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Teaching Literary Approaches in the Classroom

When teaching literature to secondary ELA students, it is important to include and angle to approach to the novel. An appropriate approach to literature is

Teaching Students Cover Letter and Resume Writing

Along with practicing interviewing skills, another set of skills that high school juniors and seniors should hone are writing personal resumes and cover letters. The

3 Ways to Help Students Cope with Writer’s Block

Teaching writing has always been my favorite part of teaching English. From short stories to essays, I like to provide my students with fun and

Why I Love Assigning Mini Flip Books

This past school year I started incorporating mini flip books into my instruction, and I absolutely love how they have transformed the way I teach

5 Reasons to Assign Collaborative Writing

As a high school English teacher, I assign my students many writing assignments over the course of the year. Some assignments are quick 3-sentence responses, some

3 Tips for Teaching Editing

As an English teacher, I find few things more cringe-worthy than looking over a student’s paper and seeing they’ve made easily avoidable mistakes. Such errors

I recently assigned my students a project for Lord of the Flies where they had to compile evidence from the novel to create a map of the island setting within the novel, and it was one of the most magical days in my classroom so far this year. I will continue to assign this Lord of the Flies map project in my classroom for years to come!

The Most Confusing Punctuation and How to Use Them

After reading thousands of essays, quick writes, and classroom assignments throughout my teaching career, I’ve noticed a trend in student writing: students have a difficult