Student writers—especially reluctant ones—often struggle with choosing the most fitting words to create an appropriate tone or mood in their writing. As a result, their essays end up with a lot of words like “nice” or “things” or “people.” These...
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A key challenge for educators is finding a way to customize and differentiate learning for each student in their classrooms. Teachers need tailored...
Dr. Brandon Abdon and expert guests break down how to analyze results from the 2023 AP Literature and Composition exam.
Dr. Brandon Abdon and expert guests break down how to analyze results from the 2023 AP Language and Composition exam.
I just finished my tenth year teaching high school English and let me tell you, teens like to read… well, most of them. Some of you might be doubting...
Although our middle school ELA students should have been capitalizing words like "I" since they were in early elementary school, many either just...
For some reason, students always struggle when teachers ask them to incorporate sources. It is a process that takes practice to do seamlessly, but...
Laura Kebart (English Language Arts Teachers) shares strategies for 6-8 ELA teachers for creating rubrics that center student improvement.
In this lesson, students are asked to consider how they are situated within the world around them–locally, nationally, and globally. Students will...
The goals of ELA instruction in middle and high school range from developing basic reading comprehension and writing skills to reading and writing...
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