Summer Reading Recommendations for Teachers
Looking for summer reading lists or recommendations? In this collaborative post, a group of secondary teachers shares ideas for professional and personal reading options for summer…or any time of year….
14 Ways to Support Struggling Writers: Build Confidence and Increase Success
Teaching and assessing writing can be challenging, and even more so when you’re trying to identify effective ways to scaffold writing instruction for struggling students. Set teenagers up for success…
Engaging Secondary Writers with Music: Playlist of My Year
Secondary ELA teachers can engage students in meaningful, purposeful writing activities at the end of the school year without burying themselves in grading and their students in hours of work…
Teaching Summer School? Here’s How to Design an Effective Curriculum
Looking for inspiration for an effective summer school curriculum? Keep reading for practical ideas. If you’ve ever taught summer school, you know that there aren’t any hard and fast rules…
13 Ways Pictures Inspire Poetry
Pictures inspire poetry. In this post, you’ll find 13 ideas to use in middle and high school classrooms. What do you call fiction writers who try to write poetry? Prosers. What does…
Poetry Activities: Six Simple Ways to Make Poetry Instruction Engaging
So you have to teach poetry, and you’re not excited about it. Try these engaging activities to spice up poetry lessons in middle and high school.
3 Essential Ingredients for Successful Writing Instruction
Laura sat in her desk, averting her teary eyes from her peers, as she stared at the oversized, red letter scrawled on the top of her essay — a big, fat…
Practical Tips for Grading Faster: Keep the Quality & Maintain Your Sanity
Have you ever cried over a stack of essays late at night, eyes too bleary to see the words clearly? Are you a teacher who practically lives at school? Do…
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