Important Reading Strategies for Middle and High School
Are you teaching a range of readers at the middle or high school level and looking for ways to scaffold comprehension of complex texts? In this post, you’ll find reading…
How to Motivate Struggling Readers
Teaching reluctant students? Wondering how to motivate struggling readers? Keep reading. In today’s post, I’m sharing some of my favorite ways to connect and encourage students to read when they…
5 More Vocabulary Activities for Older Students
If you want your students to learn words for the purpose of remembering them and actually using them in reading and writing, you need to make sure they engage with…
Best Books for Teens by Ruta Sepetys
Looking for high-interest literature? Stick around to find out why three of the best books for teens by Ruta Sepetys deserve a spot in your classroom library. Welcome to “This…
Simple Yet Meaningful Thanksgiving Writing Activities
Looking for a way to engage your secondary ELA students this holiday season? Try using simple yet meaningful Thanksgiving writing activities to keep your classes focused and interested during those…
How to Teach Shakespeare: Scaffolding Approaches for All Learners
Ever wondered how to teach Shakespeare so that all students are engaged and learning? Are you searching for scaffolding approaches that work? Keep reading. “I cannot WAIT to be challenged…
Scaffolding the Multiple-Paragraph Essay for Struggling Writers
Your students are arguing with you, whining left and right, straying off task, staring at a blank screen, even exhibiting behavior issues. They’ve shut down. You’re only trying to do…
The Importance of Metacognition in Learning
How often do you ask your students to think about thinking? If I am honest with myself, I have done it far less in the past than I am doing…
More Literary Themes and Relevant Lessons Teens Will Love
This is the second post in a two-part series about literary themes to study in high school. You can begin by reading part one here. English teachers have so many…
8 Literary Themes and Lessons for High School
Teaching literature in a high school English class? Themes are, no doubt, an important component of any literary study. When English teachers select stories for our curriculums, we should take…
A Unique Kinesthetic Writing Process Activity for Older Students
Introducing or reviewing the writing process? In this post, you’ll find step-by-step ideas to walk students through what writers do as they pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish their work….
8 Meaningful Essay Prewriting Activities
Teaching writing? Sometimes students shut down before they write a single word. Teachers can address this dilemma by making the brainstorming process meaningful. How? Engage students through differentiation and scaffolding….
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