The Performance (Note: This is part 2 of 2. It briefly reviews the previous post and details the outcome of a process drama reading project.) Two students, in role, stand in front of a seated Dr. Lister, also in role. One is berating the nineteenth-century Scottish surgeon for […]
Note: This is part 1 of 2. It introduces a drama project that attempts to engage students more deeply with reading. Here is my big idea question for 2026: Can I use art to level up my students’ engagement with language? My instinct says yes, but my coursebook […]
At first glance, Rashid seems like a difficult guest. He’s coming out of war-torn Syria. His father died in the conflict, and Rashid has enemies in Jordan. But when Rashid’s uncle and his wife agree to host the young man in their small, Houston home, no one thinks […]
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