Skip to content

It's Lit Teaching

High School English and TPT Seller Resources

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Blog Posts for Teaching English
    • Literature
    • Creative Writing
    • Grammar
    • Writing
    • Teachers Pay Teachers Tips
  • Shop My Teaching Resources!
  • Sell on TPT
  • About
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Blog Posts for Teaching English
    • Literature
    • Creative Writing
    • Grammar
    • Writing
    • Teachers Pay Teachers Tips
  • Shop My Teaching Resources!
  • Sell on TPT
  • About

strategies

Increase Student Engagement with Authentic Assessments
Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies ► November 12, 2018

Increase Student Engagement with Authentic Assessments

I 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?

Read More
Scaffolding Creative Writing:  Everything You Need to Know
Creative Writing ► October 28, 2018

Scaffolding Creative Writing: Everything You Need to Know

In a creative writing class, however, where rules are meant to be broken, creativity is unrestrained, and student skill levels vary wildly, providing that scaffolding can be a challenge. How, then, do you guide students and provide support without limiting their creativity?

Read More
How To Close Read a Whole Novel with Student of Any Skill Level
Literature ► July 12, 2018

How To Close Read a Whole Novel with Student of Any Skill Level

When I went to high school, it was easy to spot the honors and AP students. They walked around with classic novels, probably written by old white guys, practically exploding with post-it notes and rainbows from all the highlighting they’ve done within the pages. ....Meanwhile, in the regular class, they watched the Odyssey for the third time.

Read More
The Hate U Give: The Most Important Book I Ever Taught
Literature ► May 18, 2018

The Hate U Give: The Most Important Book I Ever Taught

We get so caught up in a curriculum, paperwork, standards, and observations that we often lose the magic of literature; The Hate U Give brought it back to my class.

Read More

Categories

  • Creative Writing
  • Grammar
  • Life Tips for Teachers
  • Lit Literature Reviews
  • Literature
  • Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies
  • Seasonal Teaching Ideas
  • Teachers Pay Teachers Tips
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Let’s Keep in Touch!

Meet me in The Lounge!

Signup for my newsletter The Lounge and be the first to hear about new teaching resources, blog posts, and oh, so much more!

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

My Reading Picks!

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Heather Cianci is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com or myhabit.com.

Instagram

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Amazon Affiliate Disclosure
  • Shop It’s Lit Teaching Resources
Copyright © 2023 | All Rights Reserved | Site Designed by Little Theme Shop