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Three Tips for Teaching Generation Z

Society has some less-than-desirable thing to say about our students. In the news and on social media, they are sometimes referred to as the tide-pod

Fitting the Common App Essay Prompts into Your Curriculum.

Writing the Common App essay can be a stifling process for students, especially for the kids who insist they have “nothing interesting to write about.”

Valentine’s Day Activities for Secondary ELA: 4 ELA Valentine Activities to Try

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it is time to think about infusing rigorous and academic content with the whimsy fun of February 14. Here’s a list of several different activities you can do in the middle school ELA or high school English classroom during the first couple weeks of February. Your students are sure to love these Valentine’s Day activities for secondary ELA!

15 of the Best Questions for Teaching Literary Analysis

Teaching literary analysis in the secondary English classroom is an essential cornerstone of high school English and middle school English curriculum. When students learn the

How to Get Your Students Excited About Reading

Reading is essential to becoming successful in life. While some of your students may love reading and jump at the chance to read anything and

How to Organize a Classroom Library: Labeling by Genre

If you are looking for a new way to organize your classroom library, I’ve got just the system for you: organizing by genre. In this post, I will share my favorite way for how to organize a classroom library.

Over the summer, I set out to make improvements to my classroom library. I wanted to find appealing books from diverse authors that my students would want to read. And while I was able to purchase quite a few books at a low price (check garage sales, thrift stores, and used bookstores), I still needed a way to organize my new library.