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...

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...

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...

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 often...