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Middle School ELA: Capitals Club
Although our middle school ELA students should have been capitalizing words like "I" since they were in early elementary school, many either just...
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Action! Practice with Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotes
For some reason, students always struggle when teachers ask them to incorporate sources. It is a process that takes practice to do seamlessly, but...
ELA Skills Depend on the Development of Cognitive Processes
The goals of ELA instruction in middle and high school range from developing basic reading comprehension and writing skills to reading and writing...
Students Who Love This Streaming Show Will Love These Books!
Students' favorite streaming services, movies, and video games are all packed with compelling storytelling. To get them more excited about reading, I...
5 Books I've Slept On
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We've all been there– you hear endless praise for a book and buy it, fully intending to learn what all the hype is about. But then it sits on your...
Women's History Month Webinar: Celebrating Women Storytellers
Join us for a conversation in partnership with Simon & Schuster with women YA and children's authors about the experience of being a woman in the...
Active Reading Notes & Purpose Statement
Whether teaching literature or rhetoric, close reading is an essential and often difficult skill to teach. This note-taking system, which is a...
Tough Topics But Important Stories
Many adults forget teens are experiencing a lot for the first time—friendships, love, heartbreak, and peer pressure. Sometimes these experiences lead...
Interactive Plot Map
Carmel McDonald walks you through how she walks her middle school ELA students through narrative structure with an interactive plot map. Download her...
10 February Books You'll LOVE!
If you're looking for your next date with a book, here’s a list of 10 young adult love stories that showcase the many different bodies, shades, and...