Dear Fellow Teachers –

I had the pleasure of teaching English Composition at Valley Forge Military College. Like so many schools, we taught an impossibly wide range of students in our classrooms — from remedial cadets with limited reading and writing skills to high-speed sophomores on their way to West Point.

Our cadets were always tired from their military duties. In these highly challenging, highly rewarding classrooms, we devised our own methods to teach our students.

Here I have collected the lesson plans that worked.

A resentful, low-attention-span class with such diverse skills is a challenge. It rewards a flexible plan of attack – a teacher armed with different ways to surprise and engage the students. 

-Tom D.

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