ELA Skills & Ideas Archives

Exploring Figurative Language Examples in Popular Culture

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, …

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 18, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

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

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 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, …

May 7, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

As if there wasn’t enough for students to deal with their junior and senior year – college or career planning, …

April 23, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Ask students what some of their favorite books are (or even put a book list, nonfiction or fiction, in front of them and …

April 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Next time you’re in class, take a look at how many students are typing a text, sending an email, posting on social …

April 9, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Why do we read informational texts and nonfiction? Why do we write informational texts? These questions are …

November 7, 2023 // by Lindsay Ann

Being white, growing up in America, having money for food, laughing with friends and family without the fear of …