High School English and TPT Seller Resources
General tips for teaching, tools, and resources.
I love designing units around essential questions, so when I began planning my The Hate U Give unit plan, that’s where I started. I’ve talked before about why I love teaching The Hate U Give, but in this post, I want to share exactly how I use essential questions to connect the novel with real life.
Read MoreThinking about teaching a social justice unit in your class? Whether you’re reading a social justice novel or just examining a societal injustice, these three activities will engage your students with the material.
Read MoreEvery teacher knows that routines are key to classroom management and moving students forward. But when you’re just starting your career or moving to a new school, it can be difficult to create your own...
Read MoreI’ll admit it–I was super late to the task card game as an English teacher. I had never heard of task cards until I was browsing Teachers Pay Teachers and teacher blogs for ideas. Even...
Read MoreHow do you become a “fun” teacher? Fun was never my strong suit, but I was always working on making my lessons more engaging. When you break away from the traditional “lecture and notes” model...
Read MoreCollege taught me a lot about teaching. I learned about Bloom’s taxonomy and the Common Core State Standards. But the one thing that my peers and I desperately wanted to learn, but were never taught, was how to manage a classroom. Now that I have eight years of teaching experience in a Title 1 school, I want to share what college didn’t teach you about classroom management.
Read MoreAs I’m writing this, I’m wrapping up my second week of hybrid teaching. For me, that means that I have about half of my class in-person and half of my students online at the same time. It has not been easy. This post will cover three tips for making the most of hybrid teaching (and a crucial bonus tip!).
Read MoreSo when I walked into an incredibly diverse Title 1 school on my first day of teaching, I was completely unprepared. This job has forced me to really look inward, examine my own biases and prejudices, and learn to do better. In this post, I want to share 5 tips for other white teachers who also want to do better for our students of color.
Read MoreThe curriculum decrees an essay must be written, but your students can barely write a sentence. How can you teach when your students are years behind?
Read MoreI know I am not alone in the engagement challenge. In a world where my students can stream fist fights or stand-up comedians, how do we get them to care about what's going on in our little classrooms?
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