Even over Zoom, this year’s Get Lit poets brought passionate performances that managed to move students, teachers and staff. “I’m very new to this whole performing thing but you can be shy and be a performer and in some way share this creativity with the world, even...
My school has been shut down for a week now, and I have literally nothing to do. Yes, there are online classes and SAT prep, but those get extremely tiresome after awhile. For my school, online classes are not mandatory and have no impact on your grades whatsoever....
Imagine a world where speech and communication didn’t exist. Daily life would probably be much, much more difficult. This is the value of language. Without it, no higher discussion or discovery would take place. Fortunately, we live in a world where language is a...
Hannah Jenkins lost her ability to speak English after a bicycle crash, according to BBC. After waking up in the hospital, she was unable to understand anyone who spoke English to her. It was as though she had forgotten how to speak English entirely and her English...
Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite understandable why some people would consider English to be a tonal...
Lit/Lang/Comp II and AP Lang teacher Heidi Bowman recently posted a tweet that went viral on the internet with over 112,000 retweets and 337,000 likes. Bowman was featured on multiple news websites worldwide including the Washington Press and Huffington Post. “I am a...
Huntington Beach Union High School District (HBUHSD) English teachers and English professors from nearby colleges such as Golden West College (GWC) and the Coast colleges were present at a recent meeting held at GWC. The meeting was an eye opener for high school...
The benefits of grading participation As part of the curricular, participation should count as part of a student’s grade. However, it should be graded to some extent, so that their grades don’t depend on the participation itself. Many teachers, generally English and...
All students know it the moment they step into high school. It hangs over them dauntingly and even scares some away. They will take the SAT, and it will affect everything. The second SAT of the year will be distributed on Saturday, March 11. Once more, students will...
The ten most challenged books of 2015 were revealed in the 2016 State of America's Library Report. Additionally, the American Library Association (ALA)’s 2016 Banned Books Week is Sept. 25 - Oct. 1. To clarify the distinction between a "challenge" and a "ban", the ALA...
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