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Part way through some lesson last year, I said that my students should “let it go.” I don’t remember what “it” was, exactly, but I remember two or three students jumped up and threw their arms out and sang the line from Frozen. Then, one started making up new lyrics for the song based on my lesson. It was ridiculous and funny and it all happened so fast. See, the thing is that we connect with music, and we don’t have to be particularly musical to do it. Music gets inside our heads and makes…

Teach the middle school reading, vocabulary, and writing ELA standards with novels and student discussion using the socratic seminar

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

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If books are a uniquely portable magic, then podcasts are the wizard in your pocket. When you find interesting podcasts for teens that they want to listen to, you will open up a whole new world of literacy for secondary students. Did you know that podcast listeners are 29% more likely to have a household ... Read More about Why You Should Be Using Podcasts in Secondary ELA

I recently posted about book clubs in my classroom and I have gotten tons of questions about how I run them on both of my posts. I am going to try and answer them all here. First and foremost, I try to make Book Clubs and simple as humanly possible. I used to be MUCH ... Read more

Ted Talks provide a wonderful resource for you as an ELA teacher. You can use them to launch a debate or socratic seminar. They can provide a prompt for writing. Or you can guide your students in writing and delivering their own Ted talk or organizing a TedX conference. Get idea for how to use Ted talks and which Ted talks to use in this post. #onepagers #tedtalks

As a teacher, I am always on the hunt for the perfect tools at the cheapest prices for my ELA classroom. Taking care of our students and keeping our learning centers stocked is just ingrained in our brain.