers and juice boxes to keep them in snacks for weeks, suitcases stuffed in the back and under feet, special blankie and stuffed bear freshly laundered.

As a teacher, I see all kinds of good and sparkly rewards that come from classroom discussion.

Do you struggle with student led discussion strategies?

In the early days of my teaching career, close reading analysis became a buzz word quickly in the English department along with ICE paragraph writing (what isn’t buzzwordified in education?!).

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Finally end the overworked English teacher cycle you're stuck in and streamline grading once and for all.

As an English teacher, you’ve likely felt the challenge of truly connecting with some students, but still searching for ways to reach and engage others.

As teachers, we understand the challenge of supporting and challenging all students.