Redesigning The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: An Interview with Maegan Baker [S6 E207]

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Do you have a text that is required for you to teach but you just do not like teaching? Curriculum rehab may be just what you need to transform your unit into one you and your students truly enjoy! Our guest today, Maegan Baker, has revamped her unit on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe into one she enjoys instead of dreads and she is sharing how Curriculum Rehab helped with the process!


In today’s episode, Maegan shares how going through Curriculum Rehab and aligning her teaching with EQs has made all the difference in how she teaches The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She is breaking down what two standards she decided to focus on, how she constructed her unit, how she helped her students begin to synthesize ideas throughout the unit, and what she found to be the missing piece in her unit thanks to Curriculum Rehab.

Meet Maegan:

Maegan Baker is a 7th grade ELA teacher in Washington. Before her current role, she taught K-12 English as a Second Language and is now in her 14th year of teaching. In addition to working full time as a middle school teacher, Maegan is our Executive Assistant here at Brave New Teaching helping us with ideas and so much more!

Topics Discussed:

  • Why Maegan decided to do Curriculum Rehab for her The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe unit

  • Which two standards Maegan decided to hone in on for the unit

  • How Maegan constructed her unit with the EQ as the driving factor 

  • How she tied Thank you, Mr. Falker as well as science into the unit to give her students new perspective

  • Why Maegan loves using literary Polaroids

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