When it’s time for a brand new school year, you know what that means: starting fresh and learning about a whole …
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Effective teaching strategies for middle school and high school English language arts teachers who believe in student-led learning…
11 Active Learning Strategies for Reading Fiction
When administrators leave their offices and conduct walk-throughs, they look for evidence of active learning. When we …
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in English Language Arts Classrooms
Seems these days we are spending a lot of time and resources developing artificial intelligence, paying less attention …
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Fun Classroom Games for Building Relationships
It's the beginning of the school year. You scan through the mental rolodex of ideas for getting to know your students …
Common Lit Curriculum: An Honest Review
Visit veteran teachers at your school and ask to see their binders. We all have them: cabinet-filling, …
Tailoring Your English Curriculum to Diverse Learning Styles
I don’t know about you–though I suspect you’re like me since you are reading a blog right now–but I like reading to …
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Teacher Toolbox: Creative & Effective Measures of Academic Progress for the Classroom
There are always things we, as educators, look forward to every year: the first day of school, the last day of school, …
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10 Most Effective Teaching Strategies for English Teachers
Student learning, for better or worse, stems from teaching strategies we use in the classroom. That’s a …
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Beyond Persuasion: Unlocking the Nuances of the AP Lang Argument Essay
As if there wasn’t enough for students to deal with their junior and senior year – college or career planning, …
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Trauma Informed Education that Doesn’t Inflict Trauma on Educators?
Before we look at trauma informed education as it applies to teaching, let’s discuss what contributes to a school’s …
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Tardies & Chronic Absenteeism: Fighting the Good Fight
Remember when we were at home in sweatpants, fingers on the keyboard and mouse, eyes locked on our screens, instructing …
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Open Ended Questions That Work
We’ve all been there: It’s Monday morning. Students drift into the room, a fog floating behind their eyes as the …