Eve's Fan Garden

I was sitting in my 6th hour (English IV) a few weeks ago and my students were working in groups decoding passages from  The Hunger Games that “show” rather than “tell.” Of course, there is always lots of other conversation that happens whenever you get this group together. As long as they are getting their [...]

Okay, now that this new feature is up and running, it is time for me to get to business! In this post, I want to share the YA book that started it all for me, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Considering what Eve’s Fan Garden has evolved from, it should be no surprise that I would [...]

So you want to be innovative and you want to use YA Lit in the classroom. Or maybe you are a parent who wants to get your child to read in school. The problem is that many YA books might be a bit controversial for the classroom. Not only that, but you may be in [...]

  From the Hatchette Book Group’s website: Meet Ophelia: a blonde, beautiful high-school senior and long-time girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. Her life is dominated not only by her boyfriend’s fame and his overbearing family, but also by the paparazzi who hound them wherever they go. As the devastatingly handsome Hamlet spirals into madness [...]

At Eve’s Fan Garden, we understand that literature is knowledge and knowledge is power. Therefore, we wanted to start something for the teachers and parents out there. We would like to introduce our newest blog feature, The Tree of Knowledge! Apples have long been associated with teachers so I find it ironic that apples are [...]