Over the past year, these books have been the most popular in my classroom. Some are newer releases and some are older classics....

Patience should really be a virtue when writing a script for a movie. For example, if the third and final book of the series is not ...

If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I wasn't the biggest fan of the Divergent book initially. I felt the story ...

  The release of the Catching Fire DVD tonight at midnight is a reminder of all the learning opportunities the novel initiates. Use t...

Are you ready for a site-wide TeachersPayTeachers sale? Stop by Thursday and Friday and use promo code TPT3 at checkout to get an ex...

Effie Trinket—a character from Suzanne Collins'  The Hunger Games —is the epitome of poise. Yet, when she tries to teach Kat...

My heart goes out to the family of Philip Seymour Hoffman, our beloved Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games trilogy movie dep...

If your students are yearning for another trilogy after reading The Hunger Games , consider teaching Divergent by Veronica Roth. Th...

Happy New Year, Friends! I apologize for my lack of posts lately. I've been pretty busy this month working on my Divergent ...

HAPPY FESTIVUS! (Yes, today celebrates Festivus, but I won't be airing my grievances...) It's holiday break, so I hope yo...