Jennifer Emelife

Hey fam! Uche Nora​​, one of our esteemed Literature teachers posed a question as to how to make the language of Othello by William Shakespeare accessible for her students. I’m sharing this as a...

I have a new set of interesting kids as students. As with all my lessons, I always emphasise on spelling and grammar so I encourage my students to often go over their work instead...

Teach for Change Nigeria (TFCN) is an educational initiative borne out of the need to address the problems of teaching Literature in Nigerian secondary schools and the lack of relevant instructional materials for teaching....

Hey people! This is last on our poetry series. I hope it’s been worth the while. We continue from the last post. What comes next after the students are done writing their poem? Find out!...

Still on our poetry lessons! The previous post provided you with the necessary steps needed in the brainstorming session. So now that you have awakened your students’ spirits and ideas, it is time to launch them...

Hey people! I had given six tricks to teaching poetry on a previous post and the last one was Bring Back the Fun — Poetry Slam! Yes, today’s post will be providing you with steps on how to...

Hey Fam! Been a minute! The school year is coming to an end and for some (like me!), we are already two weeks into summer vacation! So, teachers, what is your plan for the...

Last school year, my middle school students and I read the novel, A Long Walk to Water and some of our pre-reading activities included making predictions on what the text would be about based...

To set the tone for the school year right, I started off by asking my students to write a two paragraph response to the prompt: what would you do if you had a magic...