•I love to celebrate holidays in the secondary classroom but still “stick” with the ELA standards. I use this article around Valentine’s Day to teach my students about the history of the holiday, objections to celebrating it, AND how we can spread love year around – not just on one day out of the whole year. This piece works well when you’re focusing on author’s argument, tone, text structure, and/or main idea.This could also be used as a sub-plan. Everything students need for vocabulary, critic