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6 YA Books to Put You in the Holiday Spirit
Light the menora, hang the mistletoe, and slip on your fuzzy socks—here are 6 YA books that will help get you in the holiday spirit!
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ELA Activity: Eavesdropping Poetry
In this creative writing activity, secondary ELA students will use what they overhear in the hallways to write poems! Download the lesson template...
What's Trending? 5 YA Fantasy Books Teens Love
I’m a #BookTok-er. It’s basically my entire For You Page (#FYP). And when you’re on BookTok, you come across repetitive recommendations.
You: The Story—A Journey into Narrative Writing with Ruta Sepetys
New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys chats with Stephanie Nugent about how to use her new book Unveiling You: The Story to help your...
ELA: Instagram Activity for Learning Vocabulary
For this activity, students are tasked with creating an Instagram post imagining that their assigned vocabulary word was a person posting on social...
Middle School ELA: Words of Doom
"The “Words of Doom” were an addition to our spelling instruction in middle school ELA. They could easily be adjusted or modified for upper...
Welcoming English Language Learners into Your Middle School Classroom
It’s that time! The school year is beginning and you’re ready to welcome up to 180 new learners into your classroom. Whether you’re in your first...
ELA Activity: Practice Annotating Texts
Annotation is a life skill, especially for our college-bound students. Reading something with a purpose, a strategy to comprehend at a higher level,...
Interview with a Character (ELA Activity)
There are so many more interesting methods to writing a character analysis than writing an analysis paragraph. Oftentimes, English or language arts...
Developing Stamina in our Readers and Writers
How do I get my kids in reading and writing shape, so they can move forward? Here are 6 questions I am asking myself as I attempt to help students...