2/10/2012
My Famous Facebook Templates for Character Analysis have been updated!! Just download my Free Romeo and Juliet Starter Unit and you will have a rewritable Word doc to change for any characters in any story you want!

2/2/2012
Over 50,000 readers have read what Matt has to say! Make sure to post his articles to Facebook- Facebook is going public, so they should help spread the word about what is really going on in our public schools.

11/30/2011
Wondering what novel to teach next? Pick up our unit "Teaching House on Mango Street." Dan and I are currently at work on our next unit for teaching "Like Water For Chocolate." We teach the book first, then give you the strategies that worked! And we'll be doing it all year!!

11/13/2011
There has been some confusion about uploading the Facebook Character Analysis sheets. The problem has been fixed. In my article "Using Facebook Profiles for Character Analysis," the link was forwarding you to a page that no longer exists. Now all the links should take you to the same link you get if you click on "Free Romeo and Juliet Unit" at the top of the Home page. The Facebook Profiles are part of the Romeo and Juliet Starter Unit, so you get them when you download the entire thing. Join one of over a thousand teachers who have downloaded the Facebook Profiles!

8/28/2011
Check out Matt and Dan's summer project "Teaching House on Mango Street." Designed for Real Teachers in Real Classrooms. This Unit provides the best curriculum for teaching urban students the classic "The House on Mango Street" from both an Autobiographical Narrative and Literary Analysis approach. It is a must have for culture-based writing and inner-city education.

7/30/2011
Matt is almost back to blogging from a summer teaching at UC Berkeley. Teach4Real also passed 30,000 readers today!

4/19/2011
Matt's Romeo and Juliet Facebook Template for Character Analysis is now available in our Free Romeo and Juliet Unit page. Just download the Romeo and Juliet Starter Packet, and you will find the the Facebook Template as an editable Word doc, as well as a bunch of other cool things, like Bookmark Calendars, Reading Logs and a Final Exam.

3/28/2011
Check out my latest post about using Facebook in the classroom!

2/17/2011
Big up our colleagues in Wisconsin! Our entire country owes a debt to the kinds of collective bargaining agreements our unions have fought for. Once again Republicans prove they are not for the working class.