Do your students groan when you bring up the dreaded subject of grammar? Unfortunately, grammar instruction tends to be dry—but not if you have fun grammar exercises to engage your students! Middle schoolers can be a hard group to teach, but making grammar exercises fun keeps them focused on the task at hand. Fun Grammar
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Teaching poetic devices with pop songs can be a fun and engaging way to help students learn about poetry. It can also help them to appreciate the beauty and complexity of language.
Filler Activities for ELA (blog post) What can you do with five extra minutes in secondary ELA? Here are a few ideas to engage students until the bell.
Finding high-quality ELA websites to use in your classroom isn't hard. Choosing a small handful to use consistently in your actual instruction? That can be tough! I've done the hard work for you. Here are my top 5 favorite sites to use for FUN, EFFECTIVE, and ENGAGING digital instruction in your Language Arts classroom.
Get an outline for teaching all the reading and writing standards in your Middle School ELA class.
☘ Full video previews are available for the first 24 hours after a resource kit is uploaded. Follow my store to know when a new resource is available! ✎ Give your students an educational, yet much needed brain break! They can color and doodle in the first doodle page, then fill in the blanks on the second page, and then color and doodle some more! If you like this doodle resource, please come back to the product page and give it an A ⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating and positive feedback. You can see the doodle pages before you download them in the preview! ❤️ Thank you :) Want to test your students' comprehension of the literary terms? Check out the Literary Terms Self Grading GOOGLE QUIZ! and the Literary Terms Digital Task Cards! Related Products ⭐ ELA Poetry "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (Daffodils) Video & Activities ⭐ ELA Poetry "The Arrow and the Song" by Video & Activities ⭐ ELA: Poetry "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll Video & Activities ⭐ English ELA Writing I Bet You Can! Basic essay form/structure VIDEO KIT ⭐ English Language Arts ELL ESL Video & Activities Bundle ⭐ Poetry ELA Robert Frost BUNDLE The Road Not Taken & Stopping by Woods ⭐ Poetry Video & Activities BUNDLE - Jabberwocky, Daffodils, Road Not Taken +More ⭐ FULL YEAR VIDEO Writing Prompts Discussion Prompts + Worksheets Thanks to Illumismart for some of the clipart used in making this resource!
Are you using the Daily 5 framework for middle school ELA? The Daily 5 was a huge undertaking in my 6th grade classroom, so I want to share some tips and
Curriculum pacing can be the hardest part of teaching. Follow this guide and use these resources from ELA Buffet to help get your class on track!
Looking for games to play with a classroom? This list of English games in the classroom is exactly what you need to engage students!
The novel is often at the center of our ELA curriculum. This #2ndaryELA Twitter chat was all about teaching novels at the secondary level. Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed the novels they teach at different grade levels. Teachers also shared ideas for activities and other valuable resources. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
It wasn’t until my Assistant Director of Schools tweeted a picture I sent out with the caption, “Mrs. Bible using STEM in ELA,” that I realized I was even doing STEM at all. I just thought I was doing a really fun tiny house project! Ha! After that, I was all like: If this is STEM, ... Read More about STEM in English Language Arts Class
I giggled to myself as I created the title to this blog post! If you are new to my blog, I'll have you know that this is the THIRD time I've written an "ELA in
Effective strategies for teaching academic vocabulary in middle school ELA Middle school ELA curriculum for academic vocabulary development
I am always looking for ways to empower students to find their own answers, and the jigsaw is a great way to put the onus on them.
This is a free unit for the book Night by Elie Wiesel.
For students, MLA format can feel like another rigid set of rules for writing with reasons unknown. For teachers, it can be tear-your-hair-out frustrating to
This quick post is full of engaging ideas for adding games in your Secondary ELA Classroom. These creative ideas for adding games into your classroom will have your students learning while having fun!
I finally nailed teaching symbolism! Using candy was both engaging and efficient - a major win that students remembered all year long!
