Tools to Teach Essay Writing: An Argument Essay Outline
If you asked us to choose the most important thing to cover in an ELA class, we’d probably choose argumentative…
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A Perfect Match: Teaching Close Reading with Shakespeare
“My students hate reading. Please help.” We see this message, or some variation of it, at least once a day…
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Irony in Literature Made Easy: 8 Strategies + 5 Texts for ELA Teachers
Rain on your wedding day is a lot of things, but without context, it’s not ironic. Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” describes…
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A Helpful Unit Plan Format for Secondary ELA Teachers
It can feel overwhelming to sort through the materials provided by your district or textbook publisher. This is exacerbated by looking at a pacing guide that seems to suggest other teachers are flying through every activity in a number of days that seems wildly unrealistic for your students (spoiler alert: those pacing guides are unrealistic for every classroom!).
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You Don’t Need a Reading Log: Smarter Ways to Check In with Student Readers
In our divide-and-conquer approach to grading, Steph was our official “reading log grader.” It’s not because she was particularly skilled…
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Structure and Poetry: What Your Students Need to Know (+11 Great Poems)
“If it’s square, it’s a sonnet.” Thomas C. Foster may have removed this chapter about structure and poetry from his…
