Every English teacher has an American Lit course at some time in her career. Here are 12 ways to creatively and thoughtfully approach lessons, the curriculum, and the texts tackled in an American Literature course.
Discover the magic of Jan Brett by using her best books. This post features ways for your students to love her work with meaningful learning.
Every English teacher has an American Lit course at some time in her career. Here are 12 ways to creatively and thoughtfully approach lessons, the curriculum, and the texts tackled in an American Literature course.
Familiar with the book New Old Shoes? Check out the four ideas Cathy from The WISE Owl shares on Virginia is for Teachers.
Discover the magic of Jan Brett by using her best books. This post features ways for your students to love her work with meaningful learning.
The reading-writing connection is very important. In this post, I share how lessons are organized in Lester Laminak's Writers are Readers.
Have you had a rough year? Suffering from teacher fatigue? Check out these thirteen tips for rejuvenating after a tough year.
Teaching CCSS-ELA 9-10.9 and 11-12.9 and handling the intersection of historical context and literature can be challenging. Check out these tips!
Wondering what a world literature high school curriculum could look like? Curious how you can build world literature thematic units? Are you trying to get together your World Literature pacing guid…
Even though most secondary ELA students have a plethora of English classes to choose from, at some point or another they probably are reading “classic”
Tomie dePaola is a popular author for the middle grades. This post about his Strega Nona books is just what you need for characterization.
Teaching literary movements can be challenging. To help you out, I've designed five units with engaging resources, lessons, and texts!
DRTA is a great strategy to utilize for making predictions. This post explains the DRTA process using the book, Mr. Lincoln's Way.
Every English teacher has an American Lit course at some time in her career. Here are 12 ways to creatively and thoughtfully approach lessons, the curriculum, and the texts tackled in an American Literature course.
Are you a fifth grade teacher in Virginia? Do you teach a geology unit to your students? This round up post has book recommendations, links and resources for geology studies that you don't want to miss. Check it out and pin for when the time is right.
Today I'm linking up with the Collaboration Cuties- Must Read Mentor Texts . I'm super excited because this week is Social Studies Mento...
These are 5 of the best homeschool American literature curriculum choices available. There is something for everyone - online, detailed lessons, or parent led
My junior classes traces the evolution of American literary movements. At times, this organization can be challenging because it's hard to get student excited about early American literature. However, over the years, I've learned to appreciate this structure for a few reasons: First, chronological study allows students to see how history and literature affect and reflect one another. Similarly, working with different literary movements helps students see the evolution of American literature.
This article provides 5 STEPS for teaching with literary analysis examples! All students can learn how to analyze literature!
Since I teach American Literature, every day in my classroom provides instruction for the founding ideals of our country and reflects th...
Looking for some American literature worksheets to use with your ELA class? We've got your covered with 15+ American literature worksheets.
I have combed through classic and contemporary literature to find engaging, insightful, and appropriate texts.
Looking for a pacing guide for American literature? This American Literature Pacing Guide takes teachers through an entire course of American literature in chronological order. I have carefully selected pivotal pieces from each time period to include in this guide, which cover short stories, novels,...
Back when I learned history, we had textbooks filled with names, dates, details, and fuzzy maps. I thought it was horrifically boring. I have no idea how I managed to score well on the AP US History exam because I seriously don't recall much at all. I wanted my children's history lessons to be different,
What is the literature review? A literature review summarises, critically analyses and evaluates previous research available on the subject, presenting this in an organised way. It should address a…
This post explores the connections between Classic texts and modern texts. They explore the following connections: Lord of the Flies & Hunger Games, “The Necklace” & Nonfiction Pairings, Macbeth & Long Way Down, Night & Between Shades of Gray + Salt to the Sea, The Scarlet Letter &
If you're teaching characterization and character analysis, this post features Thank You Mr. Falker and a characterization project your students will love.
Guys, girls, teacher friends...I am so excited! Ever since I started creating teaching products and selling on Teachers Pay Teachers, my goal has been to create curriculum or units for classroom teachers to use. Today, I am finally publishing my first unit. If I said I wasn't a little nervous I'd be lying. I have worked on this unit off and on this summer in between beach trips, days at the pool, trips to Texas to visit Mom and Dad, and all the other summer fun we've had. There are several reasons I created Learning Through Literature. When I taught 1st Grade there were tons of units available to teach reading skills. For 4th grade, not so much. I wanted to teach/review reading skills such as character, setting, plot, problem/solution, summarizing, and theme through picture books. More educators are making this match in their teaching, with significant success. While graphic and illustrated novels gain traction among teen and tween readers, traditional picture books hold a place of their own and provide versatile, effective teaching tools for a range of students. - School Library Journal Learning Through Literature teaches the skills using six picture books: Snowflake Bentley, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Bedhead, Jumanji, Chicken Sunday, and What to do With an Idea. In Learning Through Literature you will find skill posters, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, vocabulary work, independent reading activities with questions, language arts review, and writing prompts. Each book includes a variety of activities. This unit was created with intentions of doing one book a week, but you may pick and choose what activities you want to use and fit it to your needs. I am so excited to use this with my students this year and hope that you will be able to use it in your classroom as well. Follow the link below to my TPT store to purchase Learning Through Literature. Be sure to let me know what you think! Learning Through Literature
Are you looking for some ideas to use with The Watsons Go to Birmingham? This post contains several free teaching resources.
These book recommendations for high school students include new titles and classic literature for the English Language Arts classroom.
Looking for some ways to engage students in American literature? Check out tips for working with technology, rhetoric, and poetry!
Comprehension Connection is a literacy website dedicated to providing teaching tips and resources for instruction for K-5 teachers focusing on comprehension.
