Short Story Review Activity: 2-Day The Collaborative Short Story Review Poster
This will be your new favorite go-to short story review activity! Whenever I teach freshmen or sophomores, I always begin the school year with a
How to Analyze Poetry: 5 Ways to Complete Poetry Analysis in the Secondary ELA Classroom
Reading poetry is one of the most valuable lessons in high school English classes. There is so much to learn from each poem, and each analysis adds value to both the current poem students are studying and to future poems. However, teaching students how to analyze poetry can be rather difficult. Here are five ways students can begin to analyze poetry.
Teacher Self Care: 25 Ways to Practice Self-Care and Avoid Teacher Burnout
Teacher self care. It is important, but sometimes we forget to practice it. I love being a teacher. It’s such a rewarding career, and it
Helping Students Create Stronger Characters
It’s a common problem among students, that when they start a fictional narrative, they tend to focus solely on their plot and develop their characters
5 Poem and Novel Pairings for the Secondary ELA Classroom
When teaching a novel, there are a lot of different ways to incorporate other texts so your students can understand the novel and the characters’
9 Song and Poem Pairings for High School English
Incorporating pop culture in the classroom is an easy way for teachers to show students how much literature impacts the world around them and how relevant it is, no matter how old it may be. In this sense, the students can connect the new with the old, finding commonalities that interest them. Finding perfect song and poem pairings for your instructional unit can be a way to grab your students’ attention and keep them interested in poetry.
The Most Essential ELA Lessons
With the beginning of the school year right the corner, it is time to start thinking about which lessons will be most valuable for our
4 Ways to Analyze Theme
Analyzing theme is an essential part of reading literature in the classroom. It not only allows the story to be understood more by the students,
Assigning Essay Revisions: 6 Reasons Why Students Should Revise Their Final Drafts
Writing is a cyclical process. And even though we have our students turn in final draft versions of their papers, any middle school or high school English teacher can tell you that these final drafts are quite far from final. That is why assigning essay revisions is so critical! Keep reading to learn six reasons why ELA teachers should assign essay revisions to students -even after they submit their final drafts.