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Getting Your Teens to Actually Read
Believe it or not, there are ways to get your high school students to do their reading. Check it out in Room 213~
Acronyms for Literary Analysis to Facilitate the Writing Process and Class Discussion in ELA — Bespoke ELA: Essay Writing Tips + Lesson Plans
This blog by Bespoke ELA provides a comprehensive list of the acronyms used in English classes for literary analysis. Strategies include: TPCASTT, DIDLS, SOAPSTone, and many others you may have never heard of! This is a great reference guide for middle school and high school teachers!
Learning Stations Activity - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Analysis, Short Story
Are you an English teacher in need of engaging reading activities for your middle school or high school English class? Stage a progressive dinner of knowledge with fiction, nonfiction, and poetry texts or excerpts of your choosing. Students will take notes on paper plates and "fill their plates" with ideas for small group discussion. "Menus" offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and creative writing extension activities. Be sure to click through to check out a preview.
How to Read and Analyze a Poem Poster/Handout
I love having beautiful anchor charts/posters in my classroom for students to reference during lessons. This poster is perfect for when the students are both reading poems and analyzing them. I had this poster printed and have it hanging in my classroom. I also give a copy of this handout to each of my students to reference.
Improve Your Students' Analysis Skills With This One Activity!
Getting our students to go deeper with their analysis of a text can often be challenging, but with this one activity that can all change! Check out this blog post where I share the first activity I have my high school English students complete each year to deepen their literary analysis skills all year!
TBR List Dice Game
Having a difficult time choosing what your next read should be? Too many books on your TBR (to be read) list? This reading challenge dice game is a fun way to help you decide on your next book. Simply roll some dice to discover what prompt/challenge your next book should meet. A fun game to work through your book list or expand your reading choices.
5 Ways to Hold Students Accountable for Independent Reading
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, students start with 10ish minutes of silent reading time. Students choose independent reading books from the library. Each year, my team has a discussion about how to hold students accountable for independent reading. Over the years, I've tried lots of different methods for holding students accountable and for limiting the amount of sleeping and fake reading. Some of my favorite methods include writing to respond, literary analysis stations, and presentations!
Teaching American Literature: My Units & Favorite Lessons - Write on With Miss G
Teaching American Literature | Clear outlines for doing several units of American Lit. Love Ms. G's teaching style and fun, interactive lessons. They get h.s. students moving, talking, and most of all learning!
Book Chats: Making Thinking Visible with the 4C’s
As an alternative way of doing a book chat, students worked with a partner or in a trio for collaborative thinking & discussing the 4Cs about our memoir books.