Collaborative Paragraph Peer Review with Sticky Note Rubrics
If you are looking for a collaborative peer review activity that gets students working together, analyzing student writing, and really thinking about what elements are
Teaching Students How to Summarize Text
How to write a summary is easily one of the most important writing lessons teachers can teach students. We use summarizing every day in a
Team Building Tuesdays (part 1): Team-building Activities for the Secondary Classroom
With my yearbook and journalism classes, I want to make sure that all of my staffers and editors feel like an equal, important part of
Teaching Practices To Stop Right Now And What You Can Do Instead
As someone who graduated in the very early 2000s, I’ve seen the dynamic shift in educational practices and pedagogical strategies. The high school classrooms in
Best-Practice Resources for Teaching Secondary ELA
With so much content to cover in the middle school ELA and high school classroom, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. Here is a
The Most Effective Strategies for Teaching Short Stories in the Secondary ELA Classroom
Short stories are easily one of my favorite types of texts to teach! They are short, which the students already appreciate, but they are also jam-packed with so much complexity and meaning!
An author can embed messages and observations about life in ways that informational texts cannot, and this makes reading them that much more enjoyable!
Teaching short stories and teaching students how to interpret and analyze a short story can be overwhelming. There is so much packed into one short story, it can be hard to figure out how best to approach it.
A Free Back-to-School Survey to Get to Know Your New Students
One of the best ways to get to know a new class of students is by providing them with a quick student survey that gathers essential information. On the first day of school, I always provide my high school students back-to-school survey survey that contains essential information that helps me not only get to know my students but also be the best teacher I can be for them.
3 Classroom Routines to Implement in your Secondary ELA Class this School Year
The start of a new school year or new semester is the perfect time to establish new classroom routines! Whether it be a bell-ringer routine
10 Secondary ELA Teaching Units to Teach This School Year
With a new school year upon us, here is a look at 10 must-use secondary ELA teaching units, lessons, and activities for your classroom. These