high school ELA Archives

Refresh Grammar Instruction in Middle School & High School

February 8, 2025 // by Lindsay Ann

Many teachers find that their grammar instruction includes piecing together grammar lessons and resources. Grammar may …

January 2, 2025 // by Lindsay Ann

Deciding to teach Trevor Noah's Born a Crime to sophomore students several years ago was one of the BEST shifts for …

November 19, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It’s no secret that creating lesson plans and engaging activities for students is a time consuming and occasionally …

November 12, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When it’s time for a brand new school year, you know what that means: starting fresh and learning about a whole …

October 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When administrators leave their offices and conduct walk-throughs, they look for evidence of active learning. When we …

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 21, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It's the beginning of the school year. You scan through the mental rolodex of ideas for getting to know your students …

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 …