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Jade Clukey

Name: Jade ClukeySchool: Carrabassett Valley Academy How do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop for it all! If students aren't quite grasping what's going on, we Shmoop the next day after a long night...

Elisabeth Hardy

Name: Elisabeth HardySchool District: Aiken County How do you use Shmoop?I have only begun to use Shmoop recently, but am so excited for the possibilities that exist for my AP Literature stude...

Mark Houchin

Name: Mark HouchinSchool District: Lucia Mar UnifiedHow do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop in a variety of ways. As a teacher of AP World History, I use the practice tests and drills to keep my student...

Juley Harper

Name: Juley HarperSchool: Wor-Wic Community CollegeTeaches: English, SAT prep, Future Educators classOther Titles: Independent Literacy Consultant Love Shmoop, but aren't sure how to work it i...

Rikki Carr

Name: Rikki CarrSchool District: Northwestern School District, PASubjects Taught: EnglishHow do you use Shmoop?I am leaning pretty hard core on Shmoop this summer as I prepare for teaching my first...

Sheree Crites

Name: Sheree CritesSchool: Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative How do you use Shmoop?I have been using Shmoop since the very beginning … I am in distance/online/blended learning and it t...

Terry Kendall-Johnson

Name: Terry Kendall-JohnsonSchool District: Baltimore City Public SchoolsTitle: Special Education InstructorHow do you use Shmoop?As a special education instructor I used Shmoop for every book we r...

Catalina Rodriguez

Name: Catalina RodriguezLocation: Monterrey, Mexico How do you use Shmoop?As an ESL high school teacher, I am constantly looking for literature in English and creative ways in which to engage...

Barry LeClair

Name: Barry LeClairLocation: Pinellas County, FL An allegedly accurate portrait drawn by one of Mr. LeClair's students. (See proof below.)How do you use Shmoop?Physical ScienceBiologyChemistry...

Olathe Northwest Sophomore English Team

Names: Angie Powers, Jessica Skoglund, Jessica Magaha, Joshua Trevino, Neil McEachen, and Kate ThompsonSchool District: Olathe School District, KSSubject Taught: EnglishGrade Taught: 10th GradeWhen...

Susan Palzer

Name: Susan PalzerSchool: Paterson, NJ How do you use Shmoop?Shmoop is my go-to site for supplemental information on literature in order to provide in-depth information on a lighter note. Teac...

Samantha R.

Name: Samantha R.District: School District of PhiladelphiaHow do you use Shmoop?In the classroom as an overview to a topic, for personal reference before teaching a topic, and for student use in se...

Amy Thoman

Name: Amy ThomanSchool: Palm Beach County  How do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop videos to help teach writing, as well as your Essay Lab to try to habituate students to process writing (and so t...

Pam Webb

Name: Pam WebbSchool: Lake Pend Oreille School District #84How do you use Shmoop?Students: Scintillating seriously with a touch of silly videos to help students better understand concepts (What is...

Kristin L. Wolfe

Name: Kristin L. WolfeSchool: Wooster School/Independent How do you use Shmoop?With literature courses, both my sophomore level Humanities course and my senior AP Lit course, I have used Shmoo...

Steven Resler

Name: Steven ReslerDistrict: Poughkeepsie City School District, NYHow do you use Shmoop?We use it to enhance the topic of the day, and as a commercial (funny) break about math.What's your favorite...

Chris Swann

Name: Chris SwannSchool: Holy Innocents' Episcopal School, Atlanta, GA How do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop for lit review—mostly for myself, to prep for class, but I also encourage my AP Engl...

Elise Macadam

Name: Elise MacadamLocation: Auckland, New Zealand How do you use Shmoop?I refer my students to Shmoop to supplement the class work we do on a text. Prior to choosing a new text to teach, I br...

Jin Pesqueda

Name: Jin PesquedaDistrict: Austin ISD  How do you use Shmoop?My students love the videos and summaries of the things we read in class. We use Essay Lab and all the free features. We have also...

Jaime Mackey

Name: Jaime MackeySchool: St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana How do you use Shmoop?I've used Shmoop to provide students with ACT test prep and connect literature to students' lives. I've also used...

Shaun Ingalls

Name: Shaun IngallsDistrict: Clark County School District, NevadaHow do you use Shmoop?As an English teacher, I use Shmoop whenever I need to "front load" some information about aliterary allusion...

Julie Riggs

Name: Julie RiggsSchool: ISAS Private School, Dallas How do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop for tutoring when it's been a while since I read a book a student is studying, and I share some with the...

Kelly Spencer Adcock

Name: Kelley Spencer AdcockDistrict: Jackson County SchoolsHow do you use Shmoop?Shmoop videos rock—as anticipatory sets, as reviews, as background builders, or as "last 5—minutes, what do I do...

Stacey Carlough

Name: Stacey CarloughSchool: Philadelphia How do you use Shmoop?I use Shmoop to help me brush up on novels between years of instruction and/or as an accompaniment to my own close readings of t...

Robert Ochs

Name: Robert OchsLocation: Santa Cruz, Bolivia How do you use Shmoop?Sometimes I use discussion questions, sometimes I direct students to the page to find themes they haven't discovered on the...

Rick Charvet

Name: Rick CharvetDistrict: Gilroy Unified School District  How do you use Shmoop?I am always looking for alternative ways to work with my students. I am a fairly decent researcher. Lo and beh...

Shirley Hall

Name: Shirley HallSchool: Virginia Beach City Public School How do you use Shmoop?I was looking around for AP Latin material and I came across your site 3 years ago. I immediately paid for a s...