This summer, thousands of adults are returning to Homer’s The Odyssey. It can be said the renewed interest is due to Christopher Nolan’s adaptation by the same name, which was released in the United States on July 17, 2026. Across generations, people have returned to this epic because it explores ideas that still matter today—identity, […]
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Using editorials to engage students in writing in middle and high school
As a high school English teacher, it was nothing for me to grade 120 five-paragraph essays every week. If it was a particularly rigorous unit, you find me wading through five to seven-page literary analysis in my Advanced Placement Literature class. If I was quick, I could have the papers graded within a two-week period. […]