Teaching literary analysis to secondary students can be fun! Both middle school students and high school students can struggle with literary analysis, but an easy way to trick them into analyzing literature is by practicing with short films.

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There are three kinds of teacher-decorators: those who were born for Pinterest , those who can’t , and all the ones in between ...

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Make guided reading time effective and stress-free. Read about my solution to making guided reading groups and independent reading time rigorous.

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Upper elementary descriptive writing activities. Includes anchor charts for expanding sentences and descriptive writing prompts.

In the public education setting, timed-writes are a required part of many standardized tests. Rather than try to cloak that reality, embrace it! One great way

Are you teaching The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton this year? Here are 7 creative activities for engaging your ELA students in the classic novel.

Theme vs main idea - idea for anchor chart from Teaching With a Mountaintop View

Students will examine Anne Frank’s diary as both a historical and a deliberately-created literary text, and will understand how the Holocaust affected the lives of the Frank family.

What my daily ELA class period schedule looks like in middle school ELA and how it works alongside my scope and sequences.

Specialized graphic organizers can help students think critically and creatively while staying focused on core learning targets.

RACE: a writing strategy for students who need extra support in responding to text-dependent questions

Wondering if this has been updated for the new 2019 TEKS? IT HAS! As an instructional coach, I spent a lot of time trying to find good qua...