Happy New Year! We at the Folger are excited to offer new opportunities for us to connect and new ways for Folger professional development to help you continue to do the most important work on the planet—teaching! Announcing a new professional development series, just for Teacher Members: WEBINAR WEDNESDAYS! If you missed us at NCTE… Continue Reading »
Dear Teaching Colleagues: Will we see you at NCTE 2019 in Baltimore? We hope so! Add these 3 things to your conference plans: Gain practical strategies, text suggestions, and handouts in our 6 sessions, led by Folger staff in collaboration with amazing teachers from all over the country. Learn all about the Folger Method and… Continue Reading »
Check out our latest Bard Notes! If you want to get these notes straight to your inbox, SUBSCRIBE! Teaching Colleagues, Last week, we shared with you the Folger Method’s Eight Foundational Principles—the taproot of this entirely accessible and effective way to teach and to excite all kinds of students about any kind of literature. Quite a… Continue Reading »
Check out our latest Bard Notes! If you want to get these notes straight to your inbox, SUBSCRIBE! Teaching Colleagues, Hello, hello, hello! We know where you are…sailing along, w-a-a-a-y into the semester. Changing lives almost every minute of every day even though—oh my—it doesn’t feel like that a lot of days. It’s true though…. Continue Reading »
I never knew a Shakespeare play could be that good.” -A Student post-performance This Fall, the Folger was eager to welcome over 500 students to our Student Matinee performances of Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, directed by Rosa Joshi, on September 26th and October 3rd. Of the 500 students, 250 were DC students representing 6… Continue Reading »
Lesson of the Month Do you want to make reading active, collaborative, and daring? Do you want to teach in a way that sets students on fire with excitement about literature and learning? Do you want to get out of the way as the teacher and help students connect directly with complex texts? Do you… Continue Reading »
