Ela projects

Learn why one-pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics and texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. I even have the advice to help you tackle the biggest obstacle you’ll encounter with this activity.

A blog about teaching middle school ELA and math.

Want to invest in relationships with your students while also building the ELA skills that matter for your course? Try one of these five creative projects.

This past school year was a great one. With every school year that passes, I like to take a moment and reflect on activities that were successful in the

Are you looking for ways to make learning more meaningful in your Secondary ELA Classroom? Check out these twenty five creative project ideas that I have found to be meaningful and successful while also motivating for learners.

Tired of the same old end of the year activities for middle school language arts? Try these 16 unconventional middle school ELA activities that will challenge your students’ critical and creative thinking. From creating a magazine to designing an interactive exhibit – these creative final project ideas will help you spice things up in your ELA classes!

Book reports and summaries are a thing of the past. Engage your middle and high school students with five book report alternatives that will leave them asking for more and, most importantly, building vital reading and analysis skills along the way. 1. Assign one pagers at the end of a novel. One pagers are engaging, allow for creativity, and lead to higher level thinking and analysis. Assigning a one pager is easy and works for any novel. Follow these simple guidelines: • Make it standards…

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Providing ELA resources, educational research articles, free lesson plans, and other useful tools for middle school and high school teachers.

This blog post explores innovative and engaging lesson plans for any novel unit... ranging from task cards to book instagram pages to a novel podcast project. Student choice is key here, and students can find something they would like to complete in order to convey their reading, comprehension, and

Learn how to implement a rigorous and engaging character analysis puzzle project in your middle school or high school ELA classroom.

Here are five ways to encourage creative thinking in secondary ELA while also targeting essential reading and writing skills. Some of these activities are collaborative while others are for independent work. All of these activities can be integrated into the curriculum for any literary unit of study. #bespokeELA #2ndaryELA #englishteacher

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!

Now that the 2017-2018 school year has come to a close, I am spending some time reflecting on my practice as an educator. While there were some lows of the

Use a one pager to assess your students on any novel or story!

In an earlier blog post, I wrote about the benefits of assigning a collaborative writing assignment in the high school English and middle school ELA

4th grade writing- Idioms describing emotions

These visual tools allow students to synthesize learning, but some kids don't think they're talented enough to make them. A bit of creative constraint helps.