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Teaching Vocab to Struggling High School Students

Lesson ideas for teaching vocabulary to high school students who struggle or are in special education English classes.

The absolute best way for people to learn vocabulary is through natural and repeated exposure: both in conversation and reading. However, I know many of my students are not hearing higher-level vocabulary with their friends or at home, and I also sadly know their reading is often limited to emojis and Facebook posts. So we …

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Teaching Oedipus in Special Ed Classrooms

Ideas and resources for teaching Oedipus in a lower-level or special ed classroom.

Oedipus the King is one of the oldest works taught in high schools, and by far it is one that gets the best reactions from my students: “Ugh! Why are we reading about this?!” If you do choose to (or are forced to) read about poor Oedipus, here are a few things that may help …

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