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Engage students in famous novels and young adult literature with activities, inspiration, and lesson plans for novel study, literature circles, and classroom book clubs!
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Recently, I observed a colleague teach a textbook lesson. He read a passage from the textbook, and students answered questions. It was horribly boring! Now, it was the end of the school year, and he was trying to cover a lot of content in a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, as I sat there, I thought of 6 quick, easy ways to maximize a dull textbook lesson. Classroom Book Clubs, Teaching Informational Text, Instructional Planning, Mentor Sentences, Academic Vocabulary, English Teaching Resources, Language Arts Classroom, Ela Teacher, Curriculum Development
Classroom Book Clubs
Teaching Informational Text
Instructional Planning
Mentor Sentences
Academic Vocabulary
English Teaching Resources
Language Arts Classroom
Ela Teacher
Curriculum Development
Jazz Up a Boring Textbook Lesson with These 6 Easy Ideas
Recently, I observed a colleague teach a textbook lesson. He read a passage from the textbook, and students answered questions. It was horribly boring! Now, it was the end of the school year, and he was trying to cover a lot of content in a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, as I sat there, I thought of 6 quick, easy ways to maximize a dull textbook lesson.
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School Leadership
Guided Reading Groups
Secondary Teacher
Inquiry Based Learning
High School Ela
10 Effective Instructional Strategies You Can't Ignore in ELA
I recently decluttered my Google Drive. I still had files from undergrad. For a laugh, I glanced through some of those lesson plans and instructional strategies. More than anything, I noticed how many top-tier instructional strategies I ignored or flatly rejected. So today, I want to address my youthful, willful, arrogant self because these are 8 instructional strategies you can't ignore in high school ELA.
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Elementary Lessons
Classroom Procedures
Teachers Pay Teachers Seller
Language Arts Elementary
Building Relationships
How to Meet Student Needs: Access, Authenticity, and Interaction
Meeting Student Needs: Ideas and Inspiration for meeting students where they are with what they need #mooreenglish @moore-english.com
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Differentiation Strategies
I Still Remember
My 4 Favorite Differentiation Strategies for High School
Differentiation is one part of teaching that can feel overwhelming. I still remember the first time I opened a student's IEP and felt totally overwhelmed. Sometimes thinking about juggling differentiation strategies can also add to that feeling. To help alleviate that feeling, I've put together a list of my favorite differentiation strategies for high school students. I've organized these strategies from lowest stress to most involved.
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Independent Reading Accountability
Sophomore English
Reading Journal Prompts
Writing About Reading
Reading Accountability
Junior English
Reading Journals
5 Choice Reading Journal Prompts for Quality Reflection
For my students, independent choice reading is a regular part of our bell work. Writing about reading is a good processing strategy for students. There are a few other reasons I value choice reading journals: to engage students in conversation, to complement literary analysis, to differentiate, and to hold students accountable. Today, I want to share 5 choice reading journal prompts for quality reflection!
Engaging reluctant readers in the study of literature can be a challenge to say the least. Strategies that worked for one student may not work for another. A lesson or intervention that worked last year may flop this year. More than anything, reaching reluctant readers is a matter of building relationships. A student's interests and strengths can be key drivers in developing a relationship. Plus, these details can be used to guide students toward texts they may enjoy. High School Language Arts, Socratic Seminar, Response To Intervention, Teaching Poetry, English Language Arts High School, Reluctant Readers
High School Language Arts
Socratic Seminar
Response To Intervention
Teaching Poetry
English Language Arts High School
Reluctant Readers
14 Texts to Engage Reluctant Readers in High School
Engaging reluctant readers in the study of literature can be a challenge to say the least. Strategies that worked for one student may not work for another. A lesson or intervention that worked last year may flop this year. More than anything, reaching reluctant readers is a matter of building relationships. A student's interests and strengths can be key drivers in developing a relationship. Plus, these details can be used to guide students toward texts they may enjoy.
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Innovative Thinking
High School Literature
Literary Theory
Reading Comprehension Skills
Everything You Need to Teach Literary Criticism
While I love to teach literary criticism, it's not everyone's cup of tea. For this reason, I wanted to put together a "starter pack" to help everyone teach literary criticism. As a student, I didn't learn about literary criticism until college, but there are plenty of reasons to consider introducing lit crit in high school. First, literary criticism requires creative and innovative thinking, so students feel challenged and engaged. Literary criticism encourages empathy and perspective-taking.
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Class Library
Famous Novels
Literature Circles
Reading Groups
Classroom Library
13 Spooky Season Stories for Your Classroom Library
From time to time, I like to give my classroom library a little refresh. Spooky season is the perfect time to spotlight horror, mystery, suspense, and all things creepy and crawly. While I've previously shared short stories and poems for Halloween, today I wanted to focus on books that you can add to your classroom library!
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Teaching Characterization
Teaching Figurative Language
Reading Anchor Charts
Literary Devices
Authors Purpose
How to Scaffold Poetry Instruction in Middle and High School
I know that teaching poetry is not every ELA teacher's forte, but it's my teacher superpower. Over the years, I've refined the process to scaffold poetry instruction. Firstly, what have students previously learned about how to read a poem? Then, what topics, subjects, or content would engage students, even those reluctant to read poetry? Similarly, what is the optimum reading level for this lesson? At what level will students be successful? Finally, what is the goal of the lesson? #TeachPoetry
For my students, independent choice reading is a regular part of our bell work. Writing about reading is a good processing strategy for students. There are a few other reasons I value choice reading journals: to engage students in conversation, to complement literary analysis, to differentiate, and to hold students accountable. Today, I want to share 5 choice reading journal prompts for quality reflection! Senior Superlatives, School Journals, Reflection Journal
Senior Superlatives
School Journals
Reflection Journal
5 Choice Reading Journal Prompts for Quality Reflection
For my students, independent choice reading is a regular part of our bell work. Writing about reading is a good processing strategy for students. There are a few other reasons I value choice reading journals: to engage students in conversation, to complement literary analysis, to differentiate, and to hold students accountable. Today, I want to share 5 choice reading journal prompts for quality reflection!
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American Literature High School
Literary Movements
American Literature Books
High School Study
Teaching American Literature
Teaching High School English
Teaching College
Everything You Need To Teach American Literary Movements
My junior classes traces the evolution of American literary movements. At times, this organization can be challenging because it's hard to get student excited about early American literature. However, over the years, I've learned to appreciate this structure for a few reasons: First, chronological study allows students to see how history and literature affect and reflect one another. Similarly, working with different literary movements helps students see the evolution of American literature.
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Meaningful Activities
Teaching Secondary
Kill A Mockingbird
Secondary Ela
New Teacher
Novel Study
To Kill A Mockingbird
Context Clues
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Bundle / 18 resources / 360 pages / 300 questions
Over the years, To Kill a Mockingbird has become one of my favorite novels to teach. Since this is a long novel, it can be hard to figure out the pacing and to develop meaningful activities that keep students engaged for three-hundred pages! As a new teacher, this was something I really struggled with.Now that I've been teaching for more than a decade, I wanted to share my best lessons, resources, and tools for teaching To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Basic Makeup Kit
Teaching Main Idea
Rhetorical Analysis
Meaningful Poems
6 Favorite Reading Strategies I Love for High School ELA
Recently, I watched a YouTube video about a basic makeup kit. The premise was "if you could only have a few makeup products, what would you keep?" I'm no makeup expert, but I do know what reading strategies I would keep. These are my ride-or-die reading strategies. Perhaps these are not the trendiest or most glamorous or buzziest strategies, but these are tried-and-true, truest blue reading strategies. I have taught pretty much everything 9-12 ELA, and these work. every. single. time.