English Language Arts Archives

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in English Language Arts Classrooms

October 7, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Seems these days we are spending a lot of time and resources developing artificial intelligence, paying less attention …

September 30, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When students pick up their phones, they aren’t reading eBooks. They are checking Insta, scrolling Tik Toks, …

September 10, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

I’m going to use a figurative language example here: 1000 times today my students have talked about Taylor Swift’s new …

September 2, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

If you want to be a rhetorical devices finder, you might have plenty to look for here in this blog post. Indeed, you …

August 13, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Visit veteran teachers at your school and ask to see their binders. We all have them: cabinet-filling, …

June 25, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Let’s be honest here: You are probably reading this blog while streaming that Netflix show you love. Your …

June 18, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

This blog is not a descriptive essay. There will be parts here and there that discuss descriptive essay …

June 11, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

You’ve probably been in the staff or department meeting when the administrator in the room announces proudly (and …

June 4, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It seems like so many things are getting shorter these days: our weekends, our patience, and even our readings (beyond …

May 30, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Ah, novel units and book projects are the bread and butter of English teacher life and planning. We want students to …

May 28, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

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 …

May 21, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

There are always things we, as educators, look forward to every year: the first day of school, the last day of school, …