We take the mystery out of teaching literature.
If you’re anxious about the upcoming school year, Center For Lit can help. We’ve created a simple method for reading and teaching Literature that will make your classes richer and lighten your workload at the same time:
A simple Socratic discussion technique that unlocks the meaning of any story at any level, K-12
A step-by-step curriculum that applies this technique systematically to your assigned reading list
A lesson planning software tool that creates daily, weekly, and yearly plans with the click of a mouse
A full library of title-specific resources to give you a leg up on each day’s work
A subscription to CenterForLit Schools includes training in the Teaching the Classics method of Socratic discussion. You also get access to almost 300 assignment templates, keyed to important literary core skills and applicable to any book list. Unlike the sterile “worksheet” or “workbook” approach, these assignments help you train students in the skills of good reading and good writing. Students encounter no busy work as they learn to engage thoughtfully with the text. You’ll get no busy work, either, since a set of deliverables and assessments applicable to any booklist has already been designed for you.
Benefits of CenterForLit Schools include:
Access to the Literary Core Skills Document and over 200 editable assignment templates
Annual and daily lesson planners
A lesson-planning dashboard that will automatically create year-long curriculum plans, customizable to your needs
Professional development training videos
Our Quick Card library (short reference sheets outlining the major structural elements of individual titles) and Teacher Guide library (model Teaching the Classics-style discussions for individual titles)
A lesson sharing forum where teachers can share ideas and inspiration
Option to earn professional development credit as a teacher and track professional development credit as an administrator