This page will showcase 25 of my best Lessons. By best, I suppose that I mean a number of things. These are the lessons that had the greatest impact on my students (in some cases former students remembering the lesson 20 years after it happened). Or they are the lessons that I believe best represent the philosophies espoused on this website - my beliefs in what I believe makes up a good approach to both teaching and learning. Or they are the lessons that create "moments" in the classroom - profound, thoughtful, moments, on which, much can be built. They are not listed in any special order - but I have tried to find plans from both my World Literature and my British Literature class. If you've looked through this site or you are a former student and you think you know of a candidate for this page that isn't here. Drop me a note. I hope that you find something useful.
This is the opening lesson for the year for the course. I am always struck by how often students reference what we do that day - not only later in the school year, but years and years later when they come to visit. Because this is also the first lesson to be published on this website, I'm hoping to...
This is the opening lesson for the year, for the course. It sets the tone - and it (and the ideas contained within) gets visited again and again.