by mindroar | Mar 12, 2023 | blog
Looking for teaching ideas on Shakespeare? Today we’re going to cover 5 fast and easy tips for how to teach Shakespeare: sonnets edition. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know the awful rookie mistakes I made when first teaching...
by mindroar | Feb 13, 2023 | blog
Just about every student in your class will have a least a little fear of test taking. Fear is a completely normal response to mild stressors such as tests. However, for some students, this fear of test taking extends beyond common fear into test anxiety. So if you’re...
by mindroar | Jan 16, 2023 | blog
Teaching William Shakespeare’s sonnets is a great way to introduce Shakespeare to students because the texts are so short they are like a bite-sized introduction to Shakespeare. It’s far easier to convince students to analyze something that’s only 14 lines long, as...
by mindroar | Jan 2, 2023 | blog
Do your students struggle to take notes? Are you looking for fast and easy ways of teaching students to take notes? Then you’re in the right place. But before we begin, students may need some convincing that taking notes is a skill worth learning. You may need to...
by mindroar | Dec 19, 2022 | blog
Managing study time is a difficult set of skills to learn – especially if nobody has ever taken the time to teach you. Many middle and high school teachers assume that students are being taught organizational skills at home (such as how to plan study time), but...
by mindroar | Dec 5, 2022 | blog
Have you ever had that circular argument with your students about using class time wisely? You know the kind. They have a paper or project due in a week. They haven’t done much about it. And they’re sitting in class goofing off, talking to their friends, and doing...