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When you’re ready to dig out from under the pile of papers you have to grade and level up, I’ll be here. I’ve been teaching English and journalism for over 24 years… and this old dog has some tricks to teach.

  • I Needed a Foolproof First Text for a Science Fiction Unit. Nothing I Found Worked as a Cold Read Until This One.

    Rob Sterner

    Oct 21—2026

    Opening a science fiction unit is a real problem: pick something too dense and half the class checks out before they understand what’s happening. Pick something too simple and it…

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  • I Kept Reteaching “Theme” a Different Way for Every Novel. I Wondered If One Process Could Actually Work for All of Them.

    Read more: I Kept Reteaching “Theme” a Different Way for Every Novel. I Wondered If One Process Could Actually Work for All of Them.
  • I Wanted a Propaganda Unit Tied to Animal Farm That Ended in Something Students Actually Made, Not Just an Essay

    Read more: I Wanted a Propaganda Unit Tied to Animal Farm That Ended in Something Students Actually Made, Not Just an Essay

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