A Teacher’s Guide – Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emechata
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The novel, Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emechata tells the story of a young, determined woman, Adah Ofili whose ambition to live a better...
Building A Great Relationship With Your Students
I love making posts like this because I've learned teaching is nothing if you have no relationship with your students.
So two days ago, a boy in my English class told me he likes this...
A Quick Guide to Teaching Kids to Write
As teachers of language and literature, we've all had those frustrating moments grading our students' creative writing pieces and swallowing huge chunks of patience so you don't squeeze all the damn scripts and toss...
Learning Outside the Classroom!
We are learning about the prehistoric period in my Social Studies class and after series of lessons on artifacts, fossils, archaeology, anthropology and the stages of early human development, I decided to plan an...
Teaching Poetry: A Tool for Advocacy
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Every child in Nigeria and indeed the world, deserves to have a teacher who will guide her into becoming the best version of herself, into discovering powerful aspects...
Reflections and Why They Matter
Just like we sometimes find ourselves thinking about what we have done and how we can be better, it's also important to incorporate the idea of reflection into our lessons. This could be done...
On Lonely Days by Bayo Adebowale – A Teacher’s Guide
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Set in the western part of Nigeria, Lonely Days by Bayo Adebowale tells the story of a widow, Yaremi and the ordeals she faces in...
Turning The New Nike ‘Just Do It’ Ad Into A Classroom Lesson
I stumbled on the 'Just Do It' Nike commercial on Instagram and after watching it almost a million times, I knew I had to share it with my 7th grade class who are currently...
Being A Strategic Teacher
First published on Medium, February 12th, 2018
My absolute favourite thing about the American system of education is that they have got a name for everything: Think Pair Share for when students are supposed to...
Tough Topic: To Teach or Not to Teach?
First published on Medium, April 26th, 2018
Today’s post was going to be about a statement a kid in my class made to his friend, with best intentions — ‘you don’t hit girls’, but I have just...