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 »
Today we highlight our NCTE 2017 session that deals directly with teaching language that is tough in lots of ways—cognitively, racially, socially, emotionally. What Matters Most When We Teach Othello—and What to Do in Class How do we as teachers confront the issues that we cannot afford not to confront? How do we facilitate difficult conversations… Continue Reading »
OK, NCTE friends: Learn all about the third of our five NCTE 2017 convention sessions: “Connect ALL Students to the Language and Humor of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The whole scoop on this lively session is below, and if you can’t make it to St. Louis this year, stay connected to all of the action… Continue Reading »
It’s time to spotlight the second of our five NCTE convention sessions: Teaching Thought and Action in Macbeth—Soliloquies, Cauldrons, and More! Read all about this hands-on session below, and if you can’t make it to St. Louis this year, stay connected to all of the action by following us on Twitter (@FolgerED and #NCTE17). We’ll… Continue Reading »
Today we’re shining a light on the first of our five (!) conference sessions at NCTE 2017. And get ready: in the next few posts we’ll be spotlighting the other four, too. If you are heading to St. Louis for this epic celebration of teaching and learning, we hope you’ll join the Folger Education sessions…. Continue Reading »
Dearest Teaching Colleagues: We’re thinking of you these days. What brings us special joy is knowing that we’ll get to see so many of you at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention (NCTE 2017) in November. Thousands of smart, brave, curious teachers gathered in one place—and all for the good of their… Continue Reading »
Check out what this year’s Lily McKee High School Fellows have been up to! Since September, 16 high school students from 15 public, independent, and home schools all over the DC region have been gathering here at the Folger 1-2 times a week to do all kinds of cool stuff, including conducting original research in… Continue Reading »
Happy New Year, colleagues! This time of year, there’s a tendency to look inward. We reflect. We resolve. And, if you’re anything like me, you wrestle with your resolutions, too. What better time to take a close look at the most introspective moments in Shakespeare: characters’ conversations with themselves? Today we’re highlighting 5 soliloquies—some of… Continue Reading »
“Can’t we cut the first two lines? We still know what’s going on if we start with Lady Capulet’s ‘Evermore weeping…’” “Cut out that whole speech. It’s interesting but it’s not essential.” “So you’re saying that Juliet says the word ‘dead’ like it’s damage recovery? Then she should say it quickly, like she’s catching… Continue Reading »
Each school year since 1981, a select group of students from all kinds of schools all over the DC region have gathered at the Folger Shakespeare Library to form a community of learners pursuing big questions about and around Shakespeare. Under the guidance of a first-rate faculty, they take deep dives into selected plays (this… Continue Reading »
