English students watch The Great Gatsby during class. Photo by Maddie Binning.
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Contributing to a classic
It's 1957. An aspiring female author with boy-cut brown hair leans across a desk and offers a well-worked manuscript...
Day 118 Graphic Novel
English students read Hamlet in graphic novel form to help understand plot. Photo by Maddie Binning.
Day 108 Chapter Illustrations
Chapter illustrations reflect the most recent readings of The Great Gatsby during English class. Photo by Maddie...
Day 102 The Great Gatsby
English classes take a closer look at The Great Gatsby cover by drawing their own versions of it. Photo by...
Why do we tell stories?
Sharing human experience Storytelling is an age-old tradition that teaches all of us about ourselves and one another...
Day 100 The 1920’s
English students reading the Great Gatsby play an online game to get familiar with the 1920's. Photo by Maddie...
Day 92 Martin Luther King Jr.
AP English students view a multi-person reading of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech. Photo by Maddie...
Day 53 Literary Devices
English students create presentations about literary devices. Photo by Maddie Binning.
Perfecting the balancing act of summer homework
"It's vital that students imagine, wonder, daydream, are bored, solve problems and all of that," said English teacher...
Is cursive a thing of the past?
Technological era takes a stance in elementary schools Remember those days of old when cursive was a mandatory thing...
Day 84 the great gatsby
Ken Myhre passionately reads The Great Gatsby to his AP English class. Photo by Rachel Bartz.