The Journey Motif: Poetry & Mark Twain, Part Two – Linguistic Exploration
The third selection of teaching exemplars for Mark Twain’s poetry.
Category: Twain for Teachers
The Journey Motif: Poetry & Mark Twain, Part One
The first in a series of scaffolding exemplars for teachers.
“And that has made all the difference.”: Scaffolding Mark Twain’s Poetry
Building on work from the Summer Teachers Institute, Jocelyn Chadwick and Matt Seybold discuss using Mark Twain’s comedic verse to prepare students for Robert Frost’s much-anthologized “The Road Not Taken.”
Winners of the Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest
Congratulations to all the winners!
Generation Z, Mark Twain’s Poetry, & Teaching English From East Texas To Harvard with Jocelyn Chadwick
New episode of American Vandal preview Summer Teachers Institute.
The 4th Annual Quarry Farm Fireplace Contest
Attention all elementary teachers!!
Elmira Composer’s Arrangement of Clemens Family Poem Performed at Mark Twain House by Hartford Chamber Ensemble
Listen to & learn about “Good Night, Dear Heart,” a composition by Elmira native, Dan Forrest, based upon Susy Clemens’s headstone.
Virginia Theater Staging Tom Sawyer On Demand
We talked with the playwright who adapted Mark Twain’s novel for the Barter Theatre stage.
Editor’s Re:Marks (Introduction to the 2020 Mark Twain Annual)
Ben Click, editor of the Mark Twain Annual, shares his introduction to the 2020 issue, which includes a survey of its contents.
Twain for Teachers: Why not Mark Twain’s “A Medieval Romance”? (from KeepingClassics.com)
A Kansas teacher explains how this early Mark Twain story appeals to the interests of contemporary students.