Episode 10: Things You Can Do to Help Yourself Stay Organized this School Year
We love organization. We love a well-prepared classroom. We’re sharing all our classroom organization ideas with you to help you…
In the Classroom
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Must-Have Teacher Organization Supplies
Being a teacher, particularly an English teacher, means waging a constant battle against the chaos always threatening to unleash itself in your classroom at a moment’s notice. It seems like every year, we’re trying some new strategy or tool to keep things under control, to varying effects.
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Episode 9: Finding an Independent Reading Program that Works for You
As English teachers, we know how important reading is. Good readers are better students . . . in all subject…
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First Chapter Friday for High School Students
Trying to make high school students excited about reading often feels like a Sisyphean task. When we started recommending books on “First Chapter Fridays,” we put a lot of effort into finding books we had read and enjoyed or that we thought our students would like. Most weeks, these recommendations seemed to go in one ear and out the other . . .
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Episode 8: All That Miscellaneous ELA “Stuff”
The plates of English teachers everywhere are full. There is so much ELA stuff to deal with. Things directly related…
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15 Literary Devices Students Need to Know
There is SO. MUCH. TO. COVER. in an ELA classroom, and unless you have superpowers or a roomful of shockingly quick, motivated learners, you’re going to have to prioritize.
