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High-Impact Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary

March 1, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Do you struggle with strategies for teaching vocabulary in your middle school or high school classroom? Vocabulary …

January 25, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Okay, okay, okay, I know that teaching this year has been hard. Scratch that. I know that teaching this year has been …

January 11, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Having a daily check in for students has been the sleeper win for my classroom this year. Who would’ve thought that …

December 28, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you tired of hearing about the same old TED talks like The Danger of a Single Story? Do you find yourself searching …

December 14, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Do you wonder how to give constructive feedback on creative writing and poetry pieces created by student writers who …

December 7, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

In this blog post, we’ll explore micro fiction reading and writing. I’ve found great success with this assignment and …

November 30, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

As high school teachers, we know that it is important to teach our students to read for a critical understanding of …

November 23, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Now that I have some more free time, I have a date with some podcasts for teachers that I know and love (but don’t …

November 16, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you struggling with peer editing in your English classroom? I’m not gonna lie...I’ve struggled with this …

November 9, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you looking for a refresher on how to use backwards planning for instruction? This blog post will walk you through …

November 2, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you assigning a rhetorical analysis essay? Why not try having students use rhetorical analysis sentence …

October 26, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

I remember my first workshop on differentiation in the classroom. The instructor was very zealous. There were chapters …